While wandering through old London town yesterday I just happened to pass through Horseguards in time to watch the changing of the guard there.
It was the turn of the Life Guards, (the ones with the red tunics)and very interesting it was too, especially how the young lads managed to understand the incomprehensible word mangling from their NCO, mind you he did have the chinstrap of his helmet covering his gob at the time!
Just before witnessing this I had spent an hour and a half in the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum, fascinating stuff and well worth a visit if you are down this way. The exhibition at Clive Steps, King Charles Street SW1 shows you where Churchill and his cabinet and Chiefs of Staff directed the progress of World War Two from underneath the Admiralty seemingly in a permanent fug of pipe, fag and cigar smoke. You can see the cabinet meeting room, operations rooms for home defence and VI plotting, communication equipment, offices, kitchens and the rooms where people kipped. All recreated in meticulous detail even down to the chamber pots beneath the camp beds.
And included in the price of the ticket (£12) is the Churchill Museum where you can learn all about the guy and see some of his stuff including the uniforms, siren suit, spotted bow tie and legendary bowler hat.
