Monday, June 15, 1953 | |||||||||||
8.00 a.m. Left Hove by special coach for the ROYAL NAVAL REVIEW at Spithead. By invitation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, through the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, provision was made for the visitors to witness the Review from Browndown Range. Arrived at 1.00 p.m. | |||||||||||
3.30 p.m. REVIEW OF THE FLEET BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. |
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10.30 p.m. SHIPS OF THE FLEET WERE ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY A SIGNAL GIVEN BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. This was followed by a Firework Display lasting from 10.40 to 10.55 p.m.... | |||||||||||
... when the group left for Battine House Youth Hostel, East Marden, where the remainder of the night was spent under arrangements made by the Warden and Mrs. Wilson. |
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