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Red Hatters travel to England From staff reports January 27, 2003 - Beverly B. Gantt, Rita Wehunt Black and Nora L. Gilbert, members of the Vale’s Belles Red Hat Society, participated in the London New Year’s Day 2003 Parade held on Jan. 1, 2003 in London, England. The invitation was extended to the Red Hat Society by the Royal London Parade Organizing Committee last spring. Red Hatters, attired in purple outfits and red hats, from North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Virginia rode the parade route in a London double decker open top bus and were quite a hit with the crowd and press. The Red Hat Society began nearly five years ago with a poem, “Warning,” written in 1961 by Jenny Joseph. Mrs. Black, Mrs. Gantt and Mrs. Gilbert are charter members of the first Red Hat Society to be officially organized in Lincoln County in 2001. At the seventeenth London New Year’s Day Parade, thousands of people along the parade route saw the best of ten thousand participants from Britain, America, Japan and many other countries. The Vale’s Belles, along with other Red Hat Societies, made donations to the London Children’s Charity before leaving London. The Red Hatters stayed in the prestigious Royal Horseguards Hotel overlooking the river Thames at Whitehall Court, Westminster, London. The hotel is adjacent to Downing Street, Old Scotland Yard, Trafalgar Square, and the Royal Horseguards. It is within walking distance to Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, The London National Gallery, the London Eye and Westminster Abbey. While in England, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Gantt and Mrs. Gilbert had the opportunity to travel to Stonehenge, the world- famous prehistoric great stone circle in Wiltshire (something each had wanted to see since childhood.) From Stonehenge, they traveled to the old Roman city of Bath, where restored Roman and medieval baths were visited. While in Bath, the three had High Tea at Sally Lunn’s Tea House, the oldest Tea Room in Britain. While in London, the three Vale Red Hatters did much sightseeing including Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, the National Gallery of Art, Harrods Department Store and the seven floors of Hamleys Toy Store. One evening was devoted to the theater to view the play “Blood Brothers” at The Phoenix Theatre.
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