Ceremonial Swords for the Coronation -- Mrs. May Fry, 12 years in the business who comes from Acton. She is using a chamois leather, the last stage before packing - on military and diplomatic swords. Sword cutters are now busy making officers' ceremonial swords or refurbishing old ones in preparation for the coronation. The Wilkinson Sword company, of Acton, where these pictures were taken, still carries on this work, and at present has orders for 2,000. This is the largest order of its kind since the Coronation of 1937. At present the demand for swrods averages about 100 a week, but after the Coronation and the royal visit to Australia and New Zealand, it is expected to drop to about 50 a week. This firm has had the the ***** largely to itself. The new swords follow about a dozen different patterns. They are being made for the Household Cavelry, the Yeomen of the Guard, the R.A.F. and others. Many of the existing swords, including those belonging to the Yeomen of the Guard, are being