tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3571029892110342709..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: THE QUEEN AND I By Adèle GerasMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91911026450004802112012-01-10T00:44:38.295+00:002012-01-10T00:44:38.295+00:00A lovely and fascinating post!A lovely and fascinating post!Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10638923125571522252012-01-09T10:36:17.931+00:002012-01-09T10:36:17.931+00:00I had that golden carriage, Dianne!I had that golden carriage, Dianne!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81938541109298505622012-01-09T09:33:29.204+00:002012-01-09T09:33:29.204+00:00Thanks everyone! Dianne, I can just see you and co...Thanks everyone! Dianne, I can just see you and come to think of it I might well have had a replica carriage. But I was a frivolous child and was keener on acquiring an elastic belt with snake head buckle!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16663944506248407112012-01-08T19:00:58.048+00:002012-01-08T19:00:58.048+00:00lovely post adele xlovely post adele xCatherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610226884546830879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74292359128987152642012-01-08T06:49:05.019+00:002012-01-08T06:49:05.019+00:00Lovely post Adele. I too kept scrapbooks books of ...Lovely post Adele. I too kept scrapbooks books of movie stars and the princesses. I can remember sitting up in bed when I was ill and a big box of cuttings being given me and a pair of scissors and glue. I think sometimes I might even have pretended to being ill just for the pleasure of cutting and sticking. My scrapbooks have long been lost but recently I found one my father made of the Royal visit to South Africa where the Queen turned 21. Its startling to see them enjoying the simplicity and hospitality in the Jan Smuts household... where the single bathroom was an added-on corrugated iron room off the verandah. Yes... amazing that she is someone who has also been integral to my life since I was a small girl! Did you also have a little golden replica of the Coronation carriage? It was intricate and beautiful (and not plastic) with all those horses and horsemen and doors on the carriage that could open. Thank you for the reminder.Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-59668686350968423152012-01-07T22:05:25.345+00:002012-01-07T22:05:25.345+00:00Terrific post - and I love the picture of the Thre...Terrific post - and I love the picture of the Three Queens. You can see an entire social history in that one photograph, through the differences in bearing and expression of the three women.<br /><br />But this makes me feel very nostalgic for the days before the 'Royal Family' documentary, when Royalty were private and special rather than glorified soap stars. Maybe we were just more innocent then, and were able to admire our idols without a secret envy that longed to tear them down.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this. A lovely little glimpse of the past - and I hope you kept that scrapbook!alberridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986443240923520466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73402931218655077352012-01-07T18:04:12.352+00:002012-01-07T18:04:12.352+00:00Lovely post, Adele - and such an iconic picture of...Lovely post, Adele - and such an iconic picture of the mourners. 'The Mourners' - that's quite a good title isn't it! Dare say it's been used many times before.Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-57038972062675103552012-01-07T17:14:06.672+00:002012-01-07T17:14:06.672+00:00Gosh Mary, that is quite fascinating...and how tra...Gosh Mary, that is quite fascinating...and how tragic to lose a sister. Dreadful.<br /><br />But this must be a post for you surely? It would be very good. Maybe in Jubilee year we could all put up various Royal linked posts. And yes, Ann Miller ( Or Anne Miller but I think Ann) did have splendid legs! I like her much better now that I'm no longer a child!<br /><br />And Michelle...like the Hollywood and Hollyrood thing!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-36309304806075936032012-01-07T16:36:28.369+00:002012-01-07T16:36:28.369+00:00I was in hospital recovering from having my append...I was in hospital recovering from having my appendix out when King George died and it all seemed very momentous. Husband was taken to see the Coronation procession by his (Indian) mother but I had to make do wit the film screened in the local cinema. <br /><br />Amazing that my parents had the heart to take us, since my oldest sister died (aged 19) at the end of May 1953.<br /><br />My father was a telecommunications inspector for the British Railway and one of his jobs was to travel on the Royal Train in case Her Majesty ever needed to make a phone call.<br /><br />Fortunately she never did, or my dad would have had to shin up the nearest telegraph pole in order to link up the instrument (and he was quite portly).<br /><br />But I remember his telling us stories about the little prince and princess (Charles and Anne) running up and down the train.<br /><br />I also followed the movie stars, Adèle, and shall console you by reminding you that Anne Miller had the best legs!<br /><br />Thank you for a lovely trip down memory lane.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-47614932464341499422012-01-07T14:16:24.997+00:002012-01-07T14:16:24.997+00:00Lovely stories, Adele. Interesting synergy of Holl...Lovely stories, Adele. Interesting synergy of Hollywood and Hollyrood in a child's mind.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.com