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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Harry Stedman

Man who attended late Queen’s coronation as a schoolchild remembers ‘immense’ occasion

A community radio station presenter has recalled the “fabulous” photographs he took on his Kodak Box Brownie camera as a schoolchild at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953.

As the nation gears up for the King’s coronation on May 6, Jeremy Hoare has spoken to the PA news agency about his vivid memories from the 1953 celebration, which he attended with his school, then Winchmore Hill Secondary Modern, at the age of 12.

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