I have found an image of the ‘living game of chess’ played to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Wardown Park, Luton. It is described in detail in the following post (http://mccreadyandchess.com/2015/06/05/bedfordshire-chess-in-the-70s-its-past-and-its-future/).
Here it is, you may click on the image for a better view.
[…] On coronation day Sweby brought our beautiful game into the public eye when a game of living chess between Luton Vauxhall champion T. F. Fuller and the British Women’s Champion of 47-49, Miss Eileen Tranmer was played in Wardown Park Luton, with the pupils of Challney Modern Boys School, at which Sweby was the Science teacher, participating as the pieces (Fig. 3 & 4). Further details can be found in The British Chess Magazine – 1953, Vol. 73, pg. 181. Click here for an image (http://mccreadyandchess.com/2015/08/12/the-queens-coronation/). […]
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[…] On coronation day Sweby brought our beautiful game into the public eye when a game of living chess between Luton Vauxhall champion T. F. Fuller and the British Women’s Champion of 47-49, Miss Eileen Tranmer was played in Wardown Park Luton, with the pupils of Challney Modern Boys School, at which Sweby was the Science teacher, participating as the pieces (Fig. 32 & 33). Further details can be found in The British Chess Magazine – 1953, Vol. 73, pg. 181. Click here for an image (http://mccreadyandchess.com/2015/08/12/the-queens-coronation/). […]
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