The joys of a silver service lunch at the Cavalry & Guards Club - and the sculptures and paintings of horses

A few steps away from Hard Rock cafe is the cavalry & Guards club. 

Who goes to the Cavalry & Guards Club? Members of the club. Their relatives and friends in the military, Or retired. For anniversaries, weddings.

Horse Guards & Horse Lovers

But also people connected with horses. I met an American woman who ran a horse and carriage tourism business in the USA. Her other interest was a charity for retired horses. Rescuing Horses. One of her international organizations had the event in London and she flew over especially for it.

The Last Post Sculpture

Upstairs at the club is a sculpture of a rider on his horse. The horse's head is on the ground. The rider is waving his hand in the air, signalling.

 I must have passed this without noticing many times. I stood nearby, commenting on the delightful Christmas decorations, when somebody pointed out that the sculpture showed a dead horse. 

Reciprocal Clubs

You can also visit the Cavalry & Guards club if you belong to another club in a city elsewhere in the world which has the Cavalry & Guards Club holding reciprocal arrangements. For example, the Tanglin club in Singapore.

Christmas Lights

Calling The Kitchen

A movable flat buzzer for service can be placed on a side table or moved onto the dining table beside the host or organizer.

'Each to his own.'