GREAT PAGEANTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 347, 30 April 1935, Page 5

GREAT PAGEANTRY

PLANS FOR JUBILEE ’ WILL BE GREATEST DISPLAY If i , HISTORY j ■ " I ; 1 . I J ; „ Press Association—Copyright London, April 20 ! vp ry new detail regarding the Roya ; jubilee procession to St. Paul’s Cathedra i wii a is eagerly read and the? genera j impression is heightened that the even ! will be the most picturesque and strikinc • of its kind London has seen for sovera j years. ! Many full dress uniforms, unfamiliar tc | the younger generation, who arc ac--1 qunintfd.oply with the Roya) Household ; Cavalry and the service kit of othei ! units, will be worn by the Dragoons, 1 Hussars, Lancers and other branches o( ! the cavalry, as well as by the Royal ■ | Horse Artillery. Over 1600 officers and j men of the Royal Navy and Royal Mar- ’ ines will come to London to take a share | in the pageantry. I Admiring crowds saw St. Paul’s and j Westminster Abbey brilliantly illuminatled by iloodlight installations. More than j 50 buildings of special interest at London alone are being floodlit by the authorities! j On Jubilee Day the street decorations i will to a large extent consist of masses lof growing flowers. Regent Street, on j which £IO,OOO is being expended, will j have on each side an unbroken line of j flowering plants. j A tattoo of massed drums and pipers of

j the Royal Brigade of Guards will be held !on Horseguards Parade on Jubilee : N’ght and five other evenings during , May.

| Crowds inspecting street decorations , on Saturday were reinforced by a great army of football enthusiasts who came to see the cup final, i The King wdl light the first of the I chain of bonfires across Britain and 1 Ulster by pressing a button in Buckingj ham Palace, thus inaugurating the jubj ilee. The rejoicing will be heralded by ! the performance of “Lohengrin” in the I Covent Garden Opera House on April 29. j The King’s new car for the jubilee and oifler State occasions is the world’s larg- | est private car. The wheelbase is 13ft i long and the track sft 4in. It carries no | number plates but a small lamp emits a I violet light, distinguishing the Royal car 'at night. The Royal Standard will fly in a roof socket when the King is aboard. j 1