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The Lord Mayor's water-procession on the Thames, circa 1683 In 1747, the Lord Mayor went to the City of Westminster on a barge via the River Thames. These were the original parade floats . Formerly, the route was varied each year so that the procession could pass through the Lord Mayor's home ward ; since 1952, however, the route has been fixed.
Watch live on 1 January as London’s New Year’s Day Parade takes place across the capital. The start of the event was delayed by 30 minutes due to high winds being forecast, and inflatable ...
A pearly queen at the 2019 parade A giant balloon at LNYDP . The London New Year's Day Parade (LNYDP) is an annual parade through the streets of the West End of London on 1 January. The parade first took place in 1987, [1] as the Lord Mayor of Westminster's Big Parade. The parade was renamed in 1994, and for 2000 only it was called the ...
The show is one of the oldest processions in the world, dating back to the 13th century. Lord Mayor: Rehearsals held in City of London ahead of 695th procession Skip to main content
The show dates to the 13th century and is the first official engagement of a new Lord Mayor of London.
Lord Mayor's Day as depicted by Canaletto The Lord Mayor's Coach, on Lord Mayor's Day 2014. Lord Mayor's Day is the day marked by a pageant known as the Lord Mayor's Show for the Lord Mayor of the City of London, in England. It is formally styled as The Presentation of the Lord Mayor at The Royal Courts of Justice.
By the 15th century, during this yearly pageant the mayor would have been joined by members of the city's companies dressed in their liveries and accompanied by minstrels. [4] (Today the parade is known as the Lord Mayor's Show). [5] John Norman is considered to be the first lord mayor to go to Westminster by water. [6]
Thousands of people have gathered in the City of London to watch the Lord Mayor’s Show, a parade dating back more than 800 years. Alderman Nicholas Lyons marked his election as the 694th Lord ...