Choirboys rehearsing for Coronation, Addington Palace

May 14, 1953 - Choirboys Rehearse For Coronation. Thirty-two boys are rehearsing the music for the Coronation at Addington Palace, Croydon. Twenty of the boys have been chosen for the Royal Schools of Music from amongst its 3, 000 member choirs from all over the country, and the other twelve are choristers from six cathedrals. This is the first coronation, it is believed, at which boys from parish church and school choirs have been chosen to sing. Keystone Photo Shows (L-R): Dermot McConnell, of Belfast (St Anne's Cathedral); Walter Officer of Belfast (St Anne's Cathedral); David Harry Gordon of Belfast (St Bartholomew), Kenneth Turner of Dublin (St Patrick's Cathedral), Samuel GC Greenaway, Armagh (St Patrick's Cathedral), and Henry Roger Dormer, Armagh (St Patrick's Cathedral), during today's rehearsal at Addington Palace

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3000 Addington Amongst Armagh Believed Cathedrals Choirboys Choirs Choristers Chosen Croydon Dermot Dormer Greenaway Mcconnell Rehearse Rehearsing Thirty

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