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Royal Coronations : Birmingham response
- Thread starter Anne Jessel
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Thanks lyn will do that.
Hi
Yes, Gertrude was also my Nan, I was born in 1953, so the bunting could have been for that
I remember the shop well. For many years my uncle, Les Curley and family lived just across the road.
That's great. Which Curley are you the child of?
jmadone
master brummie
A few photos from the celebrations held at Mapledene School, Sheldon. (I think I've posted these before on the Schools thread) I was only 3 yrs old at the time, I'm the one holding on to his hat supposedly dressed as Huckleberry Finn!
Despite my Grandma being one of the fancy dress judges (Lady on right in final picture) I didn't win a prize, but I've still got my Coronation certificate, my commemorative mug and my red, white and blue propelling pencil with the gold crown. I have to admit I can't remember much about the day apart from stopping half way down the track to tie my shoelace during the egg and spoon race. I came last needless to say.
what wonderful priceless photos and to still have the certificate mug and pencil is a bonus...i have been told that paddington st where i was born held a street party but so far i have not found any photos...ever hopeful
lyn
jmadone
master brummie
My memories of the day. The commemorative mug on the left and the Coronation Coach and Horses belong to my wife who celebrated the day in another part of Sheldon around Downsfield Road. Whoever wrote the cerificates spelt my name wrongly, I wonder if my sister still has hers and how her name is spelt!
Picture quality not brilliant, sorry.
jmadone
master brummie
Some sort of soft metal that was quite fragile. I don't think my wife ever played with it hence it's condition. My sister had one but that didn't last long when she became old enough to play with it. The pencil also came in a box but that has long gone. (You can't draw with a box can you?
M.n. Lawler
Brummie babby
Remember it well lived in wilton street. Everyone in fancy dress ,a gang of men dressed up as minstrels .table of food in the middle of the street. Scrambled to watch the tele at Mrs Millington window she had the only tv in the street. Giveandn a golden coach with 8horses and a plate.will have to dig some pics out.remember lots of men getting drunk.my father painted the face of the queen on the gable end of a building.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
A celebration photo ...
image only visible if logged inA family photo showing children in Cavandale Avenue Coronation 1953. Even the children's bikes and toy prams are decorated. How we liked our street events back then, I don't think we see things like this these days, but I might be wrong.
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I remember my mum going to a shop on the corner of Lode Lane and Castle Lane, Solihull, to buy bunting, perhaps a yard wide, printed with lots of miniature Union Jacks. These all had to be cut and hemmed and sewn on to white tape. My dad fixed two broom handles at an angle to the upstairs window cill and hung a large Union Jack and the Lion Rampant Flag (being a Scot). He placed a jam pan in the front garden with a lamp set inside to act as a floodlight to illuminate the flags. In the downstairs front room window he fixed a hardboard panel with holes drilled in an E II R pattern through which Christmas tree lights were fixed. As our house was on the corner it must have been seen by a lot of people.
All the children on our road were given a bible, blue for boys and burgundy red for girls. My dad wrote each child's name on a label that was stuck to the end papers. I also had a green mug and my sister a pink mug but that might have been just for us. I was given a Coronation Crown, which I still have in its plastic case. (I should have spent it when five shillings was worth something - twelve weeks pocket money!).
All the children on our road were given a bible, blue for boys and burgundy red for girls. My dad wrote each child's name on a label that was stuck to the end papers. I also had a green mug and my sister a pink mug but that might have been just for us. I was given a Coronation Crown, which I still have in its plastic case. (I should have spent it when five shillings was worth something - twelve weeks pocket money!).
This was Lesney's (later Matchbox) first best seller - a million units! The major parts are die-cast zinc. I'm pretty certain they could still be bought for some years after the coronation at the local newsagent/toy shop.
devonjim
master brummie
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...day-celebrations-1953.9683/page-6#post-592317
Thought we had been down this route before!
Thought we had been down this route before!
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
We had and that's why I put the quote link in post#40 .... click the up-arrow in #40
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lovely memories thank you
Radiorails
master brummie
Longton (aka the neck end) is the southerly one of what is known as the five towns.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Should it be six towns?