Sunday brought a little River Thames history to SW15


Queen’s row barge Gloriana passes Putney Bridge in the 2018 Tudor Pull ©onthethames.net

Residents and visitors on Sunday (13 May) were treated to a spectacle on the Thames when the 2018 Tudor Pull passed through enroute from Hampton Court to the Twer of London.


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The Tudor Pull is a ceremonial event for Thames Watermen's Cutters which is organised each year by the Thames Traditional Rowing Association (TTRA).The cutters escort the Thames Royal Shallop 'Jubilant' rowed by members of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen, from Hampton Court Palace to the Tower of London to deliver a 'Stela' to the Governor of the Tower for safekeeping.

The 'Stela' is handed over to the custody of her Majesty's Bargemasters at King Henry's Royal Palace at Hampton Court and carried by river to the Tower of London accompanied by His Gracious Majesty King Henry VIII and his Queen on board the royal barge, Gloriana, in the vanguard of a procession of Thames cutters.

The cutters are rigged with full ceremonial canopies and flags and rowed with four oars by fully-liveried crews. In keeping with the traditions of the Watermen's Cutters, passengers are carried.

May 17, 2018