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The Queen visited Accrington when I was in the Territorial Army which was from July1954 to 1956 I was in the Guard of Honor Outside the Town Hall the date would probable be in 1955

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Seem to think the whole caboodle went up Burnley Rd?

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I think it was about 1953. I remember standing outside the town hall.

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It might have been in the first part of 1954. I was still at Peel Park (which I left in July 1954), and we were all wheeled out to stand in Burnley Road near the corner of Alice Street. I seem to remember it being quite a nice sunny day.

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Our Queen came up north on 13th April 1955, she arrived in Morecambe at 10.00 amand made her way to Southport calling at different towns en route. On 14th April she arrived at Darwen for 10.00am on to Blackburn when she stopped at the Mullard factory before going onto Accrington town hall for 12.35pm , then onto more towns before leaving from Colne at 4.55pm.
My dad was presented to her at Mullards and has saved his invite, menu from lunch etc. I inherited them in 2007 when he died.

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Her Majesty has certainly been to Rishton as I am just cleaning up a reel of film footage of it, recorded by one of my residents.

It was in 1967.

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clearly she has been here twice then.

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Well it certainly came along Blackburn Road, cuz I was at the top of Henry St. with my mother waving my little flag:D

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Na not Rishton surely, nobody goes to Rishton twice :D

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remember standing at corner of b/burn rd peel st with scouts seemed to be stood ages

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Oh i don't know,the Roebuck n Walmsley were great boozers way back.;)

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Interesting take on Her Maj on the Italian news this evening.

Juxtaposition with Maggie Thatcher -how Lady T wanted to be Queen back then but Her Maj was actually the Iron Lady, quite clever.:D

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Course they do john once in, followed very quickly by once out:D

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Oh come on Dave nobody stops there:D

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yes hm the queen came to rishton and the dunkenhalgh in maybe 1967-1968,the LET brought out a souvenier pape,r still got it at home