{"id":248,"date":"2016-11-18T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/gb\/design-gb\/glass-not-just-slippers\/1"},"modified":"2024-08-28T05:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T05:29:36","slug":"glass-not-just-slippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsofglass.com\/uk\/stories\/glass-not-just-slippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass &#8211; Not Just For Slippers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div  class=\"custom-rich-text-block transparent\">\r\n    <div class=\"custom-rich-text spacing-top-2 spacing-bottom-2 global-container\">\r\n        <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lord-mayor-city-london-glass-min-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lord-mayor-city-london-glass-min-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The annual procession dates back to 1215, when King John granted a charter allowing the citizens of London to elect their own mayor. Every year since, the newly elected Lord Mayor of the City of London has travelled from the City of London to Westminster to pledge allegiance to the Crown.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 801st year, the Lord Mayor\u2019s Show saw around 7,000 people take part to mark the first public engagement of this year\u2019s new Lord Mayor, Andrew Parmley. He is the first Glass Seller member to be elected Lord Mayor in the organisation\u2019s 352-year history.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28005\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mansion-house-glass-shoe-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mansion-house-glass-shoe-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lord Mayors Show 2016 Float 100 Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating this special occasion, during the procession the Master of the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers presented a real \u2018glass slipper\u2019 to the Lord Mayor to commemorate his year in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those who missed the show, you can watch the full parade on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b082sb28\/the-lord-mayors-show-2016\">BBC website.<\/a> Look out for the Glass Sellers\u2019 float at 1h 13mins into the video. 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