Lord Mayor’s Show 2019 Challenge

48 Members of Girlguiding Sussex Central will be

participating in the 2019 Lord Mayor’s Show on

Saturday 9th November 2019

Even if you aren’t part of the parade you too can be

part of it by completing this challenge and gaining

your LMS 2019 Badge!

Details of how to obtain your badge are at the end of

this booklet, all profits will go towards financing the

event with any surplus being donated to The Lord

Mayors Charity for the year 2019.

Challenge

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A brief History of the Lord Mayor of London

The office of Lord Mayor was instituted in 1189, the first holder of the office being Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone. The Mayor of the City of London has been elected by the City, rather than appointed by the Sovereign, ever since a Royal Charter was issued by King John in 1215. The title "Lord Mayor" came to be used after 1354,

Lord Mayors are elected for one-year terms; by custom, they do not now serve more than one consecutive term but numerous individuals have served multiple terms in office in the past, including the famous Sir Richard ('Dick') Whittington (1397, 1398, 1406 and 1419 – 4 terms)

Almost 700 people have served as Lord Mayor.

Dame Mary Donaldson GBE, elected in 1983, and Dame Fiona Woolf DBE, elected in 2013, are the only women to have held the office.

We hope that you will find there are challenges suitable for all sections and ages, adults

can join in too! But please feel free to adapt. It is permissible to do as a group.

Why not hold a series of unit meetings with a London theme?

For ideas

Visit https://www.girlguidinglaser.org.uk/resources/ then London Challenge

Or try the website https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/london

To gain your badge, Rainbows should complete any 5, Brownies 8, and all others 10

challenges. We trust you to be honest. Where appropriate challenges have been linked to

the six themes of the new Girlguiding programme

Members of Sussex Central who complete 5 challenges will also have contributed to their

County 40th Year Badge!

Challenge 1 (Have Adventures)

Attend the Lord Mayors Show in 2018 or 2019 with your unit, family or friends & cheer

Girlguiding! Alternatively watch on TV. Why not send a ‘tickertape’ message to encourage

the team?

You can download a full size version of this by ‘googling’ route map Lord Mayor’s Show

Challenge 2 (Express Myself)

Have a musical meeting. Learn / sing / dance/ listen to some London songs / rhymes

(various versions by a variety of artists can be found on YouTube)

For example

Maybe it’s because I’m a

Londoner

The Lambeth Walk

Baker Street

London Calling

Wheels On The Bus Go Round

And Round

London’s Burning

Oranges & Lemons

Burlington Bertie from Bow

Knees up Mother Brown

London Bridge is falling Down

Challenge 3

The River Thames which runs through London is both a tidal and non-tidal river depending

on where you look at it, it is also the longest river entirely in England. Draw a map of its

route from source to sea, marking some of the places it passes through, show where the

source is and where it enters the sea.

Challenge 4

London has many famous landmarks. How many of these can you find on a map of London?

Which ones are actually in the City of London?

Maybe you can find more?

1. Big Ben

2. House Of Parliament

3. The London Eye

4. Nelson’s Column

5. St Pauls Cathedral

6. The Shard

7. Buckingham Palace

8. The Monument

9. Westminster Abbey

10. Marble Arch

11. The ‘Gherkin’

12. City Hall

13. Guild hall

14. Albert hall

15. Globe Theatre

16. Cleopatra’s needle

17. Horse Guard’s parade

18. Royal Observatory

19. Bank of England

20. Tower Bridge

Challenge 5 (Express Myself)

Draw a picture / collage of one of the 20 listed landmarks

Challenge 6 (Take Action) Over third of London’s 8 million population is non British and hosts over 15 million international

visitors each year. How learn to say hello/ welcome in other languages, can you learn over 20!

Here are some examples Bienvenue Herzlich Willkommen Akwaaba Huānyíng

Benvenuto Yōkoso Kuwakaribisha Bienvenido

Kyaosopartaa Velkommen Welkom Croeso

Challenge 7 (Skills For My Future)

Every summer the Queen hosts a series of Garden parties at Buckingham Palace. Hold your own

garden party.

