London Night and Day, 1951 by Old House Books

Author:Old House Books
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: London Night and Day: A Guide to Where the Other Books Don’t Take You
ISBN: 9781783660322
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

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SPECIAL EVENT

Having had your cup of char, sit back for a while (before trying out a new pub) and make a few notes in your diary of some of the special events of this Festival year. You’re sure to find something in London to suit your taste, whether it be ceremony, exhibition, show, festival or sporting event. We only have room here to list a few ceremonies.

CEREMONIES

The British, bless ‘em, are supposed to be rather good at putting on the picturesque ceremony. Plenty of opportunities are provided throughout the year for visitors to judge whether this is true. Here are some of them:

CHANGING THE GUARD at the Palace takes place every morning from 10.30-11.30. The Guard is provided by a detachment from one of the regiments stationed at Wellington or Chelsea Barracks, which also provides a band to play in the Palace forecourt during ceremony. Go when the King’s in residence (denoted by flying of Royal Standard) and the Guard is at full strength.

MOUNTING THE GUARD at the Horse Guards, Whitehall, daily at 11-11.15 (Sunday 10-10.15); again a better show when the King’s in London. Troops ride (two abreast) down from Hyde Park Barracks, via Hyde Park, Hyde Park Corner, Constitution Hill and the Mall to the Horse Guards Parade. Normally commanded by an officer, accompanied by a squadron corporal-major carrying the standard and a trumpeter mounted on a grey horse. Sentries are changed every hour until the Guard is dismounted for inspection at 4 o’clock. Guard is formed (on alternate days) from the two regiments of Household Cavalry; the Life Guards in red tunics, white helmet plumes, white lambskin saddles, and the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) in dark blue tunics, red plumes and black saddles. The Guard has mounted over the old Palace of Whitehall continuously for two hundred years, except for the 1939-45 war. One of the duties of the sentries is to allow only those people who have the King’s permission to drive (you can walk) through the arch; they have to show an ivory pass specially issued for the purpose.

YOU MUSTN’T MISS seeing a State Opening of Parliament. The King and Queen drive there in the glittering Irish State Coach, accompanied by other members of the Royal family and escorted by Yeomen of the Guard and Household Cavalry. Before the opening, Yeomen with lanterns search the buildings and notify the King that all is well; a precaution taken ever since Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the House in 1605.

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