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THE City of London Caterers since 1690 mvtte your inquiries for catering arrangements of every description. PREMIUM 17, Finsbury Avenue, London, E C.2. Tel: Bishopsgate 3674-5 7 ROYAL RIVER PAGEANT Under the auspices of the RT. HON. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON SIR RUPERT DE LA BERE, K.C.V.O., M.P. * To be witnessed by Her Majesty the Queen accompanied by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh $ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sir Douglas Ritchie, M.C.—Chairman The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor Commander A. M. Coleman, O.B.E., D.S.C., R.N. (Retd.) Chief Supt. A. C. Evans Leslie E. Ford, Esq., O.B.E. E. J. IC. Goldsmith, Esq. H. D. Hardee, Esq. Sir Alan Herbert Alderman Capt. R. R. S. Hewett Lt.-Col. Donovan Jackson, O.B.E. Castleton Knight, Esq. " H. Peake Knight, Esq. The Rt. Hon. Lord Macpherson of Drumochtcr Victor Mishcon, Esq., L.C.C. R. G. Odell, Esq., O.B.E. T. G. Randall, Esq., O.B.E. W. E. Sykes, Esq., M.C., J.P., C.C. Mr. Deputy S. R. Walker, C.C. Commander J. R. Poland (Hon. Secretary) * PAGEANT MASTER: Jack Swinburne, Esq. MUSICAL ADVISER : Sir Malcolm Sargent, Mus.Doc., LL.D., A.R.C.O., F.R.C.M., F.R.S.A. Photo: Dorothy Wilding Portraits Ltd. MASTER OF CRAFT : R. G. Odell, Esq., O.B.E. ORGANISING SECRETARIES : Messrs. H. E. Newson and A. F. King 9 FOREWORD Photo: Fox Photos T gives me the greatest pride and pleasure, in my year of office, to be / associated with the Royal River Pageant on the occasion of the Festivities connected with the Coronation of Her Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth The THE RIRTHPEACE OF Second. Our noble River has always been the City's principal highway and without THE CITY & PORT OF LONDON the river and the natural facilities it provides for a port, there is little doubt that there would be no City of London as we know it today, for Port and City have grown side by side through the ages from pre-Roman days. O most Londoners, that part of the Pool of London between Tower Pageantry was a feature of the River through many reigns and it has been T Bridge and London Bridge is London River; and, indeed, this small a matter of regret to all who love and live by our great waterway that this tradition section of the tidal Thames seems more than any other to reflect and inspire has lapsed in recent years and its revival now, therefore, with the gracious consent London's mellow charm and unchallengeable strength. It was here that the of Her Majesty the Queen, will afford the utmost gratification to all who take a first Cockney, fearfully paddling his craft up from the sea, along a swamp- natural pride in our great City and Port. At no time in its long history did London enjoy a greater period of prosperity fringed river, found the first firm ground for a primitive settlement. than during the reign of Elizabeth I, when her merchant adventurers did so much Through the centuries the Pool has been the starting place of innumerable to open up new trade routes and expand the business of the City. May equal adventures and expeditions—some leading to glorious triumph and the prosperity attend and bless the reign of our present Queen who honours us with expansion of an empire; others to disaster and oblivion. her presence today. To-day the centre of London's overseas commerce has shifted down­ On behalf of the Citizens of London and all associated with its River, I offer stream to the Royal Docks. The Pool is still, however, an important part J-Q Majesty assurances of our humble loyalty and devotion. Long may she reign over us. of the main shopping street of nations; and its ships and wharves are of no God save the Queen. little account in the overall pictures of Port of London trade. Nevertheless, neither the shipowner nor the merchant can accurately assess the value of the Pool to the Port of London; only the historian can truly measure the /d contribution to the London pattern made by this ancient birthplace of Port and City.