Michael B attended several garden parties at Buckingham Palace. He was invited because his company were had a Royal Warrant of Appointment. All of the senior royals attended and it was great fun and something to tell the children !
Dorothy Mitchell remembers our late Queen's coronation in 1953. I lived at 6 Frankfurt Street in Hockley. It was known as ' Bent's Yard', because a lot of the family named Bent lived in the back to backs that created the central yard. My sister Ivy was married to Arthur Bent and my other sister Lily married his brother Dennis. We were the only house that had a television and so all the neighbours watched the Coronation at our house. I remember my dad Albert and my mom Clara invited all their friends and family! I wore a blue skirt, red blouse and a blue and white hat. I was 13 years old and thought it was brilliant. It was all we talked about for weeks!!
My dad Brian also met Prince Phillip at Jaguar in Coventry when he visited in 1987.
My dad was a French Polisher, making the wood dashboards and Phillip commented that it seemed a lot of work to put in a car!
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