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Our wonderful Summer Banquet this year was held on 5th July and by kind permission of the Lord Mayor, we were able to hold it at the Mansion House in London. As ever, it was a very enjoyable and sociable evening in the wonderful surroundings of the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House. Dining in the magnificent Egyptian room at Mansion House   ... Read more

Vertical Farming using LEDs The inaugural William Wright Lightmongers Lecture took place on 27th June in the Christopher Ingold Auditorium of University College London. The subject was the rapid development of Vertical Farming (also known as indoor Farming or Plant Factories), using cutting edge LED technology. Bill Wright was highly respected across the lighting and electrical industries for his electrical engineering knowledge and experience, which ... Read more

Our affiliated School for blind and visually impaired children, NCW, held their Celebration Day on 29th June, at which year-end prizes were presented. The Lightmongers were invited to join this Celebration Day and the Master, Stephen Thomas, the Clerk, Phill Hyde and Past Master Eddie Taylor and his wife Gill represented us. The day started with a concert showing the superb musical talents of the ... Read more

The Lighting Industry Sailing Regatta, organized by the LIA, took place on 6th June, based at Portsmouth, with a competitive team of Lightmongers taking part. It was an excellent day for sailing and everyone enjoyed the experience. The Lightmongers team, captained by Liveryman Richard Smith, was not able to retain the Cup they won last year but they had a great day and will no ... Read more

Following on from the annual Inter-Livery Clay Pigeon Shoot competition, which is held in May each year the formal prize giving ceremony took place at Guildhall on 12th June 2019. The Master Lightmonger, Stephen Thomas, was pleased to be able to present the Lightmongers Cup, which is presented each year to the Top Lady Gun of the competition. This year, the 25th year of the ... Read more

At it’s May Court meeting it was great to see four of our Freemen, Paul Coggins of Trilux Group, Bart Gesner of Armadillo Lighting, Anthony Greig of Legrand Electric, and Charlie Lacey of Stearn Electric progress to full membership of the Company by being installed as Liverymen. Becoming a Liveryman of the Company is the final step to full membership of the Lightmongers and the ... Read more

The May Court Dinner, held in the wonderful setting of Tallow Chandlers Hall, was the occasion for the presentation of the Lightmongers Education Awards for 2018/19. The successful students were the most outstanding on their respective courses. Through it’s Charitable Trust the Lightmongers seek to encourage the long-term technical strength of the industry by providing Awards to the top performing students on a range of ... Read more

Our annual Charity Golf Day was held on 9th May at the Royal Automobile Club Epsom, on their magnificent Old Course. The weather was unkind this year with extremely heavy prolonged rain during the latter part of the afternoon. At one point several greens were under water! As a result, some teams were not able to complete all 18 holes and the judging was therefore ... Read more

The Lightmongers sharp shooters! The Lightmongers fielded 3 teams of 4 guns each in this amazingly well supported inter-Livery day at the prestigious Holland & Holland shooting grounds. 80 Livery Companies were involved with a total of 120 teams and 480 individuals taking part in the competition. Our three teams were not amongst the winners but all returned respectable scores with our high ... Read more

This is the most coveted golf prize in the City inter Livery golf year. It was first introduced in 1927 at Walton Heath. That was the year in which Prince Arthur of Connaught was invited to become a guest of the Coachmakers’ Livery Company and then went on to accept the Freedom and Livery of the Company later that year. He was subsequently elected Court ... Read more