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I was in my parent's kitchen in Leckhampton (Cheltenham) listening to the radio and I can remember the one minutes silence very vividly. The only other memory I have is the coronation celebrations and a roast Ox in Pitville Park with a parade where a tank went passed chewing up the road surface.