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The village children on the 'Swing Common' by Chain Pond on the Saturday nearest to the 1953 Coronation watching a "puppet show" with adults acting out Punch and Judy off the tailgate of a lorry. Each village child got a 6d coin, an orange and a Coronation teaspoon. The number of children in the village was quite small as the London overspill estate starting half way down Copse Road and at the bottom of Hardwick Road was only just being occupied.

Peter White.

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Peter White from Seaford posted this comment on Sunday 26 January 2020 15:57:29.

Confirmed as 6th June 1953. Can confirm the identity of a few of those pictured IF the person concerned asks on this page!

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Deborah Woodman from Napier, NZ posted this comment on Sunday 21 May 2023 10:21:03.

I found my 3 year old self and brother Tim, aged 5 both looking serious

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Peter White from Seaford posted this comment on Monday 22 May 2023 10:12:52.

This was my photo. I was in the same school class as Deborah Woodman's brother Tim and went to birthday parties in their house in Somerset Road. Valerie Pink is in the photo-- still in touch with her, also member of the DeLittle Family whose parents are in this picture; all of Meadvale. Little girl out-front lived in Copse Road.

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