Statues of HM Queen Elizabeth, Boadicea and PM Thatcher in England, Canada and the USA

Bust of Queen Elizabeth II in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, commemorating her visit.

 

White statue of Margaret Thatcher in the Guildhall, London, England.

Another statue of Margaret Thatcher is in the lobby of the House of Commons, in London.

A statue of Margaret Thatcher is in the USA in Hillsdale College, Michigan. She visited the college and spoke there.

Pictures in Wikipedia under Boadiccea.

 Margaret Thatcher, British PM, in Grantham, England. 

The driver in our family, my husband, says Grantham is on the A1, the Roman road north from London.  A means one of the major roads. A1 to A6 radiate out of London clockwise. A7-9 are in Scotland. 

The A1 goes north. The A2 goes South East to Dover. The A3 goes to Southampton in the South. The A4 is SW to Bristol. The A5 was Watling Street NW.  

What about A6? He says, Type in A6 UK on Google maps to see the routes.

Boadicea, Celtic Queen, and her daughters.

You can photograph the Boadicea statue group silhouetted against the sky, or against Big Ben, or with the London Eye, which is a Ferris wheel.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boadicea_and_Her_Daughters

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=margaret+thatcher+statue&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image

Remembrance Sunday, UK , USA, Australia and worldwide

Events took place on Friday, which was the 11th hour of the eleventh day of eleventh month. Two friends of mine were in Aldi supermarket in Pinner. (German - reconciliation with Germany, how appropriate.) Just before eleven they finished shopping and went onto the rooftop carpark to collect their car, which is where they always park. They heard a cannon and church bells ringing. Then the silence. Then another cannon and the church bells ringing again.

Two minutes of silence today, Sunday at 11 am mark Remembrance Sunday. H M The Queen was always is at the Cenotaph in London.

Sunday (this year the 13th November) is a day when people are off work and can attend and watch in person or on TV.

Back in the Nineteen Forties and Fifties people would have been listening to the radio. (Remember how people bought TV in 1953 to watch the coronation.) Nowadays, you can watch the internet on portable devices such as laptops and iPads and smart phones. Some people can set alerts on phones and watch on their watches. How the world has changed.

If you missed it, you can watch it again on TV. Expect to see members of the Royal Family, all the armed forces, the British Legion, elderly people in wheelchairs, parents and children.

In London at dusk poppies and poems are projected on the Elizabeth Tower housing Big Ben.

In Scotland commemorations take place at St Giles.
In Wales, events are in Cardiff and other cities and towns.

Is the rest of the world doing the same at the same time? That would be difficult to co-ordinate. South Africa and some of Western Europe is either on the same time zone or only an hour or two different. But the rest of the world, such as Australia, is on different time zones. (Australia and New Zealand are also in different seasons.) But we all have the media to keep us in touch.

In America November 11th is a national holiday. The word holiday sounds irreverent. But I remember that holiday originally meant holy day.

If you want to read about the relationship of Veterans Day and Remembrance Day you have many sources to consult. Memorial Day in the USA in May is for those who died. Remembrance Day place of honour is given to survivors who march to remember their fallen comrades, those who serviced injured physically or mentally, and all who served, whether as volunteers or conscripted. Nowadays the commemoration is not just for WWI or WWII but all wars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/remembrance-day-canada-ottawa-national-war-memorial-1.3846939
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37952921
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37962381
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3930522/Kate-joins-Queen-senior-royals-Royal-Albert-Hall-annual-Festival-Remembrance.html
https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/remembrance/ (Australia)

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

London Clocks & Worldwide Clocks - Are you in time, on time - watch the world's clocks

London Clocks
Last weekend in London the clocks went back.
Big Ben in London is one of the world's famous clocks.

It featured in the film The Thirty Nine Steps directed by Alfred Hitchcock with the hero Hannay hanging onto the clock face hands. The book was by Scottish author John Buchan. A stage play of The Thirty Nine Steps is on in London.
www.love39steps.com

You can see a weathervane featuring Old Father Time at Lords Cricket Ground in St John's Wood which is just north of Baker Street, on the bus or underground train. As it's high up you might be able to spot it from the top of a bus or a nearby building.

Clockmakers' Museum, London, UK

Closed - whilst moving to London's Science Museum where it will be in the Time gallery, opening next year in summer 2015.

Clocks & Watches Gallery, British Museum, London, UK

Clocks in Wales

Newport clock

Clocks in France

Rheims

Canada

Steam clock, Vancouver

(See video in Wikipedia)

Germany

House of 1000 clocks, Triberg (see Tripadvisor)

USA

National Watch and Clock Museum, PA

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g52399-d102891-Reviews-National_Watch_and_Clock_Museum-Columbia_Lancaster_County_Pennsylvania