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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
From the archives: The Star 1897
“The worshipful company is about as disgusted with motor cars and their inventors as the two fiery steeds which support its own coat-of-arms might be supposed to be.” From The Star 1897 A Prize Paragraph – No Prizes for Motor […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 The Clerk
Commando Helicopter Force has a new Commanding Officer
Colonel Mark Johnson Royal Marines Mark joined the Royal Marines as graduate of the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1997. He completed a variety of junior officer appointments before being awarded his ‘Wings’ in 2004. His first frontline flying […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
Coachmakers on a coaching tour
On Wednesday 12th October the sound of coach-horns echoed around Burford, Oxfordshire. Accompanied by the jingle of harnesses and the rumble of iron tyres, two 19th century-style horse-drawn stage coaches set off from the Burford Garden Company, stopping to collect […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 Liveryman Alastair Boyes
Join us for a day’s shooting
After a busy summer for many Coachmakers this year, the shooting season has now begun in earnest. With this in mind the next Coachmakers’ shooting event will be held at Honesberie Shooting School, Warwickshire, on Saturday 19th November. The form […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 Paul Brown
Inter-Livery Croquet Day 2022
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 10th June 2023 The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London is pleased to announce that the next Inter-Livery Croquet Day will be held at Sussex County Croquet Club in Southwick, West Sussex on 10th June 2023. […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 Annie Prouse BEd (Hons)
Save the date: Inter-Livery bridge tournament
The 40th Inter-Livery Bridge Tournament, organised By the Worshipful Company Of Makers Of Playing Cards, will take place on Monday 6th March 2023. Venue: Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Street, London EC2N 2AN Times: Reception 5.00 p.m First session 5:30pm. Dinner at […]
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Coachlines - October 2022
27.10.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
How low can you go?
How low can you fly a Royal Navy Seafire over the Aston Martin Bulldog at the Royal Naval Air station at Yeovilton? As the Master of the Coachmakers will testify – quite low. Next month Liveryman David Barzilay tells the […]
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Coachlines - September 2022
27.09.22 The Master Julian Leach
Master’s Message September 2022
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II It is with immense sadness that I must begin this first message of my Master’s year with a tribute to Her Majesty the late Queen Elizabeth II. Like so many of you, she has been […]
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Coachlines - September 2022
27.09.22 The Clerk
Clerks’ Notes – September 2022
It is a fact that we are all living history as it happens. However, it is rare that we live through a momentous event in history that has such an impact across the entire world. The passing of Her Late […]
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Coachlines - September 2022
27.09.22 The Lord Mayor
Autumn events for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2022
Dear Friend, I hope you have had a good summer and managed to keep cool on those very hot days. The Lady Mayoress and I have been overwhelmed with the support we have received over the year, and not least […]
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Coachlines - September 2022
27.09.22 Senior Warden Bettine Evans
Election Court, installation and service of thanksgiving 2022
Well, what a thoroughly delightful evening. The Court assembled at 17.00 hours with the addition of spectators at the rear of the ‘Court room’, something that is unique to the Election Court. The Court meeting was initially led by the […]
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