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Coachlines - February 2024
28.02.24 Freeman Patryk Nelkowski
Freeman Patryk Nelkowski becomes an aviation air-worthiness inspector
Since embarking on my aviation career as a licensed aircraft engineer becoming an under-35 Freeman of the Livery, achieving the status of a Light Aircraft Association (LAA) inspector stands out as a significant achievement in that aviation journey, writes Patryk […]
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Coachlines - February 2024
28.02.24 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
The Master’s 350th Charter Anniversary Fundraising Initiative is under way
The 31st May 2027 is the 350th anniversary of the signing of our first Royal Charter. To celebrate, the Master has launched a fundraising drive to put our money where our mouth is when it comes to living up to […]
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Coachlines - February 2024
28.02.24 IPM Julian Leach
The road less travelled: Bucket list holiday – Galapagos ✓
When I was elected Master, I became aware of the number of retiring Masters who went on fantastic holidays soon after they left office, following what can only be described as an intense and exhausting year. So, I thought, why […]
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Coachlines - February 2024
28.02.24 Liveryman Martin Derrick
Coachmakers visit to Retromobile in Paris
Twenty Coachmakers and partners headed to Paris in early February to visit Retromobile – probably Europe’s most important classic car event – and enjoy the best of the French capital city’s culture, writes Liveryman Martin Derrick. Our base was the […]
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Coachlines - February 2024
28.02.24 Assistant Lyn Litchfield
Coachmakers golf fixtures announced for 2024
Captain of Golf, Assistant Graeme Hunt has announced the following Livery golf fixtures in the coming months, and he would be very grateful to see more Coachmakers joining his merry band. The Duchess of Gloucester Cup at The New Zealand […]
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Coachlines - February 2024
28.02.24 Liveryman Mark Jurd
Report from an international coachmen’s dinner
In 1673 it took eight days to travel from London to Exeter and a writer of the time commented: “This kind of journeying is very tedious, so that only women and people of inferior condition travel in this sort.” By […]
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Coachlines - February 2024
28.02.24 Freeman Nolan Newman
The problems with current battery electric vehicles – part two
In part one of my blog, writes Freeman Nolan Newman, I went through the first two major issues I have with Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) – the real CO2 emissions, and weight. In this, part two, I follow up with […]
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Coachlines - January 2024
30.01.24 The Master Bettine Evans
Master’s message January 2024
A happy New Year to you all. I do hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration, as indeed did I and my family. I have so enjoyed the past three months as your Master Coachmaker, and […]
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Coachlines - January 2024
30.01.24 Liveryman David Barzilay
A letter from the Editor – January 2024
First, a belated happy New Year and I hope that it is a peaceful and prosperous one, although we find ourselves in difficult times around the world. It is times like these when our fellowship and activities become even more […]
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Coachlines - January 2024
30.01.24 The Clerk
Clerk’s Notes – January 2024
The Caroline Age came to an abrupt end on 30th January 1649, when the power of the crown was seized by the Commonwealth, and King Charles I was publicly executed in Whitehall. The event was witnessed by a young Samuel […]
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Coachlines - January 2024
30.01.24 The Clerk
In memory – Liveryman John Durdin
Notified to us by his nephew, Liveryman Tim Durdin, former Liveryman John Durdin passed away on the 20th of December 2023, aged 97 years. John joined the Coachmakers’ Company in the mid to late 1970s and was clothed in the […]
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Coachlines - January 2024
30.01.24 Junior Warden Mark Broadbent
Meet the Team – The Coachmaking and Carriage Driving Awards Sub-Committee
The Coachmaking and Carriage Driving Awards Sub-Committee is probably the Livery Company’s closest contact to the roots of its origins. The committee was founded by Past Master David Shalit in 1979, who served as chairman for 25 years. During that […]
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