The death of King George VI

Does anyone else remember this on the 6th. of February 1952 ? I remember it so well . It must have been break time at school , I was on the point of turning 8 , and we were in the playground with our headmaster. He looked over to the big factory building we could see in the distance and remarked that the flag was flying at half mast. I think one of the owners of the factory must have died he mused. Later on , of course , we found out it was the king. My mother remembered being at the Braemar Gathering which is always attended by the royal family and she could see that the king looked frail and had make up on his face to make him look better.