A Merseyside man has shared his surprise and pride after seeing the cover of a newspaper almost 70 years ago.
For Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, John Harrison, a student from St Helens entered an art competition to get his artwork on the cover of the Liverpool Evening Express.
The then 22-year-old student at Liverpool Art College was bursting with pride to find that he had won the competition, getting his art on the front cover, as well as a cash prize.
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Now 91, John still lives in St Helens, and remains very proud of his achievement all those years ago.
John's daughter, Margaret, told the ECHO: "He's absolutely always been proud of it, he's kept the original cuttings all of these years. We've always known about it and he's always been really proud about it.
"With it being the Queen's platinum jubilee this year I just thought it would be a great time to share his story."
For many years, John worked as the head of the art department at Parr High School.
As well as getting his art on the cover, a photograph of John was also published in the paper receiving his award, alongside the second place student.
John said: "I suppose I was proud yes, we entered the competition through our college, I was the first prize, and the person stood next to me on the picture won the second prize.
"I attended Liverpool Art College for five years, from 1950 to 1955. Not long after this I joined the education corps teaching map reading and was stationed to Hong Kong.
John then spent most of his career teaching art across Merseyside until he retired in the late 1980s.
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