Before hand, it was just the thought of an extra day off that excited me. Then, after the 'riots' by anarchists in London weeks earlier - concerned how it would go. Interested too, if there were any 'protests' how the normal crowd would react!
But, come the day, I listened and watched with mounting pride - to accounts from people who had come some just miles, and others from thousands of miles - to be there. Some were old enough to have been at Charles Diana's wedding, others young to want to be part of history.
I didn't expect to see all the broadcast, but nevertheless, 'glued' to watching it I was - especially near the end when the crowd surged forward to be ready for the balcony scene.
Though, I couldn't help but wonder, if a 'nutter' had got past the police lines, would he/she have been run through with a sabre!??
But, come the day, I listened and watched with mounting pride - to accounts from people who had come some just miles, and others from thousands of miles - to be there. Some were old enough to have been at Charles Diana's wedding, others young to want to be part of history.
I didn't expect to see all the broadcast, but nevertheless, 'glued' to watching it I was - especially near the end when the crowd surged forward to be ready for the balcony scene.
Though, I couldn't help but wonder, if a 'nutter' had got past the police lines, would he/she have been run through with a sabre!??
