Key Events
- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
- Rationing finally ended 1954
- Commercial TV launched
- Alec Issigoni’s Mini appeared on the roads
- Stork margarine appears
WACL was finally able to re-establish its social programme by the early 1950s. By the time of its Ball to celebrate the Coronation in 1953, WACL had already established what has proved to be a long standing tradition of holding its main functions at The Savoy.
Such an enduring relationship has been blessed by many a President, when confronted with seemingly Herculean tasks, such as how to fit in another table at a sold-out dinner, when a member has arrived, with a full table of guests, only to find that she had forgotten to book any seats at all!
