More Royalty at Milford
Further to Mr. Mike Taylor's story about being taken to see HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother passing through Milford on her way to King Edward's School at Witley. I was a pupil at King Edward's during the time of her visit, and whereas Mr. Taylor's story implies there may have been a number of visits by Her Majesty, I only recall the one, which I believe to have been in 1956. Mr. Gordon Humphries MA was the Headmaster at the time, and it was the only occasion upon which we pupils had seen him at all flustered. HM had lunch with us in the dining hall, and the two things that stick in my mind about the day was meeting this tiny, smiling lady, and that we had something called 'vol au vents' for lunch. These latter were considered by us to be a complete denial of the human child's right to a square meal! To this day I find it difficult to picture royalty eating without envisioning their plates being full of little crusty puddles of French goo. (Stop Press! Mike's story refers to the year 1962, and as I had left school by then, I suppose it means my memory does in fact refer to an earlier Royal Visit.)
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I was a pupil at King Edward's in the 1960s and I remember a visit from the Queen Mother to our school because I presented her with a bouquet of flowers when I was around 13, so that would have been 1963 give or take a year. I was very shy and am now embarrassed that I remember handing her the flowers and running away, apparently she stopped to talk to me but I didn't notice because I was running back to my seat. I also remember that for two days we had a practice meal, it was so good, strawberries and ice cream. We were so happy to get this great meal two days in a row, the reason we got it the day before was so it looked like we always got food that good always and we didn't look shocked when it was served. My name was Carol Pearson. I came on here to see if maybe there was a picture of the royal visit.
Comment from Pearson Carol on Tuesday, 19th April 2011.
RE: RE: More Royalty at Milford
I remember the royal visit to King Edward's. I was at school in Witley and we all got the day off so we could stand beside the road and wave as she drove by. I didn't actually see her but the day off was good.
Comment from Martin Ward Fletcher on Thursday, 3rd November 2011.