Coronation Tablecloth 70 Years in the Making...

Rain stopped play

Back in 1953 Freda Pearson was gifted a tablecloth to embroider as a wedding present, as this was the same year of the Queen’s coronation.

Although she started the tablecloth it was never finished and has been stored away in a drawer until December 2022 when Freda (who struggles with her sight) passed it onto her sister Audrey Langford to take on the challenge to complete it - just in time for the King’s coronation this year.

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