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Lord Mayor's Parade - London 2009
In 2008 the Master, Wardens and Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Actuaries walked in the Lord Mayor’s Parade – or rather swam. It was the wettest parade for many years! In preparing for the 2009 Parade we had been convinced it could never be as bad again, but the evening forecast (on Friday 13th!) was for gales and rain in the south-east on the Saturday.
And sure enough the heavens opened as we made our way into the City on the Saturday morning. However the skies were dry as Master Adrian Waddingham, Senior Warden Graham Clay, Past-Master Chris Ide and Clerk David Johnson marshalled with the other Modern Livery Companies in London Wall, and we were delighted to learn that we would be near the front of the Parade this year – position 12. Indeed the sun was shining on the actuarial egg-head – making its fourth appearance in the parade - as we set off at 11. There was a brief shower, but the stalwart crowds were in full voice as we made our way from Guildhall to the Law Courts. The Master also carried the big actuarial pencil (good for doing big sums) which seemed to get the kids’ attention. And there was tremendous support from a record number of supporting Liverymen in the vantage point of Barnett Waddingham’s Cheapside.
