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Patient Crowds Wait Hours
To See 'Coronation Parade
(By R. G. SimpltIn)
The queen is Crowned
Like many of you I did not see the
actual crowning—I saw the parade
passing to and from the Abbey and
from a room in Canada House watch-
ed the ceremony of the crowning in
the .Abbey.
If I had been given an opportunity
to choose my own seat I could not
have had a better one, I saw the par-
ade on the way from the Palace as it
came to Trafalgar Square and swung
right.
With a pair of field glasses I had
along I could look into the carriages
as they passed. As the Queen's car-
riage swung around the turn I caught
a glimpse of the Royal couple as they
waved.
Then on return they passed directly
below us twice, each time within 25
feet of our gallery.
From B Gallery, which was the
press box, we were high enough to see
into the vehicles but not too high to
look down on the tops.
On the first time past it had begun
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raining while the Military units were
passing, but before the Royal part of
the procession came along the On
broke through and we were able to get
colored movies,
in less tha n an hour the parade
started back past our Stand again and
turned at the monument towards the
Palace. This time the rain again soak-
ed everyone.
Canadian troops, including navy,
army and air force, formed a guard
of honor on both sides of the route
where the parade passed Canada
House.
Those along the route were provided
with slickers but when the parade
came near each time these were re-
moved and like the police and specta-
tors they stood in the rain. Of course
thousands of, military and navy per-
sonnel did not have slickers at any
time.
In Seats At 6 amt.
Everyone coining to Canada House
had been warned to be in their seats
by six a.m. However, most of us were
there by five or soon after.
We had purchased meal tickets with
our seats at $6.80 for breakfast, morn-
ing coffee and luncheon.
Breakfast consisted of two slices of
thin bread buttered and a dab of mar-
malade (if you could get it but it was
all gone when I got served) and a
partly filled cup of tea or coffee. This
was balanced on our hands as no place
was provided to sit or stand. Morning
coffee included a square of cake and
a sandwich, again if you could get it.
Luncheon, which was served during
the time the Abbey service was going
on, consisted of a cold plate of veget-
able salad, lettuce and tomato, with
either a slice of cold meat or some
cold chicken which included bones as
Well as meat, a dessert of fruit and a
slice of Ice cream and piece of cake,
choice of'tea or coffee, This we again
ate frorri our hands and. have pic-
tures of several sitting on the thick
rugs in the high Commissioner's of-
fice.
Parade A Wonderful Sight
All At home have seen pictures of
the parade by now but to actually
'watch it pass was most inspiring. It
did something that nothing else could,
It was not the color and the pomp
and uniforms so much as the loyalty
of those millions who stood, not for
hours but for days, wedged in so tight-
ly that not a jot of pavement was
visible among them, with the _rain
coming down time after tine.
Some had slickers, others not; some
a newspaper which soon got soaked
but they did not move. Even after they
had seen the parade pass once they
stayed on another two hours to see it
pass again. With such loyalty as this
We realize there Is great truth in the
words, "There'll always be an Eng-
land."
Carried On Stretchers
St. John Ambulance did an amazing
service, From our seat we saw at least
fifty persons carried away on stretch-
ers, back beyond the monument to
where they were given temporary
treatment. From here ambulances
took those needing further assistance
to hospitals.
At first they called the ambulances
to the spot but soon the service be-
came overtaxed and ,an emergency
place was set up. Had the weather
been hot and humid perhaps many
more would have collapsed.
We saw St, John's men take child-
ren and others away on foot, presum-
ably to toilets as they brought them
back later where they wormed back
into the crowd.
An amazing thing about the whole
crowd was how they managed for
personal services. There were no facil-
ities nearly large enough to accommo-
date a small portion of them,
Looking down from the railing of
our covered balcony while rain was
dripping on the bare heads of women
below, I counted one hundred and
twenty-five heads in an area not as
big as the average dining room, They
never moved or even tried to avoid
the dripping rain as there was no
place to move,
Churchill Show
On the return to the Palace when
Sir Winston Churchill's coach came
opposite us it veered from the parade.
Units following were signalled on
past and Winnie and his guests to-
gether with the mounted body guard
stood there to see the balance of the
parade.
Immediately the shout went up,
"We want Winnie," and he leaned out
the window and waved. Cheer after
cheer broke out from the multitudes.
As the balance of the parade passed
the officers in charge of each unit
saluted the Prime Minister's coach.
Mr. Churchill remained there while
the Royal carriage approached and
the Queen and the Duke both laughed
and leaned towards the Prime Mini-
ster and waved at him. The Duke
seemed to really enjoy this incident
and I took colored movies. I believe
we in Canada House press gallery
have an exclusive on this.
As the procession passed out of our
view, making a right turn at the
Square, there were cheers from the
throng. But even then there seemed
no rush to move on,
I made my way out to the street, It
had been a long day, just over 12
hours since I had entered the building,
12 hours and the passing of the great-
est pageant the world had ever seen.
Air Force Fly Past
In less than an hour, as soon as time
allowed for the Queen to get to the
Palace and take her place at the bal-
cony, the air force fly past began.
I got as close as I could to this but
crowds had filled the roads leading to
the grounds down which the proces-
sion had recently passed.
Around the palace the people had
broken through the police lines and
filled the square, The fly-over was
most thrilling. Jets and all the latest
type of aircraft took part including
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"Those .w.110 had stood packed there ,the fireworks display,
drank and danced. and later watehed.
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With you next week at the Pertiy., for $6 hours or more .cheered. not the
planes but the Queen In the window. llrootnote
Ali during the night the streets were Lecal persons whose names .appear, • • • - - • • - filled with merriment, dancing, and. ed in the Quest hook at Canada Mouse,,
laughter, They who had endured the London, for the Coronation were;.
,j, W, Hanna, Winghtun; Jessie Little, waiting along the streets were still
not exhausted but filled the pubs and Atwood; and F Burt, Usto.wei.
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