The Queen and Prince Philip travelled by train to Orange where they were greeted at the station.

They were taken to Orange's then-pride and joy of employers, the Email factory.

The royal couple met workers and toured the factory, which later became Electrolux, on Thursday April 30, 1970.

Retired journalist Denis Gregory said the royals arrived about 10am and left mid-afternoon.

Apart from touring the factory the Queen walked down Summer Street to the cheers of thousands of people lining the street and attended a function for invited guests at the Amoco Hall, which is now the Orange Function Centre.

Mr Gregory covered the event for the now defunct Orange News Pictorial newspaper and got to meet Prince Philip.

"I trod on Phil's foot. He said 'watch it there.'

Mr Gregory said the royal event was long anticipated in Orange.

"It was huge. It was probably the biggest thing that Orange had. Thousands lined the street."

While the Queen's visit is well remembered by people who were around in 1970 her coronation 17 years earlier is what people today can reflect on.

The Queen's crowning on June 2, 1953, is commemorated in two places in Orange.

Tree-lined Coronation Drive in west Orange was named to recognise the major event.

A now well-worn plaque at the corner of Coronation Drive and Woodward Street today tells people it was erected by the Rotary Club of Orange.

It is an appropriate location as Mr Gregory said the Queen travelled to the adjacent Orange High School on her 1970 visit where she was greeted by about 2000 children before her tour of Summer Street.

And a tree in Robertson Park still stands today after it was planted in 1953 to mark the coronation.

The white swamp oak on the McNamara Street side of the park has a plaque stating it was planted by then-mayor of Orange John Jaegar.

And away from Orange at Newbridge, near Blayney, the railway yard still exists which is where Mr Gregory said the royal couple slept on the Royal Train the night before coming to Orange.

After the visit they flew out on a RAAF plane to Richmond air base.