HEREFORD people are looking back on precious memories of a local party held in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.

Only 16 years after her father, George VI, was officially coronated, Elizabeth II was crowned Queen on June 2, 1953. The coronation was "ground-breaking -as the first ever to be televised, it was watched by 27 million people in the UK alone and millions more audiences around the world,” says the Royal Family’s website

With Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation broadcasted to such a vast audience, parties, such as the Herefordshire event pictured, took place up and down the country in celebration of the new monarch’s reign.

A Facebook post from 'We Grew Up in Hereford' group member Brian Davies depicted a Hereford coronation street party on Wallis Avenue, Hunderton, "courtesy of David Niblett whose mum is the smiling lady in white at the back.”

Mr Niblett confirmed his mum “would've been 18 then” in the comments. “Born and raised on the corner of Wallis Ave. and Villa Street, her family, the Preedy's, owned and ran the ferry,” he said.

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Many more nostalgic commenters found their loved ones in the photo. Donna Harrison spotted her great nan, Nigel Pace could see “my mum Edith, Auntie Betty and my Nan” while Suzanne Fletcher saw her “late Mum, looking really happy. Her best friend there was Janet Preedy, she loved the Preedy family as she was an only child after the death of her brother. Lovely to see this.”

Pam Nicholls recalls “happy times”, with her pictured childhood friends, Sally Roach Compton could see “a lot of familiar faces enjoying the celebrations,” and Yvonne Miles’ “very fond memories” are also captured in the photo, portraying her eight-year-old self and “all my family”.

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Ann Lustenberger found herself in the “third row from the front with the paper hat,” while Margaret Jean Davey was “just behind the girl eating in the front.”

Peter Stilwell lamented the long-lost sense of “togetherness in those days, it’s a totally different world now”, as resident Julie Evans remembered “when communities cared for each other and were cared about. Long gone times now sadly.”