Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing.
Clarissa Williams, head teacher of Tolworth Girls' School in Surbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, said the government had had excellent intentions towards these children and had spent money to close the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots".
Hundreds of ships took to the River Thames during the pageant to honour the Queen, who sailed with her family on the royal barge at the head of the flotilla.