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At the last coronation I was just five years and ten months old. I lived with my parents on a brand new gigantic council house estate. The gardens were marked out with regularly placed concrete posts with strong wire going between the uprights. There were small plants growing beneath the lowest wire. I stood in my garden and said to my neighbour, a girl aged nearly five, over the fence in the adjoining garden, “I bet you, you can’t throw that large stone.” She promptly picked up the nearest boulder without hesitation and tossed the stone towards me. It duly hit me in the face causing my nose to start bleeding. I spent the afternoon of 6 June 1953 perched over a white enamel bucket in the kitchen of the house of the little girl, trying to stop the blood pouring out whilst my members of my family watched the Coronation on the small 9inch television in the living room. I wasn’t allowed to watch for fear of blood getting onto the carpet.

The Coronation Weekend was a great time for getting together with friends and neighbours as is illustrated by the people of Burton Overy performing a regal wave above.

Hurrah!

An opportunity to be a Trustee of the Friends of St Wilfrid’s Church.

Friday, 5th May was not only the start of the celebrations for the King's Coronation but also the return of the Welcome Kitchen. 

Did you watch the coronation of King Charles the third? The comments of those who did were interesting. Some were reflections on those closely involved ; others on the traditional aspects of the service plus the deliberate inclusivity of all faiths; and yet more comments were about the whole spectacle of organising such a huge event.

Tuesday 23 May 7.30pm

Lloyds Pharmacy on Station Street has been, or is about to be, bought by the highly respected Oadby based family run business, Somerby Pharmacy. I think this building was a chemist shop some 100 years ago.

The Scout Association hold a close and historical relationship with the royal family, to which all members of the movement make a promise when joining to do their duty to the King.

Those who came to this talk by Julie Harrison in Kibworth Community Library on 20 April were given an enthralling account of the animals she and her husband Ian had encountered during their eight trips to the huge Kruger National Park in North East South Africa.