This annual match between the Lightmongers and the Tallow Chandlers Company, for the Arrow Cup, was started over 35 years ago. The trophy presented to the winning team each year, was first presented by Past Master Lightmonger, Stanley Brain of Arrow plastics. This year our team of 8 players: James Hill, Greg Jarvis, Norman Emery, Graham Smith, Peter le Manquais, Thomas Emery, Graham Lewis and ... Read more
It was a great pleasure for the Court, at its September 2022 meeting, to install three new Liveryman and to welcome six new Freemen. The Court congratulated Kevin Grigg, Mark Lissauer and Bob Kronman on progressing to full membership by becoming Liverymen of the Company. Liverymen are able to take up various City of London benefits, such as the right to vote for the Lord ... Read more
Getting up at 4.30am for a 5.45am breakfast at Canary Wharf seems a very small price to pay to support what is one of the most deserving of all causes …. The annual Magical Taxi Tour organised by the Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers since 1994. www.magicaltaxitour.com. On 16th September, 120 Black Cab drivers gave up their weekend to drive children suffering from a ... Read more
The Worshipful Company of Lightmongers is delighted to announce that Mark Houghton will take on the role of Clerk to the Company from 1st September 2022. He brings a wealth of military, livery and membership organisation experience to the Company. Mark has completed a successful Army career undertaking a wide range of appointments including commanding the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery when it was based in ... Read more
It is an enormous honour to be one of only three London Livery Companies affiliated to HMS Queen Elizabeth, the flagship of the Royal Navy’s fleet. On 10th August, in glorious sunshine, a group of Lightmongers joined the Grocers and the Shipwrights and several other affiliated organisations for a day of presentations, military music and guided tours of this floating, armed airport terminal while she ... Read more
…. at the Lightmongers Summer Banquet that took place at Mansion House on 1st July 2022. It was Alderman and Sheriff Nicholas Lyons, the representative of the Lord Mayor, who delighted Lightmongers when he opened his speech with this universally recognised statement stressing the importance of providing light above all other goods and services. Alderman & Sheriff Nicholas Lyons being presented with a cheque from ... Read more
Phill was born to Eve and Ted in Ilford and was brought up in Hainault in post war Britain in a prefab - a home and an upbringing that he was very proud of. School did not inspire Phill and he left at the earliest opportunity and went to work at Howards chemical factory making aspirins. He used to say that no one in his ... Read more
Over the past 15 years the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers has been supporting two schools for young people who have sensory impairment of sight and/or hearing. New College Worcester (www.ncw.co.uk) for those aged 11 to 19 who are blind or vision impaired, and Mary Hare School, Newbury (www.maryhare.org.uk) for deaf children aged 5 to 19. The schools are two of the main beneficiaries of the ... Read more
After two years of award ceremonies via Zoom (brilliantly orchestrated by Deputy Master, Peter Harris) Lightmongers were delighted to dine together in fine fellowship at Tallow Chandlers Hall on 11th May to present their education awards to talented lighting designers. It was a special evening as it was the 50th year since the introduction of the Lightmongers Education Awards. Lightmongers’ ALPD Award 2022 The first ... Read more
The Lightmongers congratulate Past Master Livery Ian Crosby on completing his Arctic Challenge and, together with colleagues, raising significant funds for the Electrical Industries Charity. Read his blog below about his experiences of this challenge. Well done Ian. Dear Supporters/Industry Friends, On the 31st March 2022, myself and several other explorers from the electrical industry, set out on our adventure to the Arctic Circle ... Read more
