A double-decker bus is a bus that has
two storey or decks. The first
The Queen's Guard is the name given to
the contingent of infantry responsible
for guarding Buckingham Palace and St
James's Palace (including Clarence
House) in London. The guard is made up
of a company of soldiers from a single
regiment, which is split in two, providing
a detachment for Buckingham Palace
and a detachment for St James's Palace.
Because the Sovereign's official
residence is still St James's, the guard
commander (called the captain of the
guard) is based there, as are the
regiment's colours.
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great
Bell of the striking clock at the north
end of the Palace of Westminster in
London and is usually extended to refer
to both the clock and the clock tower.
The official name of the tower in which
Big Ben is located was originally the
Clock Tower, but it was renamed
Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the
Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The
tower was designed by Augustus Pugin
in a neo-Gothic style. When completed
in 1859, its clock was the largest and
most accurate four-faced striking and
chiming clock in the world.
Since the eighteenth century, the
United Kingdom has been one of the
world's greatest tea consumers, with an
average annual per capita tea supply of
1.9 kg (4.18 lbs). The British Empire was
instrumental in spreading tea from
China to India; British interests
controlled tea production in the
subcontinent. Tea, which was an upper-
class drink in continental Europe,
became the infusion of every social class
in Great Britain throughout the course
of the eighteenth century and has
remained so. Tea is a prominent feature
of British culture and society.
commercial horse-drawn double-decker
omnibuses were introduced in England
in 1847 by Adams & Co. of Fairfield,
Bow, then improved upon by John
Greenwood, who introduced a new
double-decker in 1852.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument
in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km)
west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of
standing stones, each around 13 feet
(4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide,
and weighing around 25 tons. The
stones are set within earthworks in the
middle of the most dense complex of
Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in
England, including several hundred
tumuli (burial mounds). Archaeologists
believe it was constructed from 3000 BC
to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular
earth bank and ditch, which constitute
the earliest phase of the monument,
have been dated to about 3100 BC.
Radiocarbon dating suggests that the
first bluestones were raised between
2400 and 2200 BC, although they may
have been at the site as early as 3000
BC.
The earliest known and surviving English
written mention of Morris dance is
dated to 1448 and records the payment
of seven shillings to Morris dancers by
the Goldsmiths' Company in London.
Further mentions of Morris dancing
occur in the late 15th century, and there
are also early records such as bishops'
"Visitation Articles" mentioning sword
dancing, guising and other dancing
activities, as well as mummer’s plays.