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Coachlines - December 2023

20.12.23 Assistant Lyn Litchfield

A letter from the Editor – December 2023

Dear readers, It’s at this time of year when I wish I was just 17 years of age again. That’s the year when I had my very first Christmas. That’s the year when I stepped into a church for the […]

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20.12.23 The Clerk

Clerk’s Notes – December 2023

On 21st December 1940, nine Swordfish aircraft of 815 and 819 Naval Air Squadrons operating from HMS ILLUSTRIOUS attacked an Italian convoy off Kerkanah Island, Tunisia, and sank two of the vessels involved. On the same date in 1941 a […]

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20.12.23 The Clerk

Award to Industry 2024 – winner announced

The Coachmakers’ Award to Industry 2024 has been won by Reaction Engines for its technological contribution to, and innovation in the field of sustainable aviation. Reaction Engines has been trading for more than 30 years and has developed from being […]

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20.12.23 The Clerk

In memory – Past Master Jeffrey Rose CBE

Past Master Jeffrey Rose CBE passed away on Saturday 16th December 2023. He joined the Company in 1981 and served as the Master Coachmaker in 2006. Many of you will know him better from his time working at the RAC. […]

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20.12.23 Assistant Eric Wallbank

Meet the Team – the Charity Committee

What does the Charity Committee do? Have you ever wondered how we find all those outstanding young people we give our awards to at our industry dinners? Or who runs our stands at careers fairs? Those are two of the […]

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20.12.23 The Clerk

Banquet 2024 – update

Detailed planning for the Coachmakers’ Banquet 2024 has now begun in earnest. Please mark this date in your diary: Friday 17th May 2024 at the Guildhall in London. Tickets will go on sale in mid-January 2024. The draft programme for […]

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20.12.23 Howard Cook

Aerospace award winner does well, historically

Historic Aircraft Association President Sir Gerald Howarth presents Milan Stojsavljevic with the award at the Historic Aircraft Association Symposium at the RAF Museum At the Historic Aircraft Association Symposium at the RAF Museum in September, awards were made to well-known […]

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20.12.23 Liveryman Mark Jurd

The story of the Christmas coach

Thanks to the skill and craftsmanship of London’s coachmakers, the stagecoach was this country’s fastest mode of transport 200 years ago. The role of the stagecoach took on particular importance in December, when friends and family travelled home, boys returned […]

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20.12.23 Freeman David Barzilay

A model mail coach

I’ve always been a bit of a collector, rummaging through antique and junk shops the length and breadth of the UK, and across the rest of the world when on holiday. From quite an early age I started collecting old […]

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20.12.23 PM Sarah Sillars OBE

A road well travelled: Canada calls for PM Sarah

Sometimes in life the events or places you have longed to go to, often over many years, can be a disappointment when they happen. It can be a damp squib when the expectation is greater than the reality. So, it […]

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20.12.23 Phil McCarthy

A year through a lens: Phil McCarthy’s photo journal

Pictured above: Phil sitting on the ramp, at 15,000ft somewhere above the Midlands When Lyn asked me to write a piece for Coachlines based on my experiences of a year photographing the Company, I was at first delighted but then […]

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20.12.23 Renter Warden David Barrett

Master and Clerks’ luncheon 2023

Pictured above: The Master Lightmonger Peter McVeigh addresses the Master, observed by the Master Tallow Chandler Julian Hill and IPM Julian Leach On Thursday 7th December the Coachmakers’ Company held its second Masters’ and Clerks’ Luncheon in recent times. Hosted […]