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Getting Into The Spirit Of It
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I am, can’t get enough of the media coverage since this afternoon and am feeling very interested and festive about the coronation.
It suddenly struck me today what a historic event it really is. That might sound daft but up till now I’d thought of it more in terms of a royal wedding or something like that. But this coronation really is something special, who knows if or when we’ll have another..
Anyhow, I’ve made half my lemon trifle and the fizz is in the fridge ready for some Buck’s Fizz in the morning while we watch the goings on as soon as we’re up and about.
It suddenly struck me today what a historic event it really is. That might sound daft but up till now I’d thought of it more in terms of a royal wedding or something like that. But this coronation really is something special, who knows if or when we’ll have another..
Anyhow, I’ve made half my lemon trifle and the fizz is in the fridge ready for some Buck’s Fizz in the morning while we watch the goings on as soon as we’re up and about.
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I was 3years old and we had a street party. My mum and dad entered me for the street fancy dress. All I had on was my underpants and a garden cane with two corrugated circular dumbells. My caption was 'Future strength of Britain' I don't know about that but my little nuts were freezing. I still have the photo of the street party in Uphill Drive Kingsbury and one of me winning first prize from the mayor and being presented with the coronation crown in plastic case and a plastic transparent wallet with all the newly minted 1952 coins of the realm. I had to replace the original plastic wallet as it became brittle with age (like me). I will not appreciate this coronation as much as the 1952 bash because even after 7 years of peace there was still austerity and rationing but everybody got over it and carried on regardless. It seemed more sincere somehow and really selfless and jolly.
I have had whispers that when I visit my house in Dorset my eldest grand daughter will be on the village green as part of the Maypole dancing. Now that is going to be my highlight of the Coronation and photo I will treasure. Hope she doesn't feel as cold as I did 70 years ago. :-)
I have had whispers that when I visit my house in Dorset my eldest grand daughter will be on the village green as part of the Maypole dancing. Now that is going to be my highlight of the Coronation and photo I will treasure. Hope she doesn't feel as cold as I did 70 years ago. :-)
I did not see the first couronnement - on that score, by the way, there are some very envious French 'royalists' - my sister is laying a lunch on for a dozen of them in Provence.....including 'la tarte' but, ***, she can make a Quiche.
As to me, I have been involved with the PofW's Trust as 'Head of station somewhere in the Far East' and have had the chance to meet the man - back in London. All the offerings about compassion, sensitivity, a want to learn and embrace causes and other cultures are so true. Yes, he has his negatives and foibles, but then who doesn't. I am of the opinion of 'give the man a chance to make his mark - beyond what he has achieved so far.
As to me, I have been involved with the PofW's Trust as 'Head of station somewhere in the Far East' and have had the chance to meet the man - back in London. All the offerings about compassion, sensitivity, a want to learn and embrace causes and other cultures are so true. Yes, he has his negatives and foibles, but then who doesn't. I am of the opinion of 'give the man a chance to make his mark - beyond what he has achieved so far.
The whole World will once again hold it's breath and pay attention to this influential and important realm called The United Kingdom. "She who must be obeyed" is ready for a marathon sesh in front of the telly. I will watch the armed forces and the parades perform their duties and make myself busy in the garden in between. I too remember the last Coronation. I was 5 years old, with 3 younger siblings and one on the way. The man next door was an, ex forces, TV engineer and sorted my parents out with a Stella 9inch tv for the event. Mr Connelly was his name and he was an Irish man. Like our late and lamented Waterboatman he was an Irish citizen who volunteered to fight Hitler's Nazis although the majority of his compatriots did not. After the war it was made unwelcome in his home Country and settled in England. A kind and gentle man he was too. Strangely enough I also went on to be an electronics and TV technician. My paternal grandmother supplied us all with Coronation mugs. Mugs that she had helped to produce. She was one of the skilled hand decorators on the pot banks. Not many of us posting are likely to witness, and we must be witness it for it to have meaning, another. I hope that it all goes well.
I was 5 years old for the Queens' coronation. We had a street party. And it was persisting down. Nobody had a television. The first we saw of it was in the M.E.N. and the Evening Chronicle. For my grandmother, it was the fourth coronation that she'd seen. I didn't receive any momentos or anything like that and I don't remember any teachers mentioning it in primary school. I won't be watching today. I've got important things to do.
I know this is off topic but I just wanted to comment on this part of Togos' reply.
Togo @ 21.17:
"he was an Irish citizen who volunteered to fight Hitler's Nazis although the majority of his compatriots did not. After the war it was made unwelcome in his home Country and settled in England."
Many of the Irish who fought in WW2, did so because they were fiercely opposed to facism and the Nazis. In their eyes, they weren't fighting for the British, but this wasn't accepted by many Irish people and so, Irish WW2 veterans were generally given a hard time, to say the least.
Togo @ 21.17:
"he was an Irish citizen who volunteered to fight Hitler's Nazis although the majority of his compatriots did not. After the war it was made unwelcome in his home Country and settled in England."
Many of the Irish who fought in WW2, did so because they were fiercely opposed to facism and the Nazis. In their eyes, they weren't fighting for the British, but this wasn't accepted by many Irish people and so, Irish WW2 veterans were generally given a hard time, to say the least.
