Coronation pageant rehearsal, Meadle, Buckinghamshire
Cattle get preview of village's Coronation tableau. Meadle, Bucks, is holding a Coronation Carnival on 6 June and one of the tableaux to be included depicts Queen Elizabeth I with her ladies in waiting, pages and Yeomen of the guard. All the parts are being taken by children and the ladies of the village have all cooperated in making the costumes from old scraps of material. Playing the part of the Queen is pretty 13 year old Ursula Moore. While crossing a field on their way to a rehearsal the children found their way barred by inquisitive cows eager to get a preview of the tableau. They soon got out of the way however when the Beefeaters arrived, somebody must have told them that Yeomen of the Guard are not called Beefeaters for nothing! The Guards to the rescue! You can always depend on the stalwart Yeomen of the Guard to come to a lady's aid. Little Jean Rogers found the going across the field difficult while on her way to the pageant rehearsal but she got a lift from the manly Yeomen
