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Coachlines - May 2020

02.05.20 Liveryman John Pearl

Coachmakers’ 100 Club draw has gone virtual

The quarterly 100 Club draws are normally held during the Coachmakers’ dinners in London. Sadly, with the cancellation of the Automotive Dinner on 19th March 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the draw could not be held. However, it […]

Coachlines - May 2020

02.05.20 Major Thomas F R Coker of Royal Dragoon Guards

Ajax – the core of the British Army’s strike concept – part one

The Ajax project is well under way at Pentrebach in South Wales, and the first of the 589 vehicles have been delivered to the Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) in Bovington for testing. General Dynamics UK is leading the […]

Coachlines - May 2020

02.05.20 Liveryman Roger Earl

Remembering an inspirational man

Walk down a somewhat nondescript street, Raleigh Road, on the borders of Richmond and Kew, you may pass a block of rather ordinary 1960s’ council flats. There are several in the area but one building looks a little different from […]

Coachlines - May 2020

02.05.20 The Clerk

The horse – as viewed by the Clerk

The horse is an amazing creature. It can run and jump and dance to music; and it can pull heavy weights. Through the centuries it has shared the privations of the battlefield with its human companions but to guarantee your […]

Coachlines - May 2020

02.05.20 Hon Asst John Blauth

Your desert island home

In a socially distant ocean, with only books on your island for comfort, where to go? For Harold Bloom, the capricious author of The Western Canon published in 1994, it was the literary giant’s eclectic selection of writers from Dante […]

Coachlines - April 2020

18.04.20 The Master Richard Charlesworth MVO

Master’s message 20th April 2020

As I write this we are about to be told we will have to continue our ‘lockdown’ for another three weeks, which I personally think is absolutely the right thing to do, despite the social and financial impact it is […]

Coachlines - April 2020

18.04.20 The Clerk

Clerk’s notes 20th April 2020

On Sunday 28th March 1982, during a weekend in Gibraltar harbour midway through a major Royal Navy exercise and prior to departing for deployment to the Caribbean, officers of the Royal Navy’s Type 12 Frigate, HMS PLYMOUTH, stood on the […]

Coachlines - April 2020

18.04.20 Liveryman John Kendall

Automotive and aerospace companies join the national effort to overcome COVID-19

Businesses in the automotive, aerospace and defence sectors are taking important roles in trying to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, with many taking part in the Ventilator Challenge UK, while others are offering support to NHS and key workers during […]

Coachlines - April 2020

18.04.20 The Lord Mayor

Bulletin from the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor

9th April 2020 Fellow Liverymen I last wrote to you on 26th March regarding the unfortunate but necessary cancellation of my banquet for the Masters, Prime Wardens and Upper Bailiff. This bulletin will be the first of what I hope […]

Coachlines - April 2020

18.04.20 Assistant Bettine Evans

A message from the Livery Committee

A glimpse into the world of coach restoration We are so sorry to have been obliged to postpone or cancel so many of the events which our team have worked so hard to organise for your enjoyment. Hopefully, we will […]

Coachlines - April 2020

18.04.20 Liveryman Roger Earl

A tribute to Sir Stirling Moss OBE

This day, Sunday 12th April 2020, we lost a giant. Small in stature perhaps but a titan in every other way. Stirling was unique, irreplaceable, an icon of a like we shall not see again. Charming, warm and fun to […]

Coachlines - April 2020

18.04.20 Lesley Upham

Coachmaker becomes High Sheriff of Warwickshire

The 2020 inauguration of the High Sheriff of Warwickshire took place via Zoom meeting on 9th April 2020. The inauguration of Liveryman Joe Greenwell CBE as High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 2020-2021, was due to take place in Court No […]