Challenge 8 (Express Myself)

Every March / April the universities of Cambridge & Oxford hold a boat race on the Thames for

men & women, find out the traditional names of their boats. Make paper boats and sail them

(maybe have your own race?) or make edible boats and eat them!

Challenge 9 (Express Myself)/ (Skills For My Future) A famous Lord Mayor of London was Dick Whittington Read / listen to his story or go to a Dick

Whittington pantomime if there is one near you. Find out about one of the women Lord Mayors.

Challenge 10

Complete the word search below (answers at the end)

Challenge 11 (Be Well) The London Marathon is a very famous race of 26.2 miles through the streets of London, stage

your own race or walk – you don’t have to do the full distance, but why not cover the distance

between all members of your unit over a term?

Find the following words in

the puzzle

Words are hidden

1. Thames

2. Buckingham Palace

3. Big Ben

4. Guildhall

5. Nelson’s Column

6. Lord Mayor

7. Marathon

8. Marble Arch

9. Livery Company

10. St Paul’s Cathedral

11. The Monument

12. Westminster Abbey

13. Float

14. Parade

15. The Gherkin

16. The Barbican

17. Dick Whittington

18. Square Mile

Challenge 12 (Take Action)

Each Lord Mayor nominates a charity to be supported during their term of office, raise some

money to support it or choose a charity of your own, you could link this to Challenges 7 /11.

Challenge 13

London Underground is world famous, can you name these stations from the clues

(Answers at the end)

1 Home of the

bread maker

11 Heidi’s home

2 Wed the skeleton 12 The Bards home

3 ……..is falling

down

13 On the side of

the head

4 An ellipse 14 Sooty monks?

5 Angry monarch 15 Boxing rules

6 A lasting

reminder

16 Scholars ring

show

7 A wet

convenience

17 Tennis at

180 degrees

8 The way to store

aeroplanes

18 Action Man can’t

but……

9 Herbivore and a

chess piece

19 Tied to the

opening

10 Peruvian exile

found in left

luggage

20 Where the

Tower’s birds

play?

Challenge 14 (Express Myself)

The Lord Mayor of London is chosen from the Livery Companies (Guilds of workers), there are

over 100, some of them are shown below. They each have their own shield to represent them.

Draw a shield to represent your name / unit /County.

Challenge 15 (Skills For My Future) Many of the Livery Companies have unfamiliar names, what do you think these do? Find out

about five of them. Would you like to work for any of them?

Mercers' Company

Skinners' Company

Salters' Company

Vintners' Company

Tallow Chandlers'

Company

Girdlers' Company

Saddlers' Company

Cordwainers'

Company

Curriers' Company

Coopers' Company

Bowyers' Company

Fletchers' Company

Scriveners' Company

Broderers' Company

Upholders' Company

Turners' Company

Horners' Company

Paviors' Company

Loriners' Company

Glovers' Company

Pattenmakers'

Company

Watermen &

Lightermen's

Company

Challenge 16 (Skills For My Future) / (Know Myself)

Be part of the extended Lord Mayor’s Show Team, for example administration support,

sourcing materials, construction of the float, walking on the day.

Word Search answers

Underground Answers

1 Home of the

bread maker

Baker Street 11 Heidi’s home Swiss Cottage

2 Wed the skeleton Marylebone 12 The Bards home Stratford

3 ……..is falling

down

London Bridge 13 On the side of

the head

Temple

4 An ellipse Oval 14 Sooty monks? Blackfriars

5 Angry monarch Kings Cross 15 Boxing rules Queensbury

6 A lasting

reminder

Monument 16 Scholars ring

show

Oxford Circus

7 A wet

convenience

Waterloo 17 Tennis at

180 degrees

South Wimbledon

8 The way to store

aeroplanes

Hangar Lane 18 Action Man can’t

but……

Barbican

9 Herbivore and a

chess piece

Elephant and

Castle

19 Tied to the

opening

Moorgate

10 Peruvian exile

found in left

luggage

Paddington 20 Where the

Tower’s birds

play?

Ravenscourt Park

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well done.

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