The Lord Mayor’s Show 2015 in photographs.
The Lord Mayor’s Show 2015 took place on November 14th to mark Jeffrey Mountevans taking over from Alan Yarrow to become the new Lord Mayor of London for the year 2015-16.
The annual Lord Mayor’s show is a procession just over three miles long through the City of London which can never be fully assembled as the route from Mansion House via St Paul’s Cathedral to the Royal Courts is less than two miles. This year’s procession combined a flying pig with 7,000 people, 200 horses, 155 floats, a motorcycle stunt team, Chinese dragon dancers, 24 marching bands, regiments from the British armed forces and representatives of many of the City of London’s livery companies, corporations and institutions.
Despite torrential rain for much of the parade, the procession was watched by thousands of cheering people who lined the streets of the City to join in the celebrations and enjoy the wonderful spectacle.
The new Lord Mayor, Jeffrey Mountevans is the 4th Baron Mountevans and is a hereditary Pier who sits in the House of Lords. Lord Mountevans was elected City Alderman in 2007, served as Sheriff in 2012–13 and is Lord Mayor for 2015–16.
The procession for the Lord Mayor’s Show 2105 set off at approx 11:00am from Mansion House with the Band of the Corps of the Royal Engineers taking the lead. It took the Corps of the Royal Engineers about 27 minutes to march to the Royal Courts for the first leg of the route with the following procession being approximately an hour and half long. The second leg of route saw the head of the procession leaving Temple Place at approximately 13:10pm arriving back at Mansion House at about 14:44pm.
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The new Lord Mayor, Jeffrey Mountevans waves to the crowds from the Lord Mayor’s State Coach as the procession passes One New Exchange, with an honour guard from The Company of Pikemen & Musketeers which is a ceremonial unit of the Honourable Artillery Company.
The Lord Mayors’ State Coach outside Mansion House.
Liveryman from the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers
The Royal Corps of Signals White Helmets Motorcycle Display Team
The Ellesmere Port Giants celebrating Queen Elizabeth II as the longest reigning Monarch
The Worshipful Company of Wheeelrights
The Guild of Young Freemen parading with Gog and Magog. Gog and Magog are the traditional guardians of the City of London, and they have been carried in the Lord Mayor’s Show since the reign of Henry V.
Gog and Magog, or sometimes Gogmagog and Corineus, are descended from mythical pagan giants and their origins lie in mediaeval legends of the early British Kings.
The Batmobile. This 1989 Batmobile was provided by Mark Perkins who started Character Cars over 30 years ago. The company now specialises in providing some of the nation’s favourite vehicles from the television and film industry.
The Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers
Liverymen from the Worshipful Company of Paviours
The Hamburg Merchants of the Steelyard
The Pride of Ballinran Marching Band
The Company of Watermen and Lightermen
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
Members of the Baltic Exchange
Security Gatekeepers of the Bank of England in their Houblon pink coats lead the way, followed by two 1930’s gold trolleys, each pulling a recreation of two palettes of gold. If the gold were real, each trolley would weigh approximately 4 tons, and be worth an estimated £93 million. A real gold bar can be viewed and even lifted (if you’re strong enough!) in the Bank’s museum.
The Jaguar C-X75 concept car that appeared in James Bond’s Sceptre. The Jaguar C-X75 is the most advanced Jaguar ever created.
When Jaguar unveiled the C-X75 in 2010, it was the beginning of a new chapter in innovation and technological advancement that would see the car evolve from a design concept to a fully working prototype in just two years.
Yeoman Warders of HM Tower of London.
City University London
The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers
The Company of Pikemen and Musketeers.
The Company of Pikemen & Musketeers is a ceremonial unit of the Honourable Artillery Company and one of only six royally warranted bodies in the UK. The Company is dressed and equipped as members of the HAC would have been in the 1640s and is tasked to provide a body guard and escort for the Lord Mayor when on official business. These duties are primarily at Mansion House and Guildhall but the Company also parades at livery halls, royal palaces and provides period displays of 17th century drills and music. All members have given many years’ service with the Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest unit in the British Army, which provides a regiment for the Army Reserve.
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