Bristol is mentioned in today's BBC news about Royal Wedding street parties: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12175133 On 5th. September 2009 Bristol was referred to as 'street party capital': http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8239532.stm Does anyone remember street parties in the B & S area for the 1937 Coronation or the ending of the Second World War? My sister was telling me about parties held in a hall in St. Philip's, Bristol for soldiers who came home after the war. I know that it rained on Coronation Day in 1953. Perhaps that was why our street party was held in the upstairs room of a local pub. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com