Care home residents gathered around a television bought for the Queen's coronation to watch her funeral. The 25-strong group of pensioners - including one of the last to receive a card from Her Majesty for turning 100 just two weeks ago - huddled around the tiny set, just as many of them would have done nearly 70 years ago.
They watched the service on the antique black and white Defiant set that was dusted off for the first time in decades. It was first used for an extended family to watch the Queen complete her formal accession to the throne in 1953.
At the time a group of around 17 people gathered at the home of Winifred and Ronald Dando in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, to witness the historic event. The antique monitor had been in storage since the 1970s and for the last eight years has been owned by the couple's grandson Christopher Dando.
