Reading of the proclamation of the accession of the Queen in 1952

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Title

Reading of the proclamation of the accession of the Queen in 1952
Mike's funeral

Description

A crowd of people surrounding a vehicle with loud speakers, Market Place, Oundle, Northamptonshire. Clergymen stand behind a group of men on a dais arranged behind a union flag. One of the men is holds some paper and is standing with a microphone. To one side men stand with rifles at their side. On a building is a sign reading ' Please queue here for the Peterborough and Stamford buses'.

A note reads, 'Sunderland March 43 subject's funeral'.

Date

1952-02-09

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Format

One b/w photograph

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Contributor

Identifier

PMyersWaymanM1930; PMyersWaymanM1931

Collection

Citation

“Reading of the proclamation of the accession of the Queen in 1952,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/50813.