Parading Guardsmen 1979 mb-width 5497 Scene showing the ascent of

Scene showing the ascent of Mr Graham in his hot air balloon

In the foreground Sandys (right) drops the 'Place Bill'

The architect was John Walters

'A representation of the Regent's tremendous thing erected in the Park'

Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Parading Guardsmen 1979 mb-width 5497 Scene showing the ascent ofThe Wobblies: Parading guardsmen threw a fit of the wobblies on Saturday (9 6 79). The weather was go humid they just could not toe the line during the final rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London on Saturday (16 6 79). In an unguarded moment, two young soldiers fainted. Thousands of tourists, crammed into Horse Guards Parade, watched as the two were carried away on stretchers and the thin red line became a little thinner. Unguarded