Muriel Hotchin

My daughter Lesley asked me what I remembered about the Coronation. It seemed a tall order. What was I doing 60 years ago? However here are a few memories of that day.

At 10am on the morning of June 2^nd 1953 my then boyfriend Maurice (later to become my husband) picked me up in his car and took me to his home where they had a TV with a 9” screen in black and white. I hadn’t seen TV before and sat enthralled all day as the Coronation of Elizabeth II unfolded.

In the late afternoon we took the dog for a walk to get some fresh air and exercise but I never regretting spending so much time in front of that tiny 9” black & white TV.

This has been an interesting exercise remembering 2/6/1953.