Candles for Coronation ceremony
Casting the candles for the Coronation Ceremony. Standing on the box is Richard Dams, beside him is Robert Plater and in the background Ben Robinson. Making the candles for the Coronation ceremony: the candles which will stand on the altar in Westminster Abbey during the Coronation Ceremony are now being made by Charles Farris Ltd of Hounslow who have been making candles since 1845. Hand casting the candles is Mr Benjamin Robinson who has made candles for most of the Royal occasions over the past 28 years he has been with the firm. Included among these events have been the lying in State of King George V, King George VI and Queen Mary, the coronation of King George VI and the weddings of Princess Elizabeth to the Duke of Edinburgh and of the late Duke of Kent to Princess Marina. The coronation candles are 48 inches long and weigh 5 lbs each. They burn at the rate of one inch per hour and on Coronation Day will be alight for 12 hours. The ends are returned to Charles Farris and by tradition are melted down, but on this occasion two of the candle ends are being presented to the Tallow Chandlers company for framing and keeping in their Hall in memory of the occasion
