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Coachlines - January 2025
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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Coachlines - January 2025
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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Coachlines - January 2025
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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Coachlines - January 2025
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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Coachlines - January 2025
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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Coachlines - January 2025
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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Coachlines - December 2024
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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Coachlines - December 2024
24.12.24 Freeman David Barzilay
A letter from the Deputy Editor – December 2024
Dear readers, As I write this, I am juggling between getting final press releases and articles out on behalf of clients, wondering whether I have remembered everyone who should be getting a Christmas card, sampling Mrs Barzilay’s new Christmas trifle, […]
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Coachlines - December 2024
24.12.24 The Clerk Lt Col Craig Hallatt
Clerk’s notes – December 2024
Whilst researching my notes for this month’s Coachlines I had a call out of the blue from Past Master Richard Dallimore. It proved to be a most interesting and enlightening 30 minutes of conversation where Richard and I spoke about […]
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Coachlines - December 2024
24.12.24 The Clerk
In memory: Liveryman Martin Bunn – 1946-2024
We are sad to report that Liveryman Martin Bunn passed away earlier this year. Martin was educated at Oakwood Prep School Chichester and Seaford College, Petworth. His family were originally wholesale fruitier and greengrocers, who bought land in Selsey to […]
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Coachlines - December 2024
24.12.24 Assistant Eric Wallbank
Science Museum Skills Fair – 600 students, six Coachmakers
Our involvement in the Science Museum Skills Fair developed further this year, as has the event itself, which attracts ever more students aged between 11 and 16. A core part of the Museum’s learning vision to “enrich lives by igniting […]
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Coachlines - December 2024
24.12.24 Honorary Assistant David Barrett
The Company steps up its fundraising pace
Following a successful fundraising year, the Company’s Fundraising Committee looks forward to stepping up its efforts to increase the funds available to the Charity Trustees, thus allowing their worthy grants programme to continue and expand, in line with the objective […]
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