St James's

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Chinthe a mythical beast - guardian of Burmese Temples

Chindit Badge

A protestor in support of a Sikh prisoner Professor Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar

Victorian Foreign and Commonwealth Office with goddesses representing Australasia (above) with kangaroos and sheep. Below Europe with a horse and a galleon for colonising?

Nanny

Self portrait

Driving in the Park

Over-exposed pelicans

The Goose was very keen on its bit of grass

Iris sibirica hybrid

Fairy castle or Government Offices

Enclosed by the Wheel



A coot brings a stick for the nest and presents it to his mate

Moving house



Aquilegia hybrids

The mounted police kept the traffic back

michael's

pictures

Driving

Egyptian goose kicking off

Concentrating on the shot

Coots bonding

Aquilegia dragonfly hybrid

Identify the guards by their buttons
Grenadier Guards	Single buttons
Coldstream Guards	Tunic buttons in pairs
Scots Guards	In threes
Irish Guards	In fours
Welsh Guards	In fives

Welsh Guards' Band

Coldstream Guardsman

School party enjoying the Guardsman

Shoeshine

Coldstream Guardsman

Wonderfully shiny shoes with great reflections and thick soles maybe to keep the shine out of the mud...

Coldstream Guardsman

The History of the Townhouse, Pickering Place (above centre right)

Pickering Place itself offers a tantalising glimpse of a bygone age. The site was at one time part of the medieval maidens' leper colony of St Stephen's. Later, the edifice of Henry VIII's tennis court occupied much of 3 St James's Street and part of this structure, built in 1531, can be viewed whilst walking down the passage from St James's Street to the Pickering Place.

The present square was completed by the family back in 1734 and comprised the four houses still standing to this day.

At that time Pickering Place was given over to sports such as dog-fighting, bearbaiting, cock-fighting and even bare knuckle boxing, all providing an active if vivid passing trade for Berry Bros. Before the close of the 18th century the final duel with swords was fought to the death inside the discrete perimeter of the square, and a further duel was fought with pistols as late as the middle of the 19th century. Today, Pickering Place is a rather more tranquil spot but one which retains much memory of its former days.