St Matthew's Day, 2006
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:53 pm
A little more info gleaned from the CH Official Site
ST. MATTHEW'S DAY
400 boys and girls from Christ’s Hospital, a School founded in Newgate Street in 1552, will parade through London on Friday, 22 September 2006 in their traditional and colourful Tudor style uniform, along with the School’s Band to celebrate St Matthew’s Day.
St Matthew’s Day is one of the high days in Christ’s Hospital calendar. Traditionally, it was the day on which the Governors of Christ’s Hospital were elected. Today, there are over 650 Governors; their generosity continues to help support the education of Christ’s Hospital’s pupils.
10.30am: Grand Parade starts from Embankment (Carmelite Street EC1) and moves to Tudor Street (EC4) into Farringdon Street, left onto Charterhouse Street and into the Church of St Andrew, Holborn
11.00am: A thanksgiving service in the Church, attended by David Brewer, the Lord Mayor of the City of London and Vice President of Christ’s Hospital (invitation only).
12.20/30pm: The Grand parade will commence again from the Church of St Andrew to Mansion House via Holborn Viaduct, Newgate Street (marching past the site of the former school), around the side of St Paul’s Cathedral via Martin’s Le Grand and onto Cheapside to Bank, circling back via Walbrook to Mansion House (EC4).
12.50pm: Arrive at Mansion House where the pupils will have lunch with the Lord Mayor. To celebrate their City origin and links with the City Corporation, each pupil shakes hands with the Lord and Lady Mayoress and each receives ‘largesse’, a small sum of money, fresh from the mint.
ST. MATTHEW'S DAY
400 boys and girls from Christ’s Hospital, a School founded in Newgate Street in 1552, will parade through London on Friday, 22 September 2006 in their traditional and colourful Tudor style uniform, along with the School’s Band to celebrate St Matthew’s Day.
St Matthew’s Day is one of the high days in Christ’s Hospital calendar. Traditionally, it was the day on which the Governors of Christ’s Hospital were elected. Today, there are over 650 Governors; their generosity continues to help support the education of Christ’s Hospital’s pupils.
10.30am: Grand Parade starts from Embankment (Carmelite Street EC1) and moves to Tudor Street (EC4) into Farringdon Street, left onto Charterhouse Street and into the Church of St Andrew, Holborn
11.00am: A thanksgiving service in the Church, attended by David Brewer, the Lord Mayor of the City of London and Vice President of Christ’s Hospital (invitation only).
12.20/30pm: The Grand parade will commence again from the Church of St Andrew to Mansion House via Holborn Viaduct, Newgate Street (marching past the site of the former school), around the side of St Paul’s Cathedral via Martin’s Le Grand and onto Cheapside to Bank, circling back via Walbrook to Mansion House (EC4).
12.50pm: Arrive at Mansion House where the pupils will have lunch with the Lord Mayor. To celebrate their City origin and links with the City Corporation, each pupil shakes hands with the Lord and Lady Mayoress and each receives ‘largesse’, a small sum of money, fresh from the mint.