extract from the Sheffield Independent giving lots of detail about celebrations,streets etc.Old fashioned language but really adds detail to family history.Hope it is of interest Sheffield Independent 1911 23rd June The Holiday Spirit Supreme Crowds in the city street. Slumland Gay Toilers triumph in loyal displays. Sheffield was alive with loyal enthusiasm from early to late and the sound of joyous revelry resounded from one end of the city to the other.Colour cheered the eye at evry turn right from the Town Hall down into the Slumland Street and the meanest court and alley. Flags were unfurled aloft,myriads of streamers and garlands danced to the breeze.Bunting,coloured devices and natural flowers contested with each other in the colour schemes, and at night illuminations added brilliance to the scene.People thronged into the city in their teeming thousands until the streets became almost impassable. In short,Sheffield was in the grip of an irresistible holiday humour. By this alone will the coronation be remembered by the vast majority of folk. Steelopolis had lost its commercial seriousness and its monotony of drab, and expanded its broad features in one big festive smile. "The Coronation may come but once in a generation" the citizens seemed to say "then why should we be sad?" A genuine touch of humour pervaded the situation. There was nothing especially happening for the entertainment of the public and therefore people wandered to and fro more or less aimlessly to see how other people were enjoying themselves. There is something fascinating in being in a crowd and thus was enthusiasm engendered into a competition of who could best make merry. Young and ols,sober and gay, in hundreds of instances abandoned the ordinary everyday reserve ,blowing hooters and singing until something like pandemonium reigned. To this was added the throwing of confetti. The tramcars were besieged with sightseers and other vehicles were impressed into service by people desirious of doing the round of the city. Wednesday night was an anxious time. Thousands of youngsters worked themselves into a fever of excitement in anticipation of what the morrow might bring-for had they not been taught in school that scarcely such a king as George V ever lived and that Coronation day was the event of a lifetime?And so they dreamed of alluring joys,many of which proved elusive. The elder folk had been scarcely less excited. High and low, rich and poor vied in their display of loyalty. Out in the West end and in the suburbs Union Jacks floated proudly from flagstaffs over many a mansion but the toilers down in the dingy parts of the city had gone one better.The remarkable enthusiasm and loyalty of these humble folk was a striking feature of the days festivities.... Glenn Piper researching PIPER-UK. Sheffield 1911 newspapers on cd/dvd. Free surname and general index.2466 surnames so far Other indexes in progress. See www.cpiper.freeserve.co.uk I use Archive books to help my research. www.archivecdbooks.org