My husband's would have been but for our eldest son smashing it when he was about 4yrs old. He is 36 now, and I don't think I ever actually told my husband! Thankfully he has never asked about it. Jenny Kingsbury. -----Original Message----- From: Nova Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 11:24 AM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] Commemorative Coronation tins Following the trend, I am wondering how many coronation mugs are still around today? Nova Gilroy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This subject seems to regularly crop up on the list. Last night on BBC4 there was a programme called "The boats that built Britain" and this episode was about Bristol Channel Pilots, their boats and how they worked. I didn't realise that in the early days the pilots were competing against each other so the pilot with the fastest boat got to the incoming ship first so got the job. It will be available on BBC iPlayer. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos