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Visit By Queen Elizabeth - Shotton (shot0093)

Opening Of Shotton Community Centre
Shotton Colliery

Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II visiting The Royal Show at Newton Abbot, where she is looking at the entry for County Durham in the Show, Sweep a pony; the Queen is wearing a dress with wide sleeves and tight bodice; she is standing on the left of the picture and her profile can be seen; behind her is a man in a suit and to her right are two pit ponies in their stalls, each with its handler; the handler nearer the camera is wearing an overall with the initials, N.C.B., on its pocket and two medals', presumably won during the Second World War; one of the men, described as being Centre in the picture, has been identified as Mr. R. Young, Head Horse Keeper at Easington Colliery and later at Shotton Colliery

Visit By Queen Elizabeth - Shotton

Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II visiting The Royal Show at Newton Abbot, where she is looking at the entry for County Durham in the Show, Sweep a pony; the Queen is wearing a dress with wide sleeves and tight bodice; she is standing on the left of the picture and her profile can be seen; behind her is a man in a suit and to her right are two pit ponies in their stalls, each with its handler; the handler nearer the camera is wearing an overall with the initials, N.C.B., on its pocket and two medals', presumably won during the Second World War; one of the men, described as being Centre in the picture, has been identified as Mr. R. Young, Head Horse Keeper at Easington Colliery and later at Shotton Colliery

Date: 1952


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