Maypole - St Mary Axe/Leadenhall
The maypole, comparable in height to that of the adjacent tower of St Andrew Undershaft, was used each Spring in a celebratory May Day festival. But at the festival on 1 May 1517 the City apprentic...
The maypole, comparable in height to that of the adjacent tower of St Andrew Undershaft, was used each Spring in a celebratory May Day festival. But at the festival on 1 May 1517 the City apprentic...
It seems that the roots of the Notting Hill Carnival are in dispute since both Claudia Jones and Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien have a claim to be the originator. Claudia organised the first indoor event a...
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Queen Elizabeth II was actually born on 21 April 1926, but since 1959 official celebrations have taken place on the second Saturday of June which in 2016 was the 11th.
The first phase of what was initially called the Silver Jubilee Walkway was opened by the unveiling of a bronze plaque at the South Bank Lion, in 1977. The unveiling of panels marking new sections ...
The Silver Jubilee Walkway Trust was established in 1977. They became the Jubilee Walkway Trust around 2002 to stay relevant to further Jubilees. After the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 the Trust was wo...
Swan Marker and Barge Master of the Vinters Company c.2006-7. Modelled for the figure in the Vintners statue. Deceased by 2023.
SKDocks gives a brief introduction to the history of the area. A London Inheritance have done their usual thorough job with lots of images. In the 1976 film To the Devil a Daughter Richard Widmark...