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Originally Posted by vera
I was 2 on Coronation Day, i remember we, my grandparents and I, went to a friends house, my first time i had seen a t.v., watched it on a very small screen with a magnifying glass in front, there must have been about 20 people in that room that day.
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Yup ... we had a roomfull too, but not as many as we had for the Cup Final
... my grandad bought a tv a couple of months before Holme Moss (?) started transmitting ... he bought it for my gran who was dying of cancer ... unfortunately she died before she got to see a show.
I also remember a sports day that was held to celebrate the coronation ... down off the end of Sparth Rd. ... can't remember the name of the place ... I remember winning the sack race ... think I won a mug with pics of the Queen and Phil the Greek on it ... wish I still had it; probably worth a few bucks now.
Buddy of mine tells me that in Kingston, all the kids in schools watched the show ... not live of course .... oh the days before satellites
