Silver Jubilee Parade 1935

A Memory of West Lulworth.

I remember well the parade through the village on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee.
My mother and several other mothers dressed six of us young boys as toy soldiers and we had to march in the parade.  However, the best thing in the parade that I can remember was a model of the Queen Mary.  It was loaded over a car.  You could not see the car, only the majestic liner floating through the village.  It was a wonderful occasion for the children of the village for we had a party that evening in the Parish Hall and everyone was presented with a mug to commemorate the occasion.
At the time my family lived at 19 West Lulworth just opposite the War Memorial.
We were Church of England but my mother insisted on sending us to the Roman Catholic School in East Lulworth.  She had heard the Miss Yarnitsky was the best teacher in Dorset and that was enough for her.  On days that my sister and I missed the bus we had to walk to school.
Eventually, we moved to 4 Sunnyside Terrace, and finally to Lulcote.
My mother died in 1943 and together with my father is buried in the churchyard
overlooking the village.  As I understand it, there are still some relatives of mine living in the village.  I hope that they will enjoy their life there as my family and I did.  I have some photos taken in the 30s which I will send by snail mail.
Sincerely,
Albert Spavins

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