East-enders Cheer King and Queen
ENTHUSIASM AT OFFICIAL FUNCTION United Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 7.30 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 13. For the first time since their accession, thoir Majesties carried out a joint engagement when they visited tho East End to open the new People’s Palace. The opening should have been carried out by the Duke of Windsor, but it was delayed owing to the impending abdication. Cheering crowds lined the route from Piccadilly to the borough of Poplar. East End streets were decorated with streamers, bunting and Coronation emblems. Children were especially well placed, all wearing favours of national colours. There were many shouts of “God save their Majesties,” the King, in morning dress, responding by saluting and waving his hat and the Queen by smiling. At one stage tho East Enders swept away the police cordon and stopped the car’s progress. People surrounded the vehicle, pressing their faces to the windows and cheering enthusiastically, their Majesties acknowledging smilingly. The King and Queen spent an hour inspecting the new palace and listened to a musical programme. They received the Mayors of Shoreditch, Hackney, Bethnal Green and Stepney, with whom they discussed local problems.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 6
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195East-enders Cheer King and Queen Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 6
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