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Coachlines - May 2022
24.05.22 Assistant Graeme Hunt
A great day out on the links with the Leathersellers
On 5th April, the Company’s golfers met for our annual match at the New Zealand Golf Club, which we share with the Leathersellers, after a two-year break, which made it all the more special. The weather was kind to us, […]
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Coachlines - May 2022
24.05.22 Hon Court Asst David Barrett
The Commodore Coach
When Hon Court Asst David Barrett joined the City Pickwick Club on a jolly jaunt to Rochester in May and photographed a model coach, little did he realise that the model was that of the very coach that is mentioned […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 The Master Sarah Sillars OBE
Master’s message April 2022
Hello and welcome to this month’s Master’s news Your Livery, where are we heading in the next five years? As a proud Livery, with a very clear strap line, “An active Livery investing in young people“ it can be useful, […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 The Clerk
Clerk’s Notes – April 2022
Naval historians like to talk about the big picture, the grand strategic view, the command perspective. Quite often the mundane detail that sits behind significant events is lost or represented in such a way that it fails to truly capture […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 The Clerk
In Memory: Past Master Group Captain Gerry Bunn CBE
Past Master Gerry passed away on 9th April 2022. He had been cutting the lawns with no hint of anything untoward and it was sudden and unexpected but as his widow Patricia has said, just the way he would have […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 The Clerk
Banquet update
It is ironic that in the previous edition of Coachlines the late Past Master Group Captain Gerry Bunn CBE should have regaled us with tales of his time as OC 10 Squadron RAF supporting the Falklands Task Force. His sudden […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 Assistant Giles Taylor
Celebrating automotive awards
The Motor Centenary Award In 1979 Coachmakers’ Company class awards were presented for the first time at a Coachmakers’ weekend at Beaulieu National Motor Museum. In 1985 Past Master Richard Dallimore, in his year as Master, launched an appeal to […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
Coachmakers welcomes new members
At the Automotive Dinner at Carpenter’s Hall in March, we welcomed one member who was clothed in the Livery, one who was sworn and clothed and eight new Freemen, reports Hon Assistant Lesley Upham. Newly clothed Liveryman Sir Aubrey Brocklebank […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 The Master Sarah Sillars OBE
Master presents awards at the London Horse Harness Parade
Pictured above from left: Past Master Farrier, Master Loriner and Master Coachmaker and Groom, Young’s Brewery Hurrah! The London Horse Harness Parade resumed after a long break on Easter Monday, and what a spectacle it was too. There were 120 […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 Honorary Assistant Lesley Upham
The Master visits Hornchurch and Upminster Sea Cadets
Pictured above: The Master Sarah Sillars OBE, with PO Trevor Robinson The Master recently visited the headquarters of Hornchurch and Upminster Sea Cadets where she met Petty Officer Trevor Robinson, Sgt Nathan Leach and Committee Secretary Claire Seear, as well […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 Freeman Simon Witts
IASTI provides career pathways into aviation
The aviation industry globally desperately needs a sustainable supply of skilled people from all backgrounds as it quickly bounces back post-pandemic, writes Freeman Simon Witts. Throughout his career, Simon became intensely frustrated that the industry could not directly recruit the […]
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Coachlines - April 2022
25.04.22 Liveryman Alastair Boyes
Sports update: Shooting
The Coachmakers has assembled a team for the upcoming Inter Livery Clayshooting competition on 17th May. The annual Inter Livery Charity Clay Shoot held at Holland & Holland Shooting Grounds is an event where the Livery Companies of the City […]
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