P5a – Trip to the City Chambers

As part of our Democracy fortnight we got the chance to visit the City Chambers. We found out lots of interesting things. Did you know there is over 500 rooms in the building? Parts of the building are very old and other parts are around 200 years old. On the statue outside in the courtyard…

As part of our Democracy fortnight we got the chance to visit the City Chambers. We found out lots of interesting things. Did you know there is over 500 rooms in the building? Parts of the building are very old and other parts are around 200 years old. On the statue outside in the courtyard the horse has got pig ears. 

Here are some photos of us enjoying the trip.

As part of our Democracy fortnight we got the chance to visit the City Chambers. We found out lots of interesting things. Did you know there is over 500 rooms in the building? Parts of the building are very old and other parts are around 200 years old. On the statue outside in the courtyard the horse has got pig ears. 

Here are some photos of us enjoying the trip.

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