STORY "London" - The Last Chapter
Places and Parades
The City
Londoners often talk about ‘The
City’ They are talking about the oldest part of London, the home of the Bank of
England, and many other big offices!
About five thousands people live
in The City, and at weekends it feels empty. But between Monday and Friday,
nearly half a million people come here to work in the banks and offices. Look
for the City men with their dark suits and umbrellas!
St.Paul’s Cathedral is in the
middle of The City, and the Bank of England has an interesting museum that you
can visit.
Also in The City is a very tall
building _60.6 metres high_ called The Monument. Christopher Wren built this,
too, and it stands on the place where the Fire of London began in 1666.
Some interesting and exciting
days
Every year on a Saturday morning
in June, ‘foot guards’ and ‘horse guards’ have a parade for the Queen. This is
called ‘Trooping the Colour’.
The ‘colour’ is the flag that the
soldiers carry. Thousands of people stand in The Mall to see the Queen and the
soldiers go past.
The exciting Notting Hill
Carnival is on the last Sunday and Monday in August. There are two wonderful
parades to watch, one on Sunday and one on Monday, and you can see them going
through, the streets near Portobello Road and ladbroke Grove.
On the second Saturday in
November, Londoners can see their new Lord Mayor in the Lord Mayor’s Show _ a
parade from Mansion House, the Lord Mayor’s home, to the Strand.
The Lord Mayor is the most
importand person in The City after the Queen. The first Mayor of London was
Henry Fitzailwin, in 1189. They were not called Lord Mayors until the time of
King Henry the Eighth.
Big red buses…London
policemen…Buckingham Palace…Speaker’s Corner…Big Ben…Netting Hill Carnival
_these are some of the things you can find in London. But there are many, many
more.
Come and see!***
The end
