We are looking for a better photo of the Coronation celebrations held in Gunning in 1953. Does anyone have a better photograph of the Gunning celebrations? Please let us know! Elizabeth became Queen immediately on the death of her father in 1952. You may have noticed the reports of her 65 year reign earlier this year, with no spectacular recognition (other than gun salutes). The Coronation was deferred for more than a year, until the Queen’s mourning was over in June 1953. It was a huge event in Gunning. Bill Weatherstone writes: My family was living at Toldale, where our father was the station manager for Bill Southwell, from the late 1940s until the mid 1950s. Mum and Dad were great friends of Dr Bill Barbour and his wife Win. They often played tennis with them on their court in Bialla Street. (My brother and I were both born in a private hospital in the same street, however that was when we lived at Cullerin, prior to coming to the Gunning district.) ...