more likely to be for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II which was in June 1953
Ann Baker
28-Jul-2016 10:23
Bakers in Sheerness run by Lewis Smith and his wife Ivy 1938 > any info?
Graham
21-Mar-2012 21:04
Trust the dockyard mateys to get the dimensions wrong!
Patrick
16-Jun-2010 02:47
The Festival of Britain, 1951 - 1952 was mainly an exhibition in London. The flags here look like the ones that were put up every summer for the Sheerness Carnival and Parade during the 1950s.
One year they had to be taken down to let a giant wooden horse of Troy pass by. It had been made in the dockyard for the parade. It was pictured on the front page of the Daily Mirror, July or August, sometime between 1954 and 1959.
Guest
02-Jul-2008 10:31
It maybe for The Festival Of Britain which I think was in 1953 or there abouts.
colin Haggart
02-Jul-2008 10:30
I think there are dressed in 1950s clothes, therefore the flags maybe for The Festival Of Britain, which I think was in 1953ish.