coronation

So famous! Not surprised a good photo of it was taken..

I've a question; When The Blyth News closed were you handed any old images from their archives??

Hi Paul, We weren't handed the images - it's just outside our area. Northumberland Archives might be able to advise you, though. Contact details on their website www.experiencewoodhorn.com/collections/.

Ah of course! Thanks.

My big bro worked in Pink Lane Got some pix of the vans he used to drive

Is that a stone under the seat?

This is amazing: King Edward's Chair, sometimes known as St Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair, is the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland — known as the Stone of Scone — which he had captured from the Scots who had kept it at Scone Abbey. The chair was named after England's only canonized king, Edward the Confessor, and was kept in his shrine of St Edward's Chapel at Westminster Abbey. This article can be found at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Edward's_Chair

Yes, amazing. Nowadays, the Stone of Scone is no longer there, having been repatriated to Scotland: www.royal.gov.uk/output/page2015.asp The rest of the chair can be seen in Westminster Abbey, and will surely feature during the next Coronation.

Returned to Scotland in 1996. And if you think it will be returned to England for the next Coronation ... hmm...

Nah, I didn't mean the Stone of Scone, I meant that the chair will be used for the Coronation.

Photographed on The Mall, Armagh, looking north the small red-bricked masonic hall is left of the tall spire of the first Presbyterian church. Even though he has obscured his face with a salute the Deputy Lieutenant is more than likely H.B Armstrong of Dean's Hill Armagh.

We've now flipped the photo and replaced it - thanks for pointing that out NIreland eye.