Coachlines
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Liveryman David Cole
How our donations help those in need
As part of our commitment to the City, our Livery made a donation to the Trussell Trust food bank in Hackney, which covers the Square Mile, to help people get through the Covid lockdown. I was delighted to be able […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Liveryman Andrew Blatherwick
Master Coachmaker visits Centrepoint
On a bright September morning, writes Liveryman Andrew Blatherwick member of the Charity Committee, I joined Master Coachmaker Sarah Sillars OBE, and Charity Committee Chairman Eric Wallbank to visit Centrepoint’s house on Huxley Road in London, where a Coachmakers’ donation […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Liveryman Neil Sheath
Meet our 2021 De Havilland scholarship winner
Pictured above: the Sir Geoffrey De Havilland award candidates, the selection panel, and Cambridge Flying Group (CFG) personnel The winner of the 2021 Sir Geoffrey De Havilland Scholarship Award is Andrea Troso. Andrea is an Italian who has settled in […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
Coachmakers fundraise at Goodwood Revival
The Coachmakers’ team and Heritage Skills Academy apprentices had a hectic time fundraising and demonstrating their skills at the Goodwood Revival recently. Watch out for a full report in next month’s Coachlines.
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Liveryman Lyn Litchfield
Liverymen enjoy Barbury shoot
The splendid and welcoming Barbury Shooting School hosted the Coachmakers on Sunday 29th August for a fun and social morning of clay pigeon shooting. The team for the day consisted of Liverymen Rakesh Sharma, Mike Dearden, John Boyes, and Assistant […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Liveryman Christopher Tate
Coachmakers enjoy Concours d’Elegance at Hampton Court
A glorious September Sunday morning greeted our early-starting cars, full of expectant Coachmakers, as we assembled in Hampton Court’s Home Park, prior to being convoyed into the beauties of the Palace grounds themselves. Ten cars had been selected to form […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
Coachmakers welcomes new recruits
At the Election Court held on 1st September at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall, we welcomed one new member who was clothed in the Livery and four new Freemen, reports Hon Assistant Lesley Upham. Liveryman Kerry Wilson Kerry Wilson lives with his […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 Liveryman John Blauth
Air is a fluid on land, sea and up there
In the automotive and aerospace sectors air flow is critical to keep your wheels on the ground and your aircraft aloft. That’s the unchangeable physics about which all engineers, pilots and drivers are intuitively aware, and for which all of […]
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Coachlines - August 2021
24.08.21 The Master Sarah Jane Adams-Diffey
Master’s message August 2021
The Master Sarah Jane Adams-Diffey brings you her final message of the Livery year.
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Coachlines - August 2021
24.08.21 The Clerk
Clerk’s notes August 2021
On 25th August 1804, Commander Matthew Flinders, the most popular Lincolnshire lad in Australia, drew the first entire chart depicting the two voyages of history’s first circumnavigations made between 1798 of Van Diemen’s Land (now known as Tasmania) and 1803 […]
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Coachlines - August 2021
24.08.21 Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor’s bulletin August 2021
The Lord Mayor of London has published his latest bulletin, which you can read here.
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Coachlines - August 2021
24.08.21 Past Master Michael Kimber
Coachmakers present Carriage Driving award 2021
Pictured above: The Master Sarah Jane Adams-Diffey presents the Carriage Driving Award to John Richards OBE with the Immediate Past Master, Richard Charlesworth On a bright sunny day in July, 13 Coachmakers and numerous friends gathered at Smith’s Lawn for […]
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