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Coachlines - July 2020

11.07.20   Lieutenant Colonel Mark Butler

The Glovers’ Company gives a helping hand

As an example of how the Livery community provides help and support and makes a difference is illustrated by the short video below. It was provided by the Clerk to the Glovers’ Company, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Butler, late of the […]

Coachlines - July 2020

11.07.20   Assistant Mark Broadbent

Tour of Fenix Carriages

In this episode we start to hear familiar automotive terms as Mark describes the private drive family of carriages. The equivalent of our private cars today. We are given a tutorial on the variations of four wheel and two wheel […]

Coachlines - July 2020

11.07.20   The Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor’s message

Although this came in shortly after the last Coachlines was distributed and some of the content may now be overtaken by events, the following is a message to the Livery from the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor – please click […]

Coachlines - July 2020

11.07.20   Mark Clark

The silent killer of men

Not our normal easy to read article, writes Liveryman Mike Goggin. No mention of Aston Martins, frigates, helicopters or a recent fine dining experience. This piece is a tad different. A friend of many years wrote it and gave me […]

Coachlines - July 2020

11.07.20   Past Master Martin Payne

Potholes – they’re not all they’re cracked up to be

Past Master Martin Payne wonders if potholes could become a thing of the past. Potholes? They’re not all they’re cracked up to be. Wouldn’t it be clever if the road surface could repair itself? Porous asphalt used on many roads […]

Coachlines - June 2020

14.06.20   The Master Richard Charlesworth MVO

Master’s message 15th June 2020

Coachlines - June 2020

14.06.20   The Clerk

Clerk’s notes – 15th June 2020

On the night of 14th-15th June 1982, the elderly Type 12 Frigate, HMS PLYMOUTH, under the command of Captain David Pentreath, entered Port Stanley Harbour to assume the duties of Queen’s Harbour Master in the immediate aftermath of the Argentine […]

Coachlines - June 2020

14.06.20   Honorary Assistant John Blauth

A poem a day will keep your shrink… baffled

So many people banging on and on and on in media about mental health, it is clearly time to lose one’s marbles officially, and as can be confirmed by a higher authority, I claim that I jolly well have! In […]

Coachlines - June 2020

14.06.20   Assistant Mark Broadbent

Elegance, luxury and innovation

In this edition of Assistant Mark Broadbent’s series on the carriages in the Fenix  collection we are treated to glimpses of elegance, absolute luxury and design innovation. Mark introduces us to two Coachmakers’ award winners and dips into the dark […]

Coachlines - June 2020

14.06.20   Steve Nash

IMI fights for apprenticeships during COVID crisis

Liveryman Steve Nash, CEO of the Institute of the Motor Industry, tells Coachlines how his organisation is working to find solutions for apprentices and their employers and highlighting their plight at the highest levels. Established in 1920, the Institute of […]

Coachlines - June 2020

14.06.20   Liveryman Chris Mann

An Italian adventure

How a late-night conversation resulted in the rebuild of an XK120, and a 1,000-mile high-speed drive round Italy It all started on 7th September 2013 after an informal car rally I had organised for the Guild of Motoring Writers, writes […]

Coachlines - June 2020

14.06.20   The Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor’s latest bulletin

The Lord Mayor’s latest bulletin was issued on the 1st of June but just missed the last edition of Coachlines. However, his news is still relevant and you can read more here.