The name is Philip, a right Royal name for the only child to be born at Pontefract on Coronation Day, 1953, and the proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. K. Atkinson of Spring Gardens.

Philip, the town’s somewhat bewildered representative of the start of the new Elizabethan era, received gifts from the Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor and Mrs J.E. Morrell, to mark the occasion of his birth. From the Mayor he received a silver spoon and pusher in a musical box, and from the Mayoress a silver cup. The presentations were made at a small tea party given by the Mayoral couple. Among those present were the grandmother and grandfather of the Coronation baby, Mr. and Mrs. H. Higgins, and the town clerk, Mr. J.F. Rook. The Mayor said the presentations were somewhat belated, but it was the first opportunity he had to arrange the ‘get-together’ but better late than never was the general feeling.