At the 1953 coronation
Our queen became 90 this year – an event which Market Lavington will celebrate on 12th June. The queen of course will remember her own coronation day and so do the rest of us, old enough to have been around at the time. No doubt these local youngsters will remember dressing up.

Youngsters in fancy dress celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953
Strangely, the only person we can name is the pipe smoking man on the left. He is Stan Cooper We can’t name the well-dressed youngsters, but we are confident that somebody can.
Yes! Surely these people can be identified.
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