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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 Steward Neil Sheath
Aerospace Scholarships and Bursaries for 2023
The Coachmakers’ Aerospace Scholarships and Bursaries for 2023 are now open for applications. These awards are available to young people ideally under the age of 30, but also to people running heritage skills courses for people under the age of […]
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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 The Lord Mayor of London
Farewell from the outgoing Lord Mayor
This year’s outgoing Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Vincent Keaveny has sent a farewell message to all Liverymen. Please click here to view.
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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 Liveryman David Barzilay
What happens when you unleash a British Bulldog?
Pictured above: Bulldog takes the weather in its stride (Copyright: Jayson Fong) There is silence in the control tower at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton in Somerset. Senior officers and flight crews are being briefed about the business […]
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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
1901 Coachmakers’ award improved military ambulance waggon design
This month’s look back at the archives is from the Lloyds Weekly Newspaper and the British Medical Journal from 1901. The present type of military ambulance waggon is admittedly far from satisfying all requirements and has been the subject of […]
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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 Lance Corporal Toby James
News from Lance Corporal Toby James
Pictured above: Lance Corporal Toby James with Her Excellency Governor Blake CGM Attending the Banquet hosted by the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers for the Falklands 40th anniversary was an immense honour, writes Lance Corporal Toby James, […]
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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 Liveryman John Knightley
Join us to explore The Netherlands – 25th-28th April 2023
Pictured above: Prince Bernhard’s car in the Louwman Motor Museum, The Hague A visit to the Netherlands is planned for next year. The provisional schedule is: 25th April – Drive to the Weeshus – a Relais et Chateaux Hotel in […]
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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 Euro NCAP
Euro NCAP vision 2030: a safer future for mobility
Earlier this month Euro NCAP released its new Vision 2030: a Safer Future for Mobility that outlines a clearer path for safer vehicles and offers greater certainty for European consumers. This roadmap sets the focus of vehicle safety for European […]
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Coachlines - November 2022
23.11.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
Annual Civic Luncheon
Junior Warden David Barrett, who is also secretary to the Fellowship of the Clerks, with Sheriff and Coachmaker Court Assistant Alastair King at the recent Trinity House Annual Civic Luncheon.
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Coachlines - October 2022
28.10.22 The Master Julian Leach
Master’s Message October 2022
The theme for my year, as I have already told you is fellowship and engagement. In my view fellowship follows from engagement and therefore, it is engagement that I want to address today and in future messages. In order to […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 The Clerk
Clerk’s Notes – October 2022
Do you have the feeling that you are currently living through a bad dream, or that you’re trapped in a film about a computer game that nobody truly understands, even if they claim they do? You are not alone. Indeed, […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 Freeman Chris Mann
Win a Michael Turner print commemorating events in the South Atlantic 40 years on
Harrier Aircraft Attacking Goose Green, 28–29 May 1982 could be yours for as little as £10 Artist Michael Turner has kindly donated this print of Harrier Aircraft Attacking Goose Green, 28th–29th May 1982, to the company to raise money for […]
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