... the Queen’s Coronation, members of his company were marched to the nearby RAF base at Kasfaret, where they performed a ceremonial parade. But while many people back home bought one of ‘those new fangled televisions’ to watch the Coronation, Jim Readers’ ...

... 1953 the death of George VI was put behind Elizabeth and the nation as celebration for the coronation took place. In Belfast a 600 year old bell that had formerly been located in St. Patrick's Cathedral and had been rung for the coronation of Elizabeth | ...

... newspapers and prints focusing on the life of Queen Elizabeth 11, including the death of her father King George VI in 1952 and preparations for the Coronation. This includes a display of 24 of the Crown Jewels used for the crowning of the monarch, and the Imperial ...

... History Society said: “People were able to tell us all about a 1930 s film we screened. “It was a pageant for the coronation of King George VI in about 1937.” The society hopes to get a grant from the Countryside Agency and produce a publication about the ...

... 74-year old, who lives with wife Dolly in Kingsthorpe, said: “We were presented with a special little book for the Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the current Queen’s parents, in 1937. “I was at Kingsthorpe Road Primary and all the children ...

... Europe and can take a big step towards conquering the world at Ascot this afternoon, where he lines up for the £750,000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes - part of the Emirates World Series. . The French ace has won seven of his nine races ...

... Ma'am, a cup of jubilee tea? ome people may still have the Coronation mugs they got at school when the Queen was crowned 50 years ago. It's a unique item to have in the plethora of Royal wedding/birth mugs that have surfaced in the past 20 years because ...

... Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, as he was known, first set eyes on each other at the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. Elizabeth was just 10-years-old and Philip was 15. They hit it off immediately but it was to be another ...

... threats of the Anti-Partition League and the Coronation film was effectively banned for pub- Dev boycotted the 1949 cele- lic viewing. brations of the Republic, and At this point, various Protestant George VI was most unhappy churches decided to show it ...

... Take a frip back to the 50s HE FIFTIES will be relivl ed in all their glory from coronation to the rock and roll years, in song, drama and dance ] uiisborough Music and Drama Society will be giving a unique review of the decade during three two-par shows ...

... Elizabeth to Prince Philip, the birth of Prince Charles, the announcement of the death of King George VI and the Accession of the new Queen Elizabeth, her Coronation in a vast state occasion centred on Westminster Abbey, and, finally, the launch of the Silver ...

... THE QUEEN MOTHER: HER REIGN IN COLOUR 1937-1953. The story of the Queen Mother's most important years as consort to King George VI, compiled from recently discovered colour film 3747694 5.15 POLAR BEAR - HUNTERS ON ICE. A study of polar bears in the Arctic ...