Memories of a past Coronation

This week we hear from our other Church Warden, Alison, and her memories of the Coronation of Elizabeth II, June 1953

All the planning for the Coronation of King Charles III brought back memories of his mother’s Coronation in June 1953. I was 7 years old, my elder sister 11 and my younger sister 5. On the day, together with my family, I watched the Coronation at my grandmother’s on her small, black and white television.
One of the events planned at the Coronation Village Fete was a decorated bicycle competition. We intertwined strips of coloured crepe paper through the spokes of our bicycles: red to match my younger sister’s tricycle, white round the wheels of my elder sister’s bike and blue for my smaller bike. We also wore sunhats decorated with crepe paper. Having paraded with our bikes and tricycle we were awarded the first prize – a rectangular biscuit tin , pale blue and decorated with a photo of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on the top. Over the years it became very well used and accompanied me throughout my childhood as a memento of a very special day.

Alison Seyerle