The 1953 Coronation....

[Furryanimal]

The choirboys at Westminster Abbey on Saturday will be hoping to be treated rather better than their predecessors at Queen Elizabeth’s crowning in 1953, says Patrick Kidd in The Times. “Their packed lunches included bottles of milk, which they were told to keep when empty in case they needed to spend a penny during the long service.”

 

[caroln]

Hmm, another "failure to communicate" here. (At least for me.) What does that mean?

 

[Furryanimal]

Hmm, another "failure to communicate" here. (At least for me.) What does that mean?

They could pee in the bottle

 

[AnnieA]

I cannot imagine how 8,000 people fit into Westminster Abbey which has a seating capacity of 2,000. Talk about "standing room only." There was no worry that people might faint and fall to the floor during the long service ...they would remain upright packed in that closely.