Silver jubilee mania: from the archive, 6 June 1977

Final preparations are made to mark the Queen’s 25 years on the throneOne hundred coconuts arrived in Britain yesterday while a party of London policemen prepared to climb down manholes and gumboot along the city’s sewers. Both events, naturally, were part of the Silver Jubilee, which continues to expand into all areas of human life.The policemen are part of a stringent security net covering tomorrow’s jubilee procession from Buckingham Palace to St Paul’s Cathedral and the Guildhall. Th