Hi Dottie, my memories are of a well remembered school outing, which I much preferred to my family experience, as below.
I never thought about us as being 'posh', my parents had a television, and come the day of the Coronation, my father picked up our grandparents, then went to get various aunts, uncles and cousins, from about 8am onwards. We were a big family; my parents had organised all available seating, with our help, three children, the day before, and mum collected a lady who helped her with parties and things, who made tea, lovely sausage rolls, sausages on sticks, sandwiches, scones and so forth. We three infants thought we were in for a big party day, and had booked our seats, middle front, no such luck, we were relegated to handing round platters, and for our efforts were rewarded by our aunts, 'sit on the floor' they said, but before you do, get some more tea organised. There was no room, so we sorted more tea and went to perch on window sills.
