OT - Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

Big river procession on the Thames this afternoon. Pity it's chucking it
down with rain right now (10:20am); no rain up here although it's a bit
chilly. BBC TV is covering the event so we'll probably watch it on the
computer (don't have a TV)
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney

On 03/06/2012 18:05, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:21:41 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

Big river procession on the Thames this afternoon. Pity it's chucking it
down with rain right now (10:20am); no rain up here although it's a bit
chilly. BBC TV is covering the event so we'll probably watch it on the
computer (don't have a TV)


Quite the show! My vote goes to the Philharmonic, stupendous.

Indeed, the choir sang their heart out. Shame about the awful commentry,
where are the modern equivalents of Raymond Baxter and Richard Dimbleby?
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK

On Jun 3, 5:34*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:49:55 +0100, Bruce

wrote:
On 03/06/2012 18:05, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:21:41 +0100, Bruce
*wrote:

Big river procession on the Thames this afternoon. Pity it's chucking it
down with rain right now (10:20am); no rain up here although it's a bit
chilly. BBC TV is covering the event so we'll probably watch it on the
computer (don't have a TV)

Quite the show! * My vote goes to the Philharmonic, stupendous.

Indeed, the choir sang their heart out. Shame about the awful commentry,
where are the modern equivalents of Raymond Baxter and Richard Dimbleby?

I watched on CBC and it was our own Peter Mansbridge, he did a great
job. *I remember Richard Dimbleby and his 'cathedral like tones' -
think that was what Gilbert Harding called them lol * However, I heard
one announcer on the radio refer to the river 'tames' - I nearly
phoned CBC then thought, lifes too short lol

Thinking back sixty years I was in London on the corner of the Mall,
all night and really did not see that much for my efforts. *We had a
few days off from school and where my parents were in Japan I went
home with a friend. *Her father was a well known bishop but her mother
had died when she was little and he had not a clue about teenage
girls. *My friend told him we wouldn't be a bother and we left him in
his study and took off for London. * I don't think he even realised we
went up to London lol * Then we watched a re-run on a little B/W
television. * It was very exciting though to be on the streets of
London, I doubt those there today felt any pain in the excitement of a
historical moment.

I enjoyed watching the parts they showed on Fox News.

I remember the Coronation so well....it was my 17th birthday, and we
went to a wealthy friend of the family to watch on his TV (I think it
was colour)..and then have a birthday luncheon (or was it the reverse
way). I remember our host gave me a lovely little fragile vase. It was
a numbered edition of the very pretty floral design that Wedgewood
made. I really cried when DS and his Dad broke it playing nerf ball in
the living room, many years later.

I was so shocked when the US commentator, who we see on TV daily
used the word "coronated" rather than crowned. I felt like ringing
them up. to straighten her out...and also the "horserace" wasn't at a
horsetrack just for the occasion..and it is pronounced DARBY...not
DERBY. AS Jim Cripwell would say...just picking nits.

Gill