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Coachlines - January 2023
24.01.23 The Clerk
Coachlines Article of the Year 2022
Just before Christmas the relevant Committee met to review and consider all the stories, podcasts and videos which appeared in Coachlines during 2022. The judging panel was made-up of the Master, Immediate Past Master, the Clerk and the chair of […]
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Coachlines - January 2023
24.01.23 The Clerk
In memory: Kenneth Faircloth OBE
The Clerk was informed just after Christmas that Liveryman Kenneth Faircloth OBE had passed away in September 2022. He joined the Company in 1984 but had not been an active member of the Company for some time. He is survived […]
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Coachlines - January 2023
24.01.23 The Clerk
The Coachmakers’ Banquet 2023
Preparations are now being made apace for the Coachmakers’ Banquet which will be held at the Guildhall in London on Tuesday 6th June 2023. The theme this year will be: British Success during 100 years of the Le Mans 24 […]
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Coachlines - January 2023
24.01.23 Assistant Eric Wallbank
Coachmakers inspire future generations of engineers at the Science Museum
Pictured above: The Coachmakers’ stand awaiting the first influx of students, the Plug Game at the ready: Liverymen Nick Lyford, Freeman Ellie Bacon, and Chair of the Charity Committee, Assistant Eric Wallbank. Hot on the heels of last month’s article […]
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Coachlines - January 2023
24.01.23 by Liveryman Nick Lyford
Cranfield University’s E-kart project
During May to September 2022, the Coachmakers supported a very special ex-curricular project with a team of gifted automotive engineering students from Cranfield University, writes Liveryman Nick Lyford. The objective of this project was to design and build an electric […]
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Coachlines - January 2023
24.01.23 The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal, 15th January 1898
This month in 1898: The Coachmakers Company and A Chance For The Motor-Car
This month’s ‘from the archives’ piece is from The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal, 15th January 1898. Our always interesting, frequently well informed, but, like its prototype, the Daily Chronicle, too hysterical contemporary, London, as benefits its position as an organ […]
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Coachlines - January 2023
24.01.23 Liveryman Alexander Wrighton
Golfing fixtures announced for 2023
Are you ready to join us for a convivial game of golf? Our golfing fixtures for 2023 have been announced, writes Liveryman Alexander Wrighton. The Duchess of Gloucester Cup at The New Zealand Golf Club, Nr. Byfleet on Tuesday 11th […]
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Coachlines - December 2022
17.12.22 The Master Julian Leach
Master’s message December 2022
Christmas with the Coachmakers After the frantic activity in November, the Master’s diary has calmed down a little in December but will ramp up again in January. There were three significant events that I attended in the past week or […]
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Coachlines - December 2022
16.12.22 The Clerk
Clerk’s notes December 2022
In over 33 years of service in the Royal Navy I was lucky enough to have to spend only one Christmas away from home. In October of 1994 I sailed with HMS LIVERPOOL to the Gulf to help enforce UN […]
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Coachlines - December 2022
16.12.22 The Clerk
Coachmakers’ Banquet 2023 – save the date
The Coachmakers’ Banquet will once again be held at the Guildhall in London on Tuesday 6th June 2023, and the theme for 2023 will be: British Success during 100 years of the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. Save the date […]
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Coachlines - December 2022
15.12.22 Senior Warden Bettine Evans
In fine voice at the Christmas Carol Service
We enjoyed a rather different Carol Service and Reception this year which started and ended earlier than usual and appeared to be a popular decision. The music was provided by the London Choral Sinfonia, directed by Michael Waldron, wonderfully supported […]
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Coachlines - December 2022
15.12.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
The Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards
Pictured above: Past Master Sarah Jane Adams-Diffey and Simon Diffey, courtesy of Jeff Bloxham The Master and fellow Coachmakers congratulate Past Master Sarah Jane Adams-Diffey and her late husband Simon on winning The Royal Automobile Club Historic Award 2022 for […]
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