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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 The Master Sarah Sillars OBE
Out and about – October 2021
This month the saying “make hay whilst the sun shines”, or in John Heywood’s words from 1546, “whan the sunne shinth make hay”, seems very apposite. In this last week of October new daily reported Covid cases are high and […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 The Clerk
Clerk’s notes – October 2021
In the previous edition of Coachlines I talked about the Royal Navy’s Rigid Airship No1 and how it was wrecked on 24th September 1911 while being hauled from her floating hangar alongside the Cavendish Dock at Vickers Sons and Maxim […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 The Clerk
The Coachmakers receive a Commendation
Pictured above: David Cole, Secretary of the Charity Committee, receives the award on behalf of the Coachmakers The Company of Communicators recently held its annual pan-Livery competition to identify worthy winners of its Clarity in Charity Communications Award for 2021. […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 The Clerk
The Coachmakers’ Banquet 2022
As mentioned in the previous edition of Coachlines, mindful that 2022 will be the 40th anniversary year of the Falklands Conflict, the Master Coachmaker intends to pay tribute to those who served in the South Atlantic in 1982 and to […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 City Livery Committee
The Election of the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City of London
Pictured above: Sheriff Alison Gowman, Lord Mayor William Russell, Lord Mayor-elect Alderman Vincent Keaveny, and Sheriff Nicholas Lyons at Guildhall The Election of the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City of London went ahead in person on Wednesday 29th September, […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 Liveryman Eric Wallbank
Queen Mary University’s London Engineering students benefit from Coachmakers’ donation to its COVID-19 Emergency Hardship Fund
The hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic during the Livery year 2020-21 was so severe that the Coachmakers felt strongly that it was appropriate to put together a package of special support to help those in need, over and above […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 The Clerk
Livery Climate Action Group Launch
On Monday 18th October 2021, hosted by Sheriff Alison Gowman, the Livery Climate Action Group was launched to encourage collective action against climate change. The event showcased Livery Company activities in this area and introduced a new website which will […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 Liveryman Richard Haycocks
Coachmakers revisit the Battle of Britain
The 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Britain was recognised as 15th September 2020 but Covid meant that date passed without being marked. Partly to rectify this omission, a party of Coachmakers visited the Heritage Hangar at […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
27.10.21 Liveryman Lyn Litchfield
Coachmakers runners-up at Tandridge Golf Club
Our annual golf match against various other Livery companies, hosted at the wonderful Tandridge Golf Club by Liveryman Geoffrey Dove, saw the Coachmakers on the podium but pipped by the narrowest of margins by the Ironmongers for the top spot. […]
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Coachlines - October 2021
26.10.21 Immediate Past Master Sarah Jane Adams-Diffey
Goodwood Revival 2021 – an epic three-day Coachmakers’ fundraising adventure
The alarm went off in our hotel bedroom at 5.30am every morning. Simon was not amused. I was informed that historic Formula 1 racing drivers don’t get up that early. By 6am, on parade in our Revival outfits, Liveryman Tim […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 The Master Sarah Sillars OBE
Master’s message September 2021
A picture paints a thousand words, so said Frederick Barnard in the early 20th century. I am minded to agree, so this month the Master’s message comes via a montage of some of the events, visits, lectures, and ceremonies I […]
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Coachlines - September 2021
23.09.21 The Clerk
Clerk’s Notes – September 2021
On 24th September 1911, the Royal Navy’s Rigid Airship No1, referred to in the contemporary press as Mayfly, was the largest aircraft in the world. It was also one of the shortest-lived aircraft as it was wrecked that day while […]
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