Liverymen Matt Harding and Dale Nettle, together with their colleague Michelle undertook the OutLaw Nottingham half Ironman event challenge on 20th June 2021, to raise funds for the Lightmongers Charitable Trust. The Event start at 7 a.m with Dale bravely taking on the 1.2 mile open water swim, which he completed in 1 hour 5 minutes. He handed over to Matt who took on ... Read more
For her Senior Warden’s event on 10th June 2021, Margaret Fitzsimons organized an evening of insightful conversation between Reverend Richard Coles and incoming Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Vincent Keaveny, who was her special guest. It was also an opportunity to hear from four Lightmongers who are heading up key activities on behalf of the company. Senior Warden, Margaret Fitzsimons (top left), with guests Stephen ... Read more
The Lightmongers Events Committee organised a very enjoyable Social Evening on Friday 26th February, which included a stand-up comedy slot and a delicious Cornish cream tea. A very creative event in these COVID constrained times! Twenty-eight members and their families joined the event via zoom and had a very enjoyable social time catching up with each other’s news and of course, there was quite ... Read more
It is with sadness that we heard of the passing of Liz Peck recently, who has died at the age of 46. Liz