I’ve been away for a while and was in fact was also away last week working at a large Printing Exhibition (IPEX) at the NEC so did not get to see any of this years State Opening of Parliament.
So when I got back yesterday and saw some of the reports about the Queens journey to the opening I was staggered to hear that she was doing this for the 56th time!
How time fly’s by and you really don’t notice until something like this is mentioned and then you realise the years are passing along. Someone at the NEC asked me which IPEX I had first came to, typically it is held every four years and when I had worked that it had been 1980, it dawned on me that this was 30 years ago!
I suppose these ‘regular’ events do provide some degree of stability over the years as they occur, especially with the Queens annual appearance at the State Opening and her other ceremonial events. Though I do have to say, they do seem to come around far to often!
Beasley's Place 