Show 1 Learns About Abort England I By KATHI HAMPTON RAMPTON MlTON G Guy uy F Faulkes au lk es mg night 1 is a very English holiday It Jt dates back ro to the time when Guy Fawlkes and some of his followers deT decided de- de T tided that since they the were very a much opposed to some 0 of the theca ca members of Parliament and 3 the whole system in general I W they would blow up Parliament M a PLANS WERE made and D 3 finally the rebels had planted a great amount of gunpowder beneath the Houses of Parliament Parliament Parliament Parlia Parlia- ment and were waiting for the next day when most of the 0 II members would be assembled oJ r together inside It i One of the men in the gun gun- powder plot had a cousin who was a member of Parliament I L. L Unable to let someone he loved walk walk into death he told his cousin that under no circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances should he go 50 to Parliament Parlia Parlia- The he cousin I meet ment ment that day I aroused aroused the police w who ii o r. r h searched the historic building and found beneath it the stores I h of of gunpowder and Guy I 1 Fawlkes and his men 7 TILE MEN were imprisoned and Guy Fawlkes and other of the leaders of the revels were ot t hanged Changed To celebrate the triumph of Parliament Nov 5 is a day of bonfires fireworks roast pota pots toes loes and sausages Our bonfire began n at about 8 S pm p.m. in in the thew w pack lack yard WIN j s MY An ENGLISH brothers Phil nd Jack had built the o II Guy Fawlkes dummy which was put on top of a pile w J bf of f burnable rubbish saved for forthe forthe fire the the occasion The lighted brightened the whole yard There was a massive array of fireworks which we lit off ocr oney one Jy y one I decided to let off ocr some firecrackers poppers to the English that I had brought with me to celebrate my lone t. t fourth of July in England Out of about 20 firecrackers only three worked but I had had them for five years so it was not surprising I With the fireworks ended we were ready to eat but unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately the potatoes es we had put on the fire to roast were jot Dot to be found Jean had put some old squares of linoleum r the fire to burn right on our potatoes i MUM CAME to the rescue with some potatoes she had secretly secretly secretly se se- cooked the modern way l f fa a 1 J r Li in the oven English students have various various various var var- ious holidays from sch o 0 o 0 I 1 throughout the year One of these is a week off from school at half term My sister Kay and andI I figured this was our opportunity opportunity I to really see London So Sowe Sowe Sowe we packed our bags and left with Mum tum on a coach bus on ona ona ona a Friday afternoon AFTER AFfER two hours of oC travel we were there and fought our way through the crowds of bus bus- business business iness mess men with their bowler hats and umbrellas coming home from work until we reached a district called Forest Forest Forest For For- est Hill There we stayed with some of Mums Mum's friends in a Victorian house much older than ours in Burmingham Every time a car or lorry truck went down the road the house would shake To wash or have a bath we had lead to heat the water on the stove carrying it a kettle at a time into the bathroom The effects of the German bombings on the house were still visible but altogether it was a wonderful place to stay AS MUM is a native Londoner London London- er she took me around to all the places that tourists love I 1 saw Circus which is just a junction of many roads in the heart of theatre London with bright and big neon ad ad- I went to Trafalgar Square which was dedicated to Lord Nelson who won the famous battle of Trafalgar against Na Na- There are thousands of pigeons in the square which is decorated with fountains and statues I had the pigeons all over my arms and head I SAW Cleopatra's needle on the bank of the Thames River and London and o 0 o 0 Bridges We then walked past Buckingham Place which is not really attractive at all and back through St. St James Park I 1 fell in love with the horse guards in their red coats and quaint hats sitting so regally on their horses looking ing ever so pomp and stern The Tower of London was one of my favorite places It was built by William the Conqueror Conqueror Conqueror Con Con- in 1066 and since then has imprisoned many famous and noble people We saw the wicked looking axe which was used to chop off the heads of Lady Jane Grey Sir Walter Raleigh King Charles 1 I etc ete I You can sec see the Traitors' Traitors Gate and what used to be a moat around the grounds and some of the terrible dungeons the prisoners were forced to live in WESTMINSTER lINSTER Abbey was my favorite place in London Itis It Itis Itis is so awe inspiring and and gor gor- There are ornate gold carvings and statues and altars everywhere and tombs of the kings and queens and nobility Queen Elizabeth I is buried there Above her tomb a beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- memorial was made and anda a lovely reproduction of her in death She looks so serene and lovely It gave you the funniest feeling to be there thero like you had to tiptoe and whisper so as not to disturb the sleeping dead I could have stayed for forages forages forages ages just looking around it MUCH OF our time was spent in the London underground underground underground under under- ground or subway I guess Im I'm Ima a typical cal small town hick because because because be be- cause the first time the train dashed past at its fantastic speed 1 I screamed and everyone everyone everyone every every- one turned and looked at me I thought it was the end of the world the noise it made But I soon grew used to the sound and the terrific amount of people that the transport daily TIlE TIE VERY last day of our London visit was by far the most wonderful Kay and I had heard that the queen was going going go go- ing to Westminster Abbey that day to knight some men We figured if we stood outside the Abbey we would be sure to see her going in We made our way to West West- minster There were many important important im im- im persons waiting in th the e queue line to go in The men had top hats and tails and lovely medallions around their necks The women wore furs and exquisite jewelry EACH PERSON held a ticket sent him by the queen allowing allowing allowing allow allow- ing admittance I was so jeal jeal- ous I 1 thought If U only I had one of those tickets Minutes l later Kay turned around and saw a man who had about five tickets he was handing out to the public We each grabbed one and ran for forthe forthe forthe the door In we walked with all these people looking as much like nobility as we could in our scruffy clothes and unrefined unrefined un un- refined refine manners We were completely thrilled WE WERE given a seat and sat there the only people inthe in inthe the place who seemed excited about the affair Unfortunately Kay stepped on an officers officer's while white hat by mistake It was under his chair This plus a pillar pillar pillar pil pil- lar that prevented us from seeing seeing see see- I ing led us to stand up and climb over several rows of people peo peo- people pIe to a better seat scat Everything was perfect now and the began It consisted of the head canon of the Abbey the Ule choir the buglers buglers bug bug- lers the knights in their fancy robes and medals and the queens queen's guards For a longtime long longtime longtime time the Vicar or someone sang praises and the choir sang and the congregation repeated chants and prayers FINALLY they got down to business and knighted the men and then the queen came out of the sacred room passed the golden throne and down our aisle I W was S so excited I could hardly hardly hardly hard hard- ly stand it to think I 1 would see her close up The procession preceded her but finally she came in ut sight Everyone in the rows in front of us bowed But Bu here was our chance to lo see he her while they were all bowing We just sort of bobbed our heads head and stared OH SHE was lovely so dig dig- She had a lovely tiara a long jeweled gown and a rec red velvet robe trailing behind her herShe She must have looked at Kay and me about three times we were the only ones there ther without hats and we were both grinning like Cheshire cats so obviously commoners IT WAS really wonderful though and I was so fortunate to be able to attend this ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony which they called Order Orde of the Bath as it is performed only once every five years After all aU its it's obvious they are arc very picky who they le let into their royal ceremonies |