As I watched on the BBC Red Button Channel without commentary I have no idea what some of the music was apart from the obvious. I've tried Mr Google but can't find a listing. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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I saw a little of this do on the news channel when they were all neatly arranged on the balcony
and couldn't help thinking about the age of some of the aircraft flying along that Mall ...Comment
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Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
is that our German royal family by any chance ?Right - German royal family and German composer Delius. Right?Originally posted by Pianorak View PostI hope everybody enjoyed The Walk to the Paradise Garden by the Bradford-born English composer of German descent, Delius, now reclassified as German composer by Ms Bott this evening.
My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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...Our National Heritage is not quite "First World"-depending on how far you go back...Petruska-Music very standard this year!Comment
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At the time of the Royal Wedding, an elderly friend in America wrote to us and asked "Where do they keep all the costumes ? " He seemed surprised to learn that they were real soldiers inside them, and that indeed some of them had recently returned from service in Afghanistan. That's the problem with pageantry, we are very good at it, but outsiders seem to think we just put the troops back in their box with tissue paper until we need them next.Comment
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Actually , I don't think we areOriginally posted by Ferretfancy View Post
We are very good at many things (cheese, beer, The Aldeburgh Festival, Electroacoustic Music, The Proms, Pork Pies, Smoked Fish, Cathedral Organs, Radio 3, Footpaths, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Orchestral Music etc) but we are really not very good at big occasions (Glastonbury might be an exception ?) we secretly know that the opening of the Olympics will be rubbish and that the "synchronised" marching up and down is not a patch on that of the Communist Dictatorships.......... surely its about time we got over this delusion ?Comment
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...You regard the "Goose-Step" as marching Mr G?Comment
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They have a contingency for this. In the event of engine failure, standing orders are that aircraft should bank left of the palace which puts them on a clean line for Battersea Park, the Thames ... and, most probable, a council estate in Pimlico.Originally posted by Paul Sherratt View PostComment
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Phew !Comment
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A clown maybe, but if people don't like him they can get rid of him. A better system than our lucky sperm contest IMHO.Originally posted by scottycelt View PostSteveComment
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The Queen does have the genuine benefit of being above it all. She has no real powers, and in the case of an elected president it would be exactly the same. We would have merely a titular head of state, however, he or she will no doubt come from the political ranks and will have been of one political hue or another, so always open to allegations of bias.
Worse still, we'll get a President Blair, or a President Widdecombe (nothing like as awful as Blair, but still a tad eccentric).Comment
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No we wont
we might get a joint presidency of
Lumley and Palin (NOT THAT ONE !!!!!)
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Thinking about it, I've noticed that just as soon as the Red Arrows have passed over Buck House they bank sharply to the right of Buck House. Presumably, because following the line of the Mall they are headed direct for Heathrow, and at speed!Originally posted by Stillhomewardbound View PostComment
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...Well when the Queen is in residence at Windsor the Aircraft have to take off in another direction!
(Perhaps some benefits being Royal after all?)Comment
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Are you saying they have to take off on runway 09 and land on runway 27?Originally posted by Freddie Campbell View Post
My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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