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Coachlines - April 2025
29.04.25 The Master Stephen Fitz-Gerald
Master’s message April 2025
Pictured above: The Master with Blondie, a beautiful Welsh Cob at the London Harness Horse Parade A warm welcome to all Coachmakers. Beverley and I do hope that you have had an immensely enjoyable Easter break – four whole days! […]
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29.04.25 Freeman David Barzilay
A letter from the Deputy Editor April 2025
I hope you all had a great Easter. The Easter bunny was quite generous in terms of eggs and other goodies, but I was slightly non-plussed by one journalist colleague who is normally very generous, but this year seems to […]
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29.04.25 The Clerk Lt Col Craig Hallatt
Clerk’s Notes April 2025
In a not too dissimilar world as we face at the moment, this month I thought I would adopt a more sombre tone and focus on arguably the greatest struggle the free, democratic world faced in the 20th century. The […]
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29.04.25 Honorary Assistant Richard Robinson
Livery Committee events calendar 2025
Your Livery Committee has been busy organising a packed calendar of events during the next few months. Why not save the dates in your diary and join us? Isle of Wight and Osbourne House Trip – 12th May 2025 Following […]
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29.04.25 Assistant Giles Taylor
Insights into the Coachmakers’ automotive design and engineering awards 2025
Our 2025 award winners were welcomed by the Master, and Assistant Giles Taylor, Chairman of the Automotive Awards Sub-Committee, at the recent Automotive Industry Dinner. All students who attended were extremely enthused by the evening’s events, including the excellent speeches, […]
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29.04.25 Steward Roger Woodbridge
Coachmakers reach out at Makerspace
If you ever want to know why we join the Coachmakers, visit Imperial College London’s Reach Out Makerspace in White City – originally ‘discovered’ for us by Past Master Group Captain Marcus Wills CVO OBE and Liveryman John Blauth, and […]
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29.04.25 Renter Warden Mark Broadbent
The 2024 Coaching Bursary Awards
These training awards are now in their third year. The five people who have been accepted for training during the first two years have all gone on to utilise what they have experienced and learned. Among them, one is now […]
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29.04.25 Beverley Fitz-Gerald
Better halves of the Coachmakers – Beverley Fitz-Gerald
What an absolute honour it is to be asked to write a few words for Coachlines. I am not a writer, so bear with me and I will give it a try. I was born in Hampshire many, many years […]
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29.04.25 Honorary Assistant David Barrett
The London Harness Horse Parade 2025
Pictured above: The Master with fellow Master Farrier and Master Loriner, plus the Farriers’ IPM, who was our host The Master and Mistress Beverley attended the South of England Showground at Ardingly, West Sussex, on Easter Monday as guests of […]
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29.04.25 Liveryman Alexander Wrighton
Assistant Lyn Litchfield retains Duchess of Gloucester Cup partnering Freeman William Hunt
Pictured above from left: Lyn, Graeme, William and Alex with the Duchess of Gloucester Cup Our spring golf match took place at the New Zealand Golf Club near Woking in April – a beautiful haven of golf – which felt […]
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29.04.25 Liveryman Alastair Boyes
Shooting day at Atkin Grant & Lang
The first Coachmakers’ clay pigeon event of the year was hosted at the very welcoming Atkin Grant & Lang, St Albans in Hertfordshire. The day started with hearty bacon rolls and decent coffee, (the catering has changed since last year, […]
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29.04.25 Honorary Assistant David Barrett
A road less travelled: Chester
During a short few days visiting Chester early this month, it emerged that this ancient and historical city was an important mail coach destination in the 18th century. Old mail coach routes in England primarily radiated from London, connecting major […]
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