Branwen from Caernarfon
The Royal Family came to north Wales on a train, which was kept overnight at Griffiths Crossing, near the old Ferodo place. I think the family themselves stayed at the Vaynol estate with the Assheton-Smiths.

I was a teacher at the Twthill primary school at the time and got up in the early hours of the morning to get a good spot with the children, near Lloyd George's statue. We had a great view, right up to Queen Eleanor's gate at the castle. We saw the Queen come out and show Prince Charles to the crowd, and him waving. He had some sort of a coronet on his head.

There was a huge choir in the castle, and there were members of the BBC and other press from all over the world down on the quay. I think the Army built a bridge from the quay to the town because everywhere was so busy.

I remember my cousin in Montreal saying she'd seen it on TV, and how great the town square looked. It's a pity it doesn't look like that now, it's terrible.

Terry from Abergele
I remember Prince Charles passing us on the royal train in Llandudno Junction. He was with Lord Snowdon and I remember thinking that he was waving right at me.

I watched the event itself on TV. There was a demonstration against the investiture and you could see the police on the television going to investigate something, although they kept it all quiet.

So there were mixed feelings about it, but on the day I think many people felt good about it. We were proud and excited over in Abergele.

Elwyn from Pwllheli
There was a bit of bad feeling in the town at the time. A lot of the Caernarfon boys were Plaid Cymru, and many were kept out of the town on the day of the investiture to stop any trouble-making and disturbance.

I remember one little boy lost his leg when a bomb went off in one of the back streets. His family were visitors from England; I was working in London at the time and us Welsh got a lot of stick for that.

Naomi Gwilym from Nebo
It was a beautiful day and the town was full of people. Some had been there all night, sheltering on the streets in their sleeping bags to make sure they got a good spot.

It was something I'd certainly never seen before; the horses and the carriages and the Queen. We'd never had anything of the kind in the town and I was happy to be part of history.

Nerys from Llanwnda
I saw the procession from my office at Isaac Parry's.There were policemen everywhere and they'd spent a lot of money painting and tidying up Caernarfon.

A lot of people were unhappy because of all this spending for just one day. It's a pity Prince Charles doesn't remember we're here anymore - his investiture never did much for Caernarfon over the years. I don't really care if Prince William comes here to be invested when it's his time. I certainly won't be getting up so early again. Things have changed since the 1960s.