How was the Coronation celebrated in Scotland?

Great. All sorts of places showed the coronation live streamed to big screens eg Prince St Gardens and in St Giles cathedral. Lots of people watched TV at home too. Viewing parties etc. I watched with DD who was then going on to a coronation BBQ in her neighbourhood. We had a coronation drinks party at 6 in our block of flats and the next street had the road blocked off for a street party but the weather was so horrible they all convened across abutting garages. It was all going on here! 🎊

We had absolutely nothing in our neighbourhood on the south side of Glasgow.

When do you get your stone back?😄

Nothing where I live. If you looked at the photos of Princes Street Gardens, there were a few hardy people sitting watching but not many.

Think more than a few GM!

Where I live in the north of Scotland we don't really do "street parties". I'm sure there would have been a few in the Aberdeen area (Deeside mainly) an area that the royal family consider their "happy place" and of course in Edinburgh where they have had family weddings and is usually the base for them when up in Scotland. In my area it was like a ghost town - no cars moving, empty buses and I suspect most people were watching it in their homes which is what I did and absolutely everyone I know did the same.

Interesting to note that the photos of apparently poor attendance at Princes St Gardens were taken early in the morning before the crowds arrived. Of course media do like a bad news story!

Several younger friends from Scotland, NOT from Edinburgh, commented about the lack of enthusiasm, crowds or parties, in Glasgow and in other parts of Scotland.

With due respect, and I do mean that, is it possible that Edinburgh is VERY different to the rest of Scotland, is so so many ways, and not particularly representative of the country.

People from all over flock to Edinburgh so is probably more representative than places where people stay put?

As a Weegie, ( Glaswegian) I couldn't possible comment. FP.

Well I had a walk with tens of thousands of like minded folk from Kelvingrove to Glasgow Green ....MY Edinburgh friends attended the Republic rally in Edinburgh and have said it was very well attended with inspirational speakers .There were no coronation celebrations here .
Edinburgh is certainly NOT typically Scottish in most ways its one of the few areas where Tory's are seen as "normal"

😂😂😂 I was waiting for this paddyann. Your 'tens of thousands' was calculated by Police in attendance as 5,700 max.

Anyone who sees through SNP is regarded as a Tory by SNP fans.
Lib Dem and Labour supporters would disagree and there are plenty of those.
And we're off ...!

And they're off!

I think people on Gransnet know by now that I am not a royalist so I went for a lovely walk in nature and to M&S to return some things. En route I saw only one house that had bunting..... and life sized cardboard figures of C+C.. one on each side of their front door. That made me laugh as it kind of sums it up for me.

I also noticed that all the plastic hats ,cups ,flags with the Union Jack printed on them were still sitting there in supermarkets during the run up and yesterday. The displays were still very full. That says it I think.

Both the person serving in M&S and someone I met on my walk said the same thing. How ridiculous and obscene the whole thing is in this day and age, the fact that the public paid for it and the fact that so many people are hungry and cold in the UK. That is the opinion of most people I meet and know.

Not many fans in Scotland! I'm in Edinburgh.

I did catch a small glance at the snippets later... just looked like a Disneyland production. And dressed in white .. the colour of purity... a joke.

But hey, if others had an excuse for a party and enjoyed it that's great for them.

My group of friends who are very anti SNP surprised me by voicing no support at all for the coronation and said they weren't going to watch it. I know of no street parties near me. Edinburgh, of course, would be expected to put on something but I suspect that anyone who wanted to get in on the action had set off for London. There was not an overwhelming support for the coronation in Scotland and examples of the odd sighting of bunting don't make it otherwise.

The Queen said it all. 'Recollections may vary'!

Well at least it’s better than some of them here asking, ‘what king?’. Seriously, you wouldn’t read about it!

Both the person serving in M&S and someone I met on my walk said the same thing. How ridiculous and obscene the whole thing is in this day and age, the fact that the public paid for it and the fact that so many people are hungry and cold in the UK. That is the opinion of most people I meet and know.

I totally agree, when there are people, who can't afford to heat their homes nor eat properly.

So cancelling the coronation would automatically pay everyone's bills? The coronation was an entertainment for thousands. Should we cancel all diversions and entertainments because some can't afford much in life? I'm seeing those rows and rows of grim tower blocks in eastern block countries when I think of that attitude. Let's make life equally miserable for everyone?

Marydoll

^Both the person serving in M&S and someone I met on my walk said the same thing. How ridiculous and obscene the whole thing is in this day and age, the fact that the public paid for it and the fact that so many people are hungry and cold in the UK. That is the opinion of most people I meet and know.^

I totally agree, when there are people, who can't afford to heat their homes nor eat properly.

Same here. I'm not far south of Edinburgh and you really wouldn't have known there was anything happening. The pub a few doors down from us had a cream tea on with a coronation theme, but it was to raise funds for our local gala day, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Aveline, you are missing the point.

How do you think those watching the spectacle, wondering where their next meal was coming from felt.
Unless one has experienced absolute poverty, you have no idea what it is like to live like that on a daily basis.
The display of wealth in such difficult times was indeed obscene.

Marydoll never presume to tell me how abject poverty felt 😑. So should all festivities be cancelled for fear of upsetting others?
I'm just back from shopping and noticed several streets closed off and bunting flying for the big lunch. The sun has come out which must be a relief to the organisers.

It's all very well muttering about displays of wealth but the financial gains from this event are vast. Flights into UK are up 149%, the leisure and hospitality sector (badly affected by Covid) estimate a £350million boost and the international broadcast rights will potentially generate -on their own - more than the cost of the Coronation itself. Knock on effect- wages for an enormous number of people.
Both sides of the financial equation need to be looked at,

Sources: Forbes, Bloomberg