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Dear Fellow Lightmongers October has again been a busy but particularly interesting time for my last month as Master. One of the highlights of the Master’s year is attending the send-off for the Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers’ Annual Children’s Magical Taxi Tour, taking sick and terminally ill children to Disneyland Paris. The Lightmongers support the event as part of their charitable activities by ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers After a quiet month in August activity in the Livery was back in top gear come September with most Masters I have met having full calendars. I started the month by visiting the Royal Engineers’ Training School with Liveryman Dave Burns who looks after our cadet affiliations. I was also interested as the training they provide is part of an Apprenticeship. Although ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers Like many of my contemporary Masters we all thought things were going to be quieter in July. This proved not to be the case! One of the highlights of the year is of course our Annual Summer Banquet at Mansion House. An occasion when, as Master, you have that once in a lifetime chance to be center stage in the famous Egyptian ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers It has been a busy month and I make no apologies for including extra photographs this time to give you a flavour of the different events I have attended. One of our educational awards is to the Top Apprentice on a City and Guilds course associated with Lighting and the Electrical sector. This year we were pleased the winner, Benjamin Stuart, came ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers, I would start this month’s blog by paying a personal tribute to Past Master Bill Wright who sadly passed away on the 20th May. I have known Bill for many years, a highly respected engineer and incredibly active in so many organisations. We joined the Court of the Lightmongers at the same time and would have followed each other as Master had ... Read more

 Dear Fellow Lightmongers, April was a quieter month with many livery activities stopping for Easter, although the Mistress was a guest of the Information Technologists, Mariners and Environmental Cleaners. There is quite an active program of events for the Masters’ Consort with many arranging interesting visits and receptions. Meanwhile we both attended the Big Curry Lunch at Guildhall. This is a buffet cooked by the ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers March has been a busy month for the Livery and the Lightmongers. Amongst events I have attended were invitations from the Builders Merchants, Spectacle Makers, and Tallow Chandlers. It is always interesting to find common themes. The Builders Merchants are very much linked to the construction industry, as is lighting. The Spectacle Makers are involved in optics and the working of the ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers, The past month has been busy with various activities where I have been representing the company. I have been a guest of the Worshipful Companies of Arbitrators, Architects, Painter-Stainers, Scriviners, Vintners, and the Old Bailey Judges (purely in a social capacity!). I have also attended both the CIBSE Building Performance and EDA awards. The Architects presented an interesting lecture on the history ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers, Before rounding off 2016 which now seems an age away, the year concluded with the pleasure of attending our affiliated school for the visually impaired, New College Worcester’s concert which was held in Worcester Cathedral. The occasion was to celebrate the schools 150th anniversary and we were treated to a festival of music from talented musicians and singers. It was also an ... Read more

Dear Fellow Lightmongers, It is now just over a month since I became master and I would like to give you regular updates on my activities on behalf of the company. The Installation dinner was a date not to be forgotten when I had the honour of taking over from Deputy Master John Rowsell who before that date was giving me constant reminders of the ... Read more