Deleted Notes & Queries response: How much does it cost to change the British monarch? (part two)
image generated by Craiyon I wrote two responses to this query, both very different. I don't know why. Boredom, perhaps. ~ How much does it cost to change the British monarch? The minor bell-tower protruding like a chimney stack, from the south-eastern corner of the church of St Lidwina's, chimes the half-hour past noon. In response, the Royal Mint dutifully exhales a torrent of lunchtime workers through the embedded architecture of its main entrance – a former railway arch connecting to the bowed semi-ribs of the archways that once stood their ground on either side, before they were partially demolished and absorbed into the newer building. In that strange way in which the Capital will periodically reinvent itself, what was once a conduit for incoming and outgoing rail freight is now a pedestrianised gateway for the base coin of that wealth. Many of the workers choose to settle, like a flock of London pigeons, on a nearby triangular road island with rounded corners. A few yea...