{"id":30709,"date":"2023-05-06T23:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30709"},"modified":"2023-05-06T23:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T22:01:01","slug":"1953-and-2023-coronations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=30709","title":{"rendered":"1953 and 2023 Coronations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023050612.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIn 1953, it rained for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. That coronation was broadcast in black and white on small screens.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023050609.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIn 2023, it rained for the coronation of her son, King Charles III. But a lot had changed when it came to broadcasting.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023050604.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe Abbey Cinema in Abingdon laid a red carpet.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023050603.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThey had bunting and an array of food and drink fit for a coronation.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023050601.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIn 2023, people could watch the ceremony at the Abbey Cinema on the big screen and have food and drink served by ordering on their telephones.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023050602.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nKing Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey. The image appeared simultaneously in the Abbey Cinema in Abingdon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag23\/2023050608.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe moment was also seen in pubs, cafes, church halls, and homes throughout Abingdon and even on the X3 bus leaving Abingdon for Oxford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1953, it rained for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. That coronation was broadcast in black and white on small screens. In 2023, it rained for the coronation of her son, King Charles III. But a lot had changed when it came to broadcasting. The Abbey Cinema in Abingdon laid a red carpet. They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}