The papers were full of the Coronation and the weather. There were bad floods in some parts of the country. Three cricketers were killed by lightening as they sheltered under a tree. The papers were advising people who were going to London to watch, 'Not to take an umbrella with them', for fear of taking out someone's eye. These were the days before 'Black Plastic Bags' so it was out with the 'Plastic Mac'.

Four new stamps were issued for the Coronation. 2½d. 4d. 1s 3d. and 1s 6d. (Today it would be approx. 1p. 2p. 6p. 7p.). The 1/3d stamp is the first stamp issued with the Queen full faced.

What would you buy to cheer yourself up? Answers on a postcard to the Daily Mirror!

This was possibly one of the families who watched it in my front room.

Funny old world!! Today a story about a pile of 'Coke' would mean something else. (For the younger visitor, Coke was a type of fuel, not some thing that rots the teeth or destroys your nose).

Worse case of road rage I have heard of!!

I wonder if it was a 'Greasy Spoon Cafe'.