Back to the future.

I was 7 years old at the last Coronation and remember being in a small room of a friend of my grandparents . Everyone was crowded around the tiny black & white television and naturally I was soon bored. I wandered into the back kitchen where I was surprised to see a large parrot in a cage. You can guess what happened next, yes I poked my finger through the bars to touch it and of course it bit me hard. My yells disrupted proceedings whist I was strictly admonished and the blood was stemmed. Thankfully today’s event was less traumatic and I enjoyed the spectacle. How great it was to see all the marching bands and troops without a tank or missile on display.