Weatherday: No coronation screening

At the Memories of Main Street evening (2013).

A damp start will turn to more heavy rain through the morning. Bright spells developing in the afternoon, with the occasional shower.

Temperature up to 19deg in moderate breezes from the south.

On this day in 1953, cinema owners in Dublin announced their unanimous decision not to screen the film of Queen Elizabeth's coronation, fearing widespread damage to their premises.

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