๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ญ/๐ฌ๐ต/๐ฑ๐ด)
My Dad (Derek Parkin born 1935) was born in Lamberton in London and he was a telegram boy for Royal Mail. He was delivering telegrams all...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ป (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต/๐ฌ๐ญ/๐ฏ๐ณ)
My husband and I had an invitation to Prince Charles Parade when he came to view The Scottish Regiment at Whittington Baracks. We were...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Sandy Mcmeekin
Hey all in the Burntwood Area. Just to let you know that we are hosting a Coronation Big Lunch at Beacon Community Church on Sunday the...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20232 min read
๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป and his wife ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป
As a couple we have witnessed the celebrations of The Queens Coronation, The Silver Jubilee (which Lewis spent the whole day filming) and...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20232 min read
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ณ/๐ฌ๐ญ/๐ฐ๐ฏ)
My Dad was born in the East End of London & he moved to Coventry which is where I was born. His sisters and brother still lived in and...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ญ/๐ฌ๐ญ/๐ฐ๐ต)
I worked as a nurse at The General Hospital in Birmingham and remember The Queen passing by along The Queensway Ring-road and waving to...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐ผ๐ (who wishes to remain anonymous)
I used to work at Dove House Hospice in Hull where Princess Diana was The Patron, she used to regularly visit us in the evening when she...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20230 min read
British personnel during the full rehearsal at RAF Odiham for His Majesty King Charles III Coronatio
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Allison Poulter
Me and my sister (sitting on the pavement with the blanket over us) waiting for the Queen to drive along Bradford Street on 27th July...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Alison Maxam
This is William Street in the Butts, celebrating the Silver Jubilee in 1977. We did a fascinating interview recently with Mrs Petty, who...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ง (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ญ)
Kate is a very strong Royalist and strongly supports the monarchy. She lives in West Midlands but grew up in various places as her dad...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฒ)
Chris was a Teaching Assistant for 28 years firstly at Hollygrove Primary School and then at Highfields. She very kindly shared the...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐ง (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด)
In the 1950โs Gordonโs Grandad EARNEST BISHOP (estimated 1886-1958) was the Safety Officer in a coal mine (East Cannock). They wanted the...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20233 min read
๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ง๐ง (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฏ๐ณ)
We had the absolute pleasure of attending a garden part at Buckingham Palace. My husband Bill Proffitt (aka Wilfred) and I were involved...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ก-๐ช๐ข๐ข๐ (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ)
Art is one of my favorite subjects. We learnt about The Royal Family at school and I was working on a picture of the Queens dog. I told...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ)
David lives in West Midlands and he met the Queen Mother in the 1960โs he cannot recall the exact year. Hereโs what he shared:- In the...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก ๐ช๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ (๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ)
Memories from my Dadโฆ. I remember the Queens Coronation in 1952. I was 5 years old and was at Latham St Anneโs at convalescent with the...
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georgecrathorne8
Jul 4, 20231 min read
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฆ (born 1968)
My favorite memory is the wedding of Charles and Dianna. It was a fairytale come true: a relatively humble English girl marrying the heir...
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