by Blitzkid » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:51 pm
GEORGE V1 ANGER AT COVENTRY CIVIC PEOPLE
Standing in the mall in london Feb 1952 it was the blast of the trumpets at the kings funeral that made me think of the way he had been treated at Coventry aftermath of the Blitz.
My Dad and I were shooed out of the Cathedral, then out of Broadgate to Smithford Street, rumour was the King had arrived in Coventry to meet the people, but there were no people, we had all been pushed away from were we could meet him.
The king had plenty of experience of the bombing he had visited city's he had been in his element at meeting his people, picking their way through the rubble, and sharing their sorrows, he had watched a lone bomber fly up the mall and release Bombs on his own Home B.Palace.
In Coventry he was shepherded by a score of civic heads including the mayor. no workers in The Cathedral, or any place he could see.
Broadgate, still no workers rescue people of any sort the place was deserted apart from these dignataries, as he marched through Broadgate a good six yards in front of them his face was livid. No city had he been kept so far from the working class people, in other cities he been applauded with warm smiles, 'and shouts of we can take it' but not in Coventry, all he was allowed was to meet people the dignitaries wanted him to meet. Shame fully I wished him Good bye, he had been thrown into the job at short notice, and badly brought up for such a demanding job, but he got respect from all over the world.