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Coachlines - January 2025
31.01.25 The Master Stephen Fitz-Gerald
Master‘s message January 2025
I do hope that this message finds all Coachmakers hale and hearty and surviving the winter, which is now two-thirds over! Our recent Winter Court meeting on 23rd January followed by the Masters’ & Clerks’ lunch was an enormous success […]
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31.01.25 Assistant Lyn Litchfield
A letter from the Editor January 2025
As we step into a new year, it is with great pleasure and anticipation that I welcome you to the first edition of our 2025 Coachlines. It is a privilege to serve as your Editor-in-Chief and Chair of the Communications […]
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31.01.25 The Clerk Lt Col Craig Hallatt
Clerk’s Notes – January 2025
Firstly, allow me to wish all Coachmakers far and wide a very happy New Year from the Clerk. I thought for this month’s notes I would switch tack slightly to focus on our connection to the aerospace industry whilst maintaining […]
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31.01.25 Honorary Assistant Richard Robinson
Make your nomination for the Award to Industry 2025
The Award to Industry is made annually to recognise outstanding contributions to the aerospace or automotive industries in the fields of design, technical development, innovation or commercial significance. This year’s award will be presented at the Banquet. The Master has […]
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31.01.25 Honorary Assistant David Barrett
Join us at the United Guilds’ Service at St Paul’s Cathedral
The United Guilds’ Service was first held in February 1943 (Lady Day) as a co-ordinated response to the challenges faced by the City of London following the WWII Blitz of 1940-41. Perhaps a Service of Thanksgiving for those that survived […]
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31.01.25 Honorary Assistant David Barrett
The Winter Court combined with Masters‘ and Clerks‘ Lunch
Unusually this year it was decided to dispense with an Award to Industry dinner in January, but instead to hold a morning Winter Court meeting followed by a Masters‘ & Clerks’ lunch. This occasion effectively combined two events into one […]
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31.01.25 Liveryman Adrian Smith
Livery welcomes new Freemen
The Coachmakers has welcomed a number of elected members sworn as Freemen at the recent Aerospace Industry Dinner in November and Masters‘ and Clerks‘ Lunch in January. This means we have now exceeded our Aiming Points’ 500-member target for our […]
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31.01.25 Emmanuelle Rosati Azevedo
Eric Beverley winner shares appreciation
Steward Neil Sheath shares an encouraging LinkedIn post from one of our recent aerospace prize winners, Emmanuelle Rosati Azevedo, who was awarded the Eric Beverley Bursary. It is yet another public statement of how much our work, and your valuable […]
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31.01.25 Lynne Gurney
The better halves of the Coachmakers
My involvement with the Coachmakers started in 2017, when my husband became a Liveryman, writes Lynne Gurney. I don’t think that I realised then, how much I could also be included in its events. I have always enjoyed the formal […]
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31.01.25 Liveryman Mark Jurd
The Shakespeare Stagecoach Tour from Stratford to Blenheim – part one
Recreating history to support UK cancer charities Driving a coach in the park, to lunch, or to the races, is all well and good, but nothing compares to turning out and driving a stagecoach just as they did in the […]
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31.01.25 Honorary Assistant David Barrett
An automotive workhorse: The Chevrolet Express
Prior to engaging with the City as a Livery Clerk in 2008, and Coachmakers’ Liveryman in 2009, I enjoyed a 40-year plus career in automotive engineering, writes Hon Assistant David Barrett. Beginning as a 17-year-old Apprentice Draughtsman in vehicle body […]
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24.12.24 The Master Stephen Fitz-Gerald
Master’s Message December 2024
I am greatly heartened by the progress we are making as a Company towards our Aiming Points, so important for the continued development and enjoyment of our Coachmakers’ Company in all its endeavours. My theme of the four Fs is […]
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