The Media Archive for Central England is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. An independent charity and company based at the University of Lincoln, MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border..
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Coronation Festivities in Herefordshire
Wartime austerity ends here: Herefordshire puts on a show for the 1953 Coronation.
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Overview
From an eccentric football match at Bishopstone (with one player who appears to be wielding a shotgun) to a tug-of-war across a brook at Peterchurch - there's certainly lots to see in this lengthy silent round up of Herefordshire Coronation fever.
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