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Soldiers and horses of the Household Cavalry about to start the Musical Ride at the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2016
Pictured are the Band of the Household Cavalry mounted on horseback as they led the Queen's Life Guard to Horse Guards to take up their duty guarding the official entrance to the Royal Palaces.
The Band of The Life Guards and the Band of The Blues and Royals combined in September 2014 to form the present band.
They trace their history back to the Restoration of the Monarchy on 29th May 1660 when King Charles II entered London to re-claim his throne, escorted by three troops of what is now The Life Guards, each preceded by a kettledrummer and four trumpeters.
The tradition continues, as since 1903 the provision of state trumpeters in England and Wales has been the sole responsibility of the Household Cavalry.
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HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY FREEDOM OF WINDSOR PARADE, 18 MAY 2019
The Household Cavalry Regiment exercise their Freedom of Entry and paraded through Windsor as they said goodbye to the town they have called home for 215 years. More than 250 soldiers marched through the town to mark their departure before moving to Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain later in the year. The Welsh Guards will be taking over the barracks afterwards.
The move from Combermere Barracks in Windsor is part of a major restructuring of the British Army. Personnel will be moving to Bulford Camp in Wiltshire as part of a new strike brigade.
The Household Cavalry is comprised of the Blues and Royals and the Life Guards. It has two key roles — armoured reconnaissance and state ceremonial — and soldiers are all trained in both aspects. While the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is based in London, Windsor is where soldiers have learnt to ride. The 12-week riding course was held at the Household Cavalry training wing in Combermere Barracks, Windsor, which is where they were taught the basics of military equitation and horse welfare.
The march began at Combermere Barracks and proceeded along the Long Walk, Park Street, St Alban’s Street, Castle Hill, High Street, Sheet Street and Kings Road. The parade halted at the Guildhall where the troops gave a Royal Salute to the Princess Royal. Princess Anne then gave an address to the troops from the steps of the Guildhall and later hosted a reception for their families.
An Army spokesman said:
“The Household Cavalry has been in Windsor for more than 200 years. Today they exercised their freedom to parade through this historic city to say thank you and goodbye to a community that has been their home for 215 years. The regiment will move from Combermere Barracks to Bulford in Wiltshire where it will work alongside fellow Royal Armoured Corps Regiment The King’s Royal Hussars to operate the newly developed army reconnaissance vehicle, Ajax.”
From the Court Circular:
“The Princess Royal, Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), this afternoon took the salute at the Household Cavalry's Freedom of the Royal Borough of New Windsor Parade, afterwards attending a Reception at the Guildhall, High Street, Windsor, and was received by General Sir Redmond Watt (Deputy Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire).”
File name: 10_03_000958a
Binder label: Home Products
Title: Hasn't scratched yet!!! Bon Ami, the best scouring soap made [front]
Copyright date: 1907
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 9 x 12 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Chickens; Household soap
Notes: Title from item.
Statement of responsibility: The Bon Ami Company
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
Behind the scenes at the Household Cavalry
Uniquely British - A Year in the of Life of the Household Cavalry - Foreword by Her Majesty The Queen
Looking extremely smart - everyone wanted a photo of the Household Cavalry stood there in the August sunshine. London trip, August 2016.
he Household Cavalry consists of The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st The Royal Dragoons). They are the oldest and most senior regiments in the British Army.
In particular, the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment equipped with horses. It is their unique privilege to meet the requirement to carry out mounted and some dismounted ceremonial duties on State and Royal occasions which include the provision of a Sovereign's Escort most commonly seen at the Queen's Birthday Parade in June each year. Other occasions include Sovereign's Escorts for Her Majesty The Queen during State Visits by visiting Heads of State, and as required by Her Majesty anywhere in the Kingdom.
Cladosporium sphaerospermum (green "mold"), Sporobolomyces roseus (pink yeast), and Aureobasidium pullulans (black alien-looking fungus)
2018 Weekly Alphabet Challenge, Week 10, J for Job
Not a very enjoyable job ! Our glassware and crockery cabinet collapsed, the upper shelf took three other shelves with it! A terrible sound and mess, it was quite a job clearing and cleaning the pantry, took hours ! This was only half of it, the parts that fell out of the cabinet, there was just as much still lying in the cabinet in pieces. We're hoping for a heap of luck !
I bought my Nespresso Coffee machine shortly before the pandemic, expecting to only use it at weekends. Now I am at home all the time, I use it daily.
We're Here - Me and my Household Appliances
17th January 2022
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The kind of shop where you find all kinds of little gadgets and utelsils for your kitchen and home. I had gone in the shop looking for a whisk to make pancakes. It was more fun to buy it from this shop than from a large and polished supermarket. Shop keeper was very kind and helpful too. Somewhere in the Hamra area of Beirut.
A borehole with very low amount of water, currently used by Dobi community for household use
The Government of Ethiopia said more than 1.2 million Ethiopians are affected by water shortages in September 2015. More than 50 percent of this population are women and children.
The most affected region is the Afar Region located in north-eastern Ethiopia in the Great Rift Valley. It is prone to volcanic activity, has areas below sea level which experience daily temperatures above 44 degrees C and receives less than 300mm rain annually. The Region has a total area of about 9.6 million hectares and a population estimated to be 1.5 million people. 92 per cent of the population are pastoralists or agro-pastoralists living in rural areas (CSA, 2008) heavily dependent on water for livestock.
Dobi Kebele is located in Elidar Woreda, Zone 1. 84 Km north of Samera, Afar’s capital. A recent Ethiopian Government report identified Dobi as being in Priority 1 location as many pastoralists people are resettling in this area due to water shortages in other parts of the region. Currently these communities have to buy water from commercial trucks that bring water from long distances
Following extensive remote sensing and groundwater investigations in early 2015, UNICEF identified locations for drilling of boreholes of a depth of 250 to 300 m. A contract has been awarded to a private drilling contractor at a cost of 9 million birr (US$ 433,264) through UNICEF and CERF financing to drill 3 boreholes with a completion date of the end of December 2015. When completed these water wells will provide more than 100,000 people with access to safe water. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Sewunet
Moka pot
The most common way to brew coffee at home in Italy, the moka pot, is a stovetop brewer that was popularized in 1930’s Europe. Easy to use, the moka pot brews coffee characterized by a well-defined body and rich aroma.
Regardless of design, they all work by using steam pressure to force water through ground coffee.
All about caffee
12/365 times project
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France, and was the 5th largest region by GDP in the world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.
The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, and the first located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015.
Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2018, with 10.2 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.
The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre
The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre, is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72,735 square metres (782,910 square feet). In 2018, the Louvre was the world's most visited art museum, receiving 10.2 million visitors.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to the urban expansion of the city, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function and, in 1546, was converted by Francis I into the main residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon's abdication many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and bequests since the Third Republic. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.