How Swindon celebrated the wedding of Prince Philip and Her Majesty the Queen
With the big day on Thursday, November 20, partying in Swindon began earlier that week. The local branch of the International Sequence Dance Circle held a ball at the Co-operative Hall in East Street where Princess Elizabeth’s dance, the Royal Minuet, was on the programme. And guests at the Coate Amateur Swimming Club Wedding Eve celebration paid six shillings to dance the night away to Johnnie Stiles and his Band at the Town Hall. Although the town had no official entertainment, numerous street parties had been organised and Swindon schoolchildren enjoyed a day off school. At Blunsdo...
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