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Comment by Maria Elizabeth Prior on October 30, 2013 at 13:32

Steve!  Yikes!  I hope you don't get the chance then to 'spruce' up the Coach! 

Comment by Steve Daszko on October 29, 2013 at 13:58

Harpic is good I find.

Comment by Maria Elizabeth Prior on October 29, 2013 at 13:10

You can't wash that!  Its covered in paintings.  What they do is touch up the gold leafing on it, and polish this and that.  It has to be treated very carefully as it dates to 1757. 

Comment by Steve Daszko on October 29, 2013 at 12:34

Maybe they are washing it before the big day?

Comment by Maria Elizabeth Prior on October 27, 2013 at 22:52

Having worked for several years at the Museum of London, I knew the Coach was always taken out the week before the Lord Mayor's Show, so am not sure why, or how long for, it has been taken out 2 weeks before!  At that time the Coach was always suspended over water, for humidity reasons, to protect the wood, and the horse harnesses were also on show.  Now, the Coach does not stand over water, which makes me wonder what the fuss over the water was all about at the time.

Comment by Steve Daszko on October 27, 2013 at 15:44

Yes, I`ll be at the show in a couple of weeks time.  Always an enjoyable event!

Comment by Maria Elizabeth Prior on October 27, 2013 at 12:07

Yes, they are getting it all spruced up for the Lord Mayor's Show.  I have sat in the coach some years ago.  Nice and comfy!