Trooping the Colour 2009

06-13-09, 06:17 PM

I once walked by no. 10 Downing Street, the pm's door was kinda blocked off from the public, couldn't knock on Tony Blair's (it was still his reign) door. There was a horse guard there and the horse was pretty calm, it let people pet it and stuff.

St James's Park was a nice place but I preferred Winston Churchill's war cabinet which is close by and open to the public.

Btw, that funny fur hat has a Germanic background, it was originally a bear's fur that a soldier put on in order to "get the bear's strenght" before going into battle etc.

Letum · 06-13-09, 06:59 PM

I was invited to see the trooping of the colour several years ago ('06 I think).
All the more impressive when you are up close to it.
I remember it was very, very dusty.

Always worth reminding people that every man on parade is a serving soldier
and likely to be in the middleeast before long.

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

it was originally a bear's fur

They still are!

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OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I once walked by no. 10 Downing Street, the pm's door was kinda blocked off from the public, couldn't knock on Tony Blair's (it was still his reign) door. There was a horse guard there and the horse was pretty calm, it let people pet it and stuff. St James's Park was a nice place but I preferred Winston Churchill's war cabinet which is close by and open to the public. Btw, that funny fur hat has a Germanic background, it was originally a bear's fur that a soldier put on in order to "get the bear's strenght" before going into battle etc.