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Tuesday 30th Aug 2016 a Gang of Four visit to the Supreme Court and Westminster
We took the Jubilee Line to Westminster |
The empty platform... |
...and a train arrives |
Massive pipes |
The Palace of Westminster opposite |
St Stephens Tavern lantern |
Big Ben looms above |
A turret of Portcullis House |
Westminster Abbey across Parliament Square |
Decorated Keystone |
Some sort of sale? I declined a golden tag. |
Supreme Court Entrance, the third Guildhall or court on this spot. |
Abraham Lincoln |
Supreme Court front |
Lady Jane Grey offered the crown |
The Queen, Elisabeth II |
The Library |
One of the portraits |
The moulded library ceiling |
Looking Upwards |
The Librarian's hatch |
Front Staircase used in many films |
A Tapestry (it enlarges) |
Carved Supporter |
Court Room Two, note the arms |
A Novel Clock Design |
A curtain plus Ghurkha Security |
Michael explains the court system |
Window catches |
The Judges' Bench |
Eleanor Roosevelt quoted "Justice cannot be for one side alone but must be for both" on the glass screen at the rear |
A Carved Screen |
A view of Parliament Square |
Court Room One where a recording of a real case was playing |
Examining a seat |
The Windows |
A rabbit arm rest |
Some idiot is in her shot |
Eagle, all arm rests are different. |
The carpet with the symbols of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland |
Law books |
Angel Judge |
Bench end |
Exhibition Room in the cellar, robes in the background |
Brougham, established the Central Criminal Court etc |
Middlesex County arms |
The corridor to the Cafe |
A Newsprint portrait by a young offender |
Hedgehog? |
Dream in a book |
The Cafe in the light well |
Looking up in the Cafe |
Edward VII King and Emperor |
Foundation Stone of the original Middlesex Crown Court |
A Judges Warrant |
Exterior Wall detail |
Balcony Supports |
Central Hall Westminster and.. |
...its entrance. The cellar was a wartime shelter. |
The Chapel that was a bank |
Looking out at Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre |
Michael besides a life size statue of John Wesley |
Staircase |
Original Electric Light from 1905 |
Steve snaps the staircase |
Inside Europe's Largest Domed ceiling |
A lion supporter |
The four manual organ. It is a Methodist Church on Sundays |
Westminster Abbey, from the balcony, and... |
...the clock |
and Barclays Bank, next door |
Looking towards the London Eye |
The Lobby of this building where the inaugural meeting of the UN took place in 1946 |
A typical "William & Mary" house door in Old Queens Street |
The narrow Lewisham street |
The Chilean Ambassador's car |
Reflection of Queen Anne's Gate in the car's rear window |
The Two Chairmen (Sedan chair) |
The Two Chairmen pub |
An old single bar pub for our lunch |
I did not notice the cock fighting memorabilia on the walls |
An Old Advert |
The pub in its habitat with.. |
,,,Lewisham Street next door |
Queen Ann |
House detail 1 |
House detail 2 |
Typical "William & Mary" house in Queen Anne's Gate |
House detail 3 |
Typical Doorway |
They are all probably wood painted white |
Falcon House, most expensive house in London,£120million |
Falcon house belongs to a Middle Eastern Royal |
Hurrying by |
Birdcage Walk with Wellington Barracks on the left, Green Park on the right |
Strollers in the sun |
General Alexander |
The Guards Chapel |
Stained Glass |
A detail |
Engraved Glass |
Welsh Guards alcove |
The Cafe Outside the Chapel |
Ferret Armoured Car |
Band Practice |
Watching the Band Practice |
An ancient Guardsman and.. |
.....another |
Wellington Barracks |
The Mounted Band in the Toy Soldiers Shop |
WW2 Soldiers |
Indian Soldiers |
Enjoying the music |
The band wheeled and counter marched |
Hurrying for a snap |
Victoria Memorial |
Various summer styles |
Office of the High Commission of the Kingdom of Swaziland in a building designed by Reginald Blomfield in the late 19th century and features by Henry Pegram |
But why a galleon? Even Pevsner could not find out |
Chinese style |
Barracks Camouflage? |
The Adam & Eve, Steve inspects |
Pub Sign |
St James Tube station |