{"id":657,"date":"2012-03-19T10:25:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T10:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=657"},"modified":"2016-07-24T12:08:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T11:08:36","slug":"paddys-day-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/paddys-day-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy\u00b4s Day Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hope you all had a\u00a0lovely Paddy\u00b4s Day 2012, or just a\u00a0lovely weekend!\u00a0As promised in my previous entry<\/a>, I am posting here some pics that I took at one of the parades over the weekend.<\/p>\n

This parade took place\u00a0in North\u00a0London. The official parade took place yesterday, one day after the main day, in Trafalgar Square. That\u00b4s the one with the Mayor of\u00a0London and other politicians\u00a0leading. As I had seen that in previous years, I thought I would\u00a0have a taste of the\u00a0local festivities.<\/p>\n

Just like\u00a0the main parade, associations of Irish and Irish descendants from various parts of Britain paraded there on Saturday. It was colourful, albeit\u00a0less cheerful than I had expected. Some of the features were really funny!<\/p>\n

\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"Paddy\u00b4s\u00a0 \"Paddy\u00b4s<\/p>\n

Two things caught my eye straight away. Firstly, no matter how grey the day was,\u00a0loads of people of all ages joined in the fun and dress up, eg, the tube people, kids, grannies… Yes, it was drizzling<\/p>\n

\"Paddy\u00b4s\u00a0 \u00a0\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a>\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a>\u00a0Her glasses had all these\u00a0lights on!<\/p>\n

I also noticed that local festivities here are somewhat similar to those in other countries in the way they are organised and some of the features that they present. There was a stage where we could see some bands coming from either Ireland or Britain, but of Irish descendants. By bands I mean marching bands, and bands where siblings played violin and other instruments. There was no singing.<\/p>\n

\"Paddy\u00b4s<\/a><\/p>\n

All the\u00a0local pubs and shops joined the fun by decorating their windows or offering something extra to their usual product offering. I had not noticed so many Irish pubs in that area before. There seemed to be one every five metres! Some of them offered free sandwiches to customers. We ended up\u00a0listening to some live\u00a0Irish band in a pub in another area in London\u00a0where they offered Irish stew all night!<\/p>\n

I had a good day out, and hope you enjoy the pics!<\/p>\n

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