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THE CITY OF LONDON.

THE CITY OF LONDON. The City.

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THE CITY OF LONDON.

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  1. THE CITY OF LONDON.

  2. The City. • The City’s the oldest part of London. Here most of the streets are narrow, and traffic is very slow. The City’s also London’s commercial and financial center with a number of offices and banks, with the Bank of England among them. it’s also a market for goods, from all parts of the word. The City of London is very small part of Great London. The number people who live in the City’s about ten thousand.

  3. BANK OF ENGLAND. • The Bank of England keeps the British government’s money. In its museum, you can see gold bars, and guns once used to defend the bank. The Bank has vaults full of gold. In the nineteenth century, a workman found a sewer tunnel that led to the vaults. He didn’t take any gold but told the Bank about the tunnel, and was rewarded for his honesty.

  4. GUILDS AND THE GUILDHALL • The City Guilds were set up by medieval merchants and craftsmen to look after their trades. The Guilds once controlled all City business but now they work mainly for charity. The Guildhall is one of the City’s oldest buildings. You can see statues of the legendary giants God and Magog there.

  5. OLD AND NEW. • The Lloyds Building is one of the most dramatic modern buildings in the City. Saint Bride’s is a famous old City church. Its tower inspired a baker to make the first tiered wedding cake. • THE MONUMENT was built in 1677 in memory of the Great Fire of London. It’s 62m from the shop where the Fire began, and 62m high. • LORD MAYOR. A new Mayor is chosen each year from among the City Guilds. In November, the new Mayor travel through the City in a golden coach. At the other times, you can see the coach at the Museum of London. The procession is called the Lord Mayor’s Show.

  6. Ceremonies in the City. • Many ceremonies are held each year in the City. A few ceremonies are listed below. June the company of Waterman and Lightermen give the Mayor a rose. • In December, the Butcher’s Company gives the Mayor a boar’s head on a silver plate. It’s payment for land given to them in the 1300s. • Every year, the City pays rent to the king or queen for two properties. The rent is a billhook, a hatchet, six horseshoes and 61 nails.

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