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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.
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 dates to the 13th century and is the first official engagement of a new Lord Mayor of London.
This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the City of Westminster.. The official car of the Lord Mayor of Westminster bearing the registration number WE1. After having elected a mayor since its creation as a Metropolitan Borough in 1900, the City of Westminster was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 11 March 1966.
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 ...
Police remove Extinction Rebellion protestors during the Lord Mayor's Show parade in the City of London. Picture date: Saturday November 13, 2021.
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]
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