A Keighley woman who attended the Queen's coronation was also present at the Queen's jubilee celebration ceremony this week.

Maureen Foy last visited the capital to attend the coronation on June 2, 1953. This week she was among 2,000 public guests to attend the 50th anniversary of that event at Westminster Abbey.

Maureen (pictured outside Westminster Abbey), said: "It was a wonderful day and we crammed so much into just 24 hours. It was absolutely lovely to return after all those years.

"I noticed the queen was quite small. And the whole family seemed quite natural and very human. It was not how they appear on television."

Maureen was one of 1,000 lucky people to have won tickets for the event in a competition ballot, and among an estimated 200 to have seen both events.

She said: "I saw the competition in a paper and I had completely forgotten about it. Then a letter came with a Buckingham Palace stamp on. I got quite a shock when I opened it. But I was just so thrilled."

Of the four, Maureen and Mary Harris had made the same journey 50 years ago to see the coronation. The other two were Holly Burkitt and Pauline Throup.

The 50-minute service, which was also attended by senior members of the Royal family, included hymns, the National Anthem and readings.

In Keighley, well known street cleaner John Curry was celebrating his 50th birthday - having been born on The Queen's Coronation day.

John was one of 12 babies born in Keighley that day at St John's Hospital, Fell Lane.

When he was aged seven John was knocked down and seriously injured, laying in a coma for several weeks, leaving him disabled.

John, who works for Bradford Council in the Showfield area, said: "I lost the first seven-and-a- half- years of my life. I couldn't remember anything. But you just have to get on with life and do your best."

His mum Marie said: "He was born at breakfast time. I was quite ill but I managed to watch the Coronation on television at the hospital."