Comments on: Lew Tassell At The Queen’s Silver Jubilee

By: Lew Tassell

Lew Tassell — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 12:11:43 +0000

Richard, I checked that out – I was amazed to find that Robert Dyas was founded in 1872!

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:20:31 +0000

Great photos. When did Robert Dyas start up?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 15:56:39 +0000

These photos are first class. Imagine if we wanted to show anyone from abroad who has never ever seen England, and never seen the pageantry? These photos alone would give such an excellent impression.
Yesterday l travelled along Fleet Street on the bus in the rain marvelling with the conductor that thankfully the buildings and therefore its atmosphere has not changed too much since my 20s meeting in;n the old taverns and on this happy Jubilee Day which l attended with my college crowd.
My vivid memory is the relaxed smiling Queen in a floaty dress & coat in sugar pink. The most modern l had ever seen her wear. The matching pink hat was unique and fascinating with its small loose pink flower bells dangling to one side. She had never worn a hat shape which so suited her as her 1977 Jubilee cloche, in my humble opinion.

The other vivid memory these photos invoked is our fantastic night picnicking (in our flares + platforms) in St James’ with thousands of others – all waiting for the fireworks.
l cannot recall the actual fireworks but l can recall the excitement l felt to be out late at night so relaxed in the heart of our capital with my best chums in huge crowds, with absolutely no fear.
l can feel it now looking at these stunning images.

And sitting under those suspected lime trees began a sudden epidemic of coughing, sneezing and wheezing. None of those spluttering, may have realised to this day, what had triggered the mass allergic reaction.
As a keen dressmaker and costume maker, my highlight may have been the Queen’s pink attire in the Gold Coach and my memorable lowlight was my very first episode of hayfever.

Thank you TGA and Lew once more for stirring happy memories of togetherness and of the “bestist” ever years of my life.

By: Sonia Murray

Sonia Murray — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:33:09 +0000

Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing!

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:58:21 +0000

Wonderful photos! Valerie

By: Marie-Anne Knight

Marie-Anne Knight — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:54:22 +0000

Brilliant photos!

By: Mario

Mario — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:38:09 +0000

These pictures conjure up very different memories for me — it was the dawning of punk rock, and Vivienne Westwood and McLaren — I am not talking of the later touristy and dumb Mohican version of punk — I mean the original stirrings, which took inspiration from The Situationists, Blake, Shelley, Proudhon, Durrutti, Dickensian London, and 18th and 19th century sedition, all of which gave us a very different prism on the English monarchy.

Wordsworth was prescient : “Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive. But to be young was very heaven.”