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It is a rare occasion to have one of our Past Masters honoured by being awarded an Honorary Fellowship of City & Guilds. Past Master Hugh Ogus MBE has been elected an Honorary Fellow of City & Guilds - "For exceptional contribution to the lighting industry and education." Hugh was formally admitted into the Fellowship of the City & Guilds of London Institute (FCGI) at ... Read more

As we all in the Lightmongers Company want to congratulate our Master Mr Rodney Bennion for receiving his OBE. He is our first Master Lightmonger to actually receive this honour whilst being in office as Master. We are delighted to actually have the photo of him being presented with the award yesterday 19th May 2015 at Windsor Castle.

On Saturday 16th May the City Livery Yacht Club had their Cowes Regatta and the Lightmongers team was a crew of seven sailing in 'The Lightmonger' included Past Masters Bill Wright and Mike Lippold. David Lippold and his wife Sheila Lippold and granddaughter Natashah Lippold and two non liverymen. Fifteen yachts competed in the race which lasted approximately 3.5 hours . The Lightmonger wonn on ... Read more

Wednesday 6th May 2015 30 Lightmongers visited Bentley Priory in Stanmore which has recently been refurbished and now houses an exhibition dedicated to fighter pilots of World War 2. Much of the Battle of Britain was planned and overseen here under the guidence of Air Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding, who implemented a plan with the aid of RADAR and telephone reports to plot enemy movements ... Read more

Once again the weather was good for our Charity Golf Day and it was one of our most successful golf days ever. It had great support with 23 teams (92 golfers) and another 12 guests for the evening dinner and prize giving. Having introduced hole sponsorship for the first time, it was geat to see 10 companies sponsoring holes. Rod Bennion Management, Kingfisher Lighting Wright ... Read more