Comments on: The Boar’s Head Parade https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/02/the-boarss-head-parade/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:46:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Joan Barleycorn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/02/the-boarss-head-parade/#comment-1055339 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:46:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141185#comment-1055339 ‘ “To pass the time in the drizzle, the Beadle showed us his magnificent staff of office dating from 1716, upon which may be discerned a Boar’s Head. “Years ago, they had a robbery and this was the only thing that wasn’t stolen,” he confided to me helpfully, ” – it had a cover and the thieves mistook it for a mop.” ‘

I just LOVE this sentence. 🙂

]]> By: Diane Burstein https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/02/the-boarss-head-parade/#comment-1055199 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:01:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141185#comment-1055199 Butchers Hall website states that this years event starts from Pewterers Hall, probably because area of Butchers Hall is a building site at present so anyone going should contact Butchers Hall first to check.

]]> By: Tim Sanders https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/12/02/the-boarss-head-parade/#comment-1055150 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:25:30 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=141185#comment-1055150 I hope David Cameron was nowhere near!

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