'Ullo, Ullo, Ullo, What’s All This Then?' The City of London Police

“Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.”

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

The City Police Force was formed in 1832.
The City of London, 'One Square Mile',  has its own police force, separate from the  Metropolitan Police and safeguarding the Square Mile, its 9,000 residents, 320, 000 workers, many tourists  and visitors.
The City of London Police Museum was opened on 7th November 2016 in the Guildhall.

'Dear son of Memory, great heir of fame' (c) Shakespeare Son et Lumière

'Time

I, that please some, try all, both joy and terror
Of good and bad, that makes and unfolds error,
Now take upon me, in the name of Time,
To use my wings.'

 William Shakespeare.  The Winter's Tale  

 The City of London, Guildhall Library and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama on 4 & 5 March 2016  hosted  light and sound production to celebrate  the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.

The historic façade of Guildhall will be brought to life with 3D projection mapping technology and a special music composition by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

'Cause in the Liberty of Norton Folgate walking wild and free' (c)

’T was August, and the fierce sun overhead  

Smote on the squalid streets of Bethnal Green,       

And the pale weaver, through his windows seen      

In Spitalfields, looked thrice dispirited.'  

Matthew Arnold.   East London  (1822–1888)

Norton Folgate was a liberty within the metropolitan area of London, England, located between the Bishopsgate ward of the City of London to the south, the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch to the north and the parish of Spitalfields to the east.

The name is recorded circa 1110 as Nortune and means 'north farmstead'. It is formed from the Old English 'north' and 'tūn', with the affix 'Folgate' perhaps derived from the manorial family name Foliot.  

„Five crispy pancakes in a frying pan, flip them and toss them and catch them if you can” (c)

Since the Middle Ages the Guildhall has been the centre of Government for the City of London. The current building has stood in the geographical centre of the Square Mile since 1411.

This year the City's annual inter-livery Pancake Race saw 21 teams racing around the Guildhall yard at noon on Shrove Tuesday. Event  was organised by the Poulters' Company, who supply the eggs,  with the support of the The Cook & The Butler. The Gunmakers start each heat with a bang, the Clockmakers are responsible for the accuracy of the timing, the Fruiterers provide lemons, the Cutlers plastic forks and the Glovers the white gloves worn by each runner.

Also were teams from the Mansion House,  Guildhall and The Old Bailey. 

"Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs!" (c) Rosmead Gardens

Open Garden Squares Weekend is a magical two-day event, where community gardens and private squares throughout London took place on 8-9 June, 2013.
Rosmead Garden is one of the most beautiful of the garden squares in Notting Hill, part of the Ladbroke Estate which also includes Arundel Gardens, St John’s Gardens and the largest – Ladbroke Square.
 Thomas Allom’s plan of 1823 provided for generous communal gardens, organised in a concentric layout of crescents. The outer crescents date from the 1860s.
Apparently this is the garden used in the film Notting Hill,  into which Anna and William break at night (“Whoops a daisy!”)

"I'm a Jolly-'er Majesty's Jolly-an' sailor too" (c) HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast was launched on St Patrick's Day, 17 March, 1938 by the Prime Minister's wife, Mrs Anne Chamberlain, and was finally commissioned into the Royal Navy on 5 August 1939.
One of the most powerful large light cruisers ever built, HMS Belfast is now the only surviving vessel of her type to have seen active service during World War II. Serving Britain for 32 years, she played an important role in both World War II and the Korean War, as well as performing peacekeeping duties throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Saved from destruction in 1971, HMS Belfast is now part of the Imperial War Museum and is the first ship to be preserved for the nation since Nelson’s Victory. The vessel has been moored on the River Thames since 1971.
Last HMS Belfast celebrates the 75th anniversary of its launch last weekend.