Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 27, 1954, p. 8

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page kioht the acton free press acton ontario tku118day hay 17ui 1m4 canadian in riwutr homecoming of the queen evokes london to gay show of affection saturday may 15 ihe queen and philip the duke of edinburgh landed back in london for the drat lime in six months thl was an occasion all londoners were awaiting london was gaily decora ed and everypne was gay kon and i rose carl saturday morning and left nuffield founda tlon house after breakfast to see the queen we travelled to trafalgar square on the london transport which is the london underground railway this is the quickest if you arc in a hurry as the buses move slower and stop frequently but this morning london seemed to have just twice as many people especially when they are all gotng to converge in one section of of the cit from trafalgar square c walk ed into the very crowded mall which is the great wide drive that leads from trafalgar square to the main gates of buckingham palace many londoners had spent the night here so they would be assured of a place right in the front row ken and 1 had to be satisfied in the fifth or sixth row which was not too bad il was a ions wait but worth it i neer remember seeing a st john s ambulance man so busy be fore thev were set out just behind where c were standing and had stations at various places along both aides of the mall at time there were between 0 and 60 people v ing on stretchers behind us and this was only one station out of pussibl a dozen on the mall i in the hall there were thousands crowded into the mall and the peopk it ill kept coming even up to 3 45 pm when the procession came b the bells of westminster abbev were rmring and wi heard tht 21 gun salute everyone around u u d she has landed at westminsu r p i and it wont bt ioiir now 0d tht pa skm vou could hear the cheering crowds as the queen and the duke rxie in n open tandem through wh tehall pulled bj horses with glitter njj har ness at thej came out f trafalgar squart into th mill the crowd there started rhe nnfi the no sc wa deafen in fi i was able to get a picturt of the grtmdicr guards band as it passed the red coats and the very high hats are a signt indeed but as tht qu en and duke in the open tandem passed the crowd surged forward about sevtn feet cheering and wav ng i had great difficult holding im feit lit alone gtt a picturt however i did see them befon a section of the crowd broke through the police cordons the crowd swarmed towards buckingham palace everjone run ning as fast as thev could go for whoever reached the palace fence first would s the queen and the duke as thc came out on the tialconj we want the queen at this point 1 lost ken and never saw him again not until about 7 p m back at nuffield foundation house i did ml fairly close to the fcnri of buckingham palace and i hope cot a good picturt of the quern and duke when tht appear ed on the balct nv along w ith prince charles and princess anne th queen and the duke wa ed to the crow d and w hen the child ren vnved vou could hardlv imagine the roar that went up the child ren havi stools to stand n whtn they come out the royal couple i and children then went back in the bands played and people sang bulc britannia and therell al waji be an england and between songt they started a chant we 1 want the queen we want the queen and the crowds were not j disappointed for the queen philip i the children the queen mother and princess margaret appeared the second and last time of the day on the balcon thc waved to the crowd this sent eirone home happy it took some time to get home even th ugh extra bue were being run also more trains on the underground railway were running that day it is one daj i will always remember farm bt hampshire 1 hat left the farm of mr c da idson smith and last week spent three davs with mr rex patcrson hatch warren basingstore hamp shire mr pater son is a man who has been to canada and australia i in fact has travelled a great deal he lis known throughout britain as a verv extensive farmer and the in vintor of the grass silage buck rake and a rapid fertilizer spreader both of which an in common use in britain mr pattrson has 7 000 acres of land milks 1 000 cons most of the cows are a jcrsej shorthorn cross he has some friesians however mr patcrson s land is not in one block one farm is 17 miles to the j west of basingstoke another 10 miles east each firm is run bv a firm manager but mr pattrson is tht captain of the boat and on the home farm two men work in an i ffict in his homt the v ear around i mr pittrson tmplovs 105 men the v car around this is tht farm whtre donald smill flgin c untv eastern cana i da s winntr of the nuffield scholar ship two tirs ifio spent his first thrct wetks ever vear he has dominion young farmers on nuf field scholarships visit his farm al though he tells mc herman arrason of manitoba and john cairns of prlnct edward jslnnd did not come last vtar visit cambridge college on fndav all uk eight dominion young farmers on nuffield scholar ships v isited cambridge college we receded a talxniv sir frank engle don professor of agriculture also ont of the trustees of the nuffield foundation he spoke mostly on rainfall of the british isles the size of the countrv compared with some of the dominions wt come from he also told of the cattle population of england wales scotland and north em island almost ii million he spoke at some length of time over the decreasing farm population of tht highlands of scotland which he ftlt was sinous but did commend the tarmtn m the lowlands for tht ir ir ood farming which the carrv n of scotland s is million icrts 16 million art mountainous rough and wild countrv onlv fit for sheep sir frank engledow also felt this absenct of livestock in casttrn england as compared with wisurn england and wales should it lie taken lightly lit 1 a firm hover of mixed farming this is the first time all dominion young farmers were together hugh brockwnv wcsw rn atmtralla al ian llooklnga easu rn australia peter gordon jim holilerntsa now zealand nell gllmore hhotlrsla gerald stidolptu nhixlrnl i hugh brockway australia nell gllmore ken and i went together nell gil mori tells me that in rhodesia of two million people 16o000 are while his parents were born in aberdeen while gerald stldnlphs were born in cambridge the australian rho desians and new ztalandtra get ng betur in this country they e from sterling countries and therefore hav no difficulty with the monty tht biggest surprise of the day was the guide who took us on the tour of the colleges a student ihtre he was tom lawson or oakvlllc it is a small world indeed i go to kent county next then sussex optomtnubt 58 si georgfs square guelph formerly occupied by mr ip head complete eyesight service tac acuity o ie yftuftte ledgers iga has big news watch for our advertisement next week when youll find news that will mean many in savings for you ledgers iga asphalt paving driveways parking lots and grading phone brampton 2051 j 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