It was a great privilege for the Court, at its 12th February 2025 meeting, to install a new Liveryman and to welcome into the Company a new Freemen. The Court congratulated Freeman Suzanne Castine, Marketing Manager at Recolight Ltd, on progressing to full membership by becoming a Liveryman of the Company. Liverymen are able to take up various City of London benefits, such as the ... Read more
Mary Hare School for the Deaf, one of our two affiliated Schools, held their Speech Day for the 2023/24 Academic Year on 29th November 2024. The Master, Tony Ginman and Past Master Eddie Taylor were privileged to represent the Lightmongers at this wonderful event. We were given a tour of the School and were able to observe the specialist equipment and creative design integrated into ... Read more
It was a great pleasure for the Court, at its Court meeting on 1st November 2024, to welcome into the Company two new Freeman, David De-vall, Head of Corporate Sales at City Electrical Factors (CEF) Anthony Smith Ieng FILP MIET, Director of Stainton Lighting Design Services Ltd. L-R: Freeman Anthony Smith, Master Peter McVeigh and Freeman David De-vall The Master presented the new ... Read more
Lightmongers held their AGM and installation ceremony at their Annual Meeting on Friday 1st November 2024 at Tallow Chandlers' Hall and are delighted to announce the appointment of the new officers for the year ensuing. Master, Tony Ginman, Deputy Master, Peter McVeigh Senior Warden, Graham Smith Junior Warden, Mark Giardelli L-R: Deputy Master Peter McVeigh, Master Tony Ginman, Senior Warden Graham Smith and Junior ... Read more
The Worshipful Company of Woolmen host a long-established charity event, celebrating a City of London Freemans’s ancient “right” to bring sheep to market over the Thames, toll free. Over a thousand Freemen and their guests supported the 2024 event, held 29th September, with all funds raised being in support of the Woolmen Charity and the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. This year’s Sheep Drive took place on ... Read more
Annual Golf match for the Arrow Cup 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 the competition took place at Beaconsfield Golf Club on 24th September. Our team of ... Read more
South East Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Tuesday 24th September Abingdon School I was asked by our Master Peter McVeigh if I would like to attend this event on his behalf given our links with the Reserve Armed Forces and the cadets. The Lightmongers had been invited to attend through our affiliation with 606 (Chilterns) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force most certainly is not. A ... Read more
Tony Ginman, our Senior Warden, and myself visited TS Wizard last Thursday on one of our summer visits to our cadet detachments. Having visited 56 (Woolwich) Air Cadets a couple of months ago it was time to jump onboard Wizard for a catch up with our Sea Cadets. Once we were signed in by a very efficient cadet on security detail we were ushered into ... Read more
HMS Queen Elizabeth The Lightmongers are honoured to be affiliated with the Royal Navy’s flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and very proud of that affiliation. On 13th September 2024 a party of Lightmongers were privileged, along with other affiliated organisations, to be invited to visit the ship and have a tour and learn about the ship’s operations. They were made most ... Read more
Breakfast at 5.30am at Canary Wharf for the Master was a very early start to the day but well worthwhile to support and enjoy 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. On 20th September 2024 120 Black Cab drivers gave up their weekend to drive ... Read more
