Street Party Recipe Card

There’s nothing like a street party - bunting tied across street lamps, roads closed and long tables laden with food and drink - ready for a time of celebration and joy. A moment when families and neighbours can mark the Queen’s jubilee together. This recipe card is for Coronation Chicken, a now classic dish invented by Constance Fry and Rosemary Hume for the Queen’s Coronation back in 1953. A recipe card like this one could have been used in preparation for the 1977 Silver Jubilee. During the celebrations, the biggest street party in London was attended by 160,000 people. In that party over 180 barrels of beer were emptied. Just imagine how much coronation chicken they must have eaten!

Have you ever attended a street party and, if so, what did you enjoy most about it?