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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin
Dad sent me a copy of Memories of Clayton-Le-Moors, last week and there is a photo of the Queens visit in there and refers to it as Thursday 16th May 1968, she paid a brief visit to the Dunkenhalgh, as part of her ' Operation Springclean' tour of Lancashire, workers were given the afternoon off to join thousands who lined the streets of Rishton and Clayton , While Accrington spectators watched the royal train pass over the aqueduct on its way to Burnley.
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Well done Alan .. had the answer meself all the time
.. have this book, but forgot about that photo. Seems to have been taken just about the same minute as MTB's, but a close up. Said she was accompanied by Lord and Lady Derby. Have no scanner so can't post it.
Our members had also deduced the date through various means .. ace !