It’s a great day today, for so many reasons, including respect for our Monarchy and the joy it brings not only to the British, but around the World. Pictures of the Royal Wedding will soon be circulating internationally and will touch the hearts of millions. The Royal Princes are a fine duo, each with their
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It would have been Florence Nightingale’s birthday today. This great doyen of the Crimean War and nursing reform ranks among the greatest of British reformers and is remembered with great respect and honour. Further to her other great achievements, Florence Nightingale greatly influenced the design of the 1872 St Thomas’ Hospital with its innovative ‘pavilion
At The Tower of London, the Chaplain, Canon Roger Hall, personally took the initiative at Easter, by proudly wearing a magnificent cope called ‘Profane To Sacred’ during The Easter Day State Service at the Chapel Royal. Canon Hall said he felt deeply honoured and that other church ministers will also use it to emphasise the
This important office complex is situated next to St Katharine Docks, on the site of part of the old London Docks. The owners decided to rebrand the estate and to create a new image, so have renamed it Moretown, and are investing substantially to improve and modernise the facilities. While achieving all this change, they
Lent ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday, and during this period, the alter is dressed as above. Canon Chaplain Roger Hall had the cross made shortly after his arrival at the Tower, and each year talks about the symbolism of the True Cross, as well as the purple robe of mockery, the nails, the
The Tower takes this bad weather in its stride, just as it has never cancelled the ancient Ceremony Of The Keys in the past hundreds of years. This has certainly been the coldest weather I have experienced there, yet on Sunday it was still smiles and humour from the Yeoman Warders and other staff as
Snow in this country always seems to be the height of drama one day- then suddenly it’s all gone and we wonder what the fuss was about. St Katharine Docks looks so extra beautiful covered in snow, so does nearby Tower Bridge and the Tower of London- the pictures speak for themselves. If only people
Thrilling sight, watching this procession of veterans entering the Chapel Royal last Sunday. Inside, two of the Standards were marched to the alter for the duration of the service. This annual gathering is one of many during the year, when veterans and their families swell the ranks of the regular congregation. The Tower is a
While constructing Tower Bridge, Dead Man’s Hole was built and designed to retrieve corpses which were dumped in the Thames or washed up there. Next to the steps down to the water, is a small mortuary, which was used for post mortems and to keep the bodies, also used by police, until they could be