David Gwilliam
Well-Known Member
There have been a number of parades in recent years.
The crowd for the Richard III interment was friendly but serious and subdued. Those with a feeling for History were deeply moved and there were some in tears. I am not a religious man but I felt almost a spiritual connection with a medieval England that day. However, I feel most Leicester people found it mildly interesting and no more. Some were just baffled by the whole thing which is their right; I feel the same about reggae and synchronised swimming
The crowd for the Queen's Jubilee visit were almost all very friendly and very cheerful. There were as small group with republican placards. Their faces had a wild pained look - I wondered if anyone had considered a link between English republicans and indigestion. Nobody seemed to have thought about giving the crowd a good view it was difficult to see anything. . There seemed to be more chat between strangers than at the other parades.
All credit to Susan Whelan or whoever for learning a lesson from 2014. Town Hall Square is unsuitable for big crowds. I was not up to the Victoria Park experience but knowing the other members of the forum are young and athletic look forward to their accounts.
I was outside the Ramada Encore near The Curve. The atmosphere was grand but the buses were, for me, an anti-climax. The first bus had the team and Claudio but most people on it were hangers on. On the other buses I spotted Shakespeare and Jon Rudkin who clearly should share in the credit. There was also The Birch who seems to embody the club. Apart from that I remembered the 2014 parade when people chanted "who the effing hell are you" at the 2nd bus. Now the hangers on have expanded to four buses; only one would have been better.
Some of us have suffered from Malcolm Partridge in the 1970s to Carl Cort in the 2000s. Seeing all the thousands celebrating in the streets and knowing there were more on Vicky Park I thought of a favourite chant "Where were you when we were shit".
The crowd for the Richard III interment was friendly but serious and subdued. Those with a feeling for History were deeply moved and there were some in tears. I am not a religious man but I felt almost a spiritual connection with a medieval England that day. However, I feel most Leicester people found it mildly interesting and no more. Some were just baffled by the whole thing which is their right; I feel the same about reggae and synchronised swimming
The crowd for the Queen's Jubilee visit were almost all very friendly and very cheerful. There were as small group with republican placards. Their faces had a wild pained look - I wondered if anyone had considered a link between English republicans and indigestion. Nobody seemed to have thought about giving the crowd a good view it was difficult to see anything. . There seemed to be more chat between strangers than at the other parades.
All credit to Susan Whelan or whoever for learning a lesson from 2014. Town Hall Square is unsuitable for big crowds. I was not up to the Victoria Park experience but knowing the other members of the forum are young and athletic look forward to their accounts.
I was outside the Ramada Encore near The Curve. The atmosphere was grand but the buses were, for me, an anti-climax. The first bus had the team and Claudio but most people on it were hangers on. On the other buses I spotted Shakespeare and Jon Rudkin who clearly should share in the credit. There was also The Birch who seems to embody the club. Apart from that I remembered the 2014 parade when people chanted "who the effing hell are you" at the 2nd bus. Now the hangers on have expanded to four buses; only one would have been better.
Some of us have suffered from Malcolm Partridge in the 1970s to Carl Cort in the 2000s. Seeing all the thousands celebrating in the streets and knowing there were more on Vicky Park I thought of a favourite chant "Where were you when we were shit".
