HERE is a selection of great pictures of street parties held in the Darlington area in the days after the 1953 coronation.
They come from the archive of The Northern Echo and from the collection in the Darlington Centre for Local Studies in the library.
Can you spot any relatives?
The Milton Street coronation tea party in 1953. Picture courtesy of Darlington Centre for Local Studies
A Coronation tractor in Grange Avenue, Hurworth Place. Sitting in front is Stan Richardson, with Robert Hodgson behind and Tom Wearmouth on the right
Coronation Day party indoors at East Raby Street in Darlington. Picture courtesy of Darlington Centre for Local Studies
READ MORE: HOW THE 1953 CORONATION WAS CELEBRATED - IN THE RAIN
Coronation sports in Brunswick Street, just off the inner ring road, with the cooling towers of the Haughton Road power station in the background. Picture courtesy of Darlington Centre for Local Studies
A 1953 street party somewhere in Darlington - can you tell us where? Picture courtesy of Darlington Centre for Local Studies
The Hurworth Place 1953 Coronation Queen and her attendants. Does anyone know any names?
The Hurworth Place street party was held on somewhere called "the butcher's field". Is that now the working men's club field?
The Larchfield Street party in 1953. Picture courtesy of Darlington Centre for Local Studies
With the rain washing out street parties on Coronation Day, people waited for the sun to come out before celebrating: these are the people of Sunnycrest Avenue in Richmond having a belated street party a few days later
Darlington people in the mall before the coronation of 1953
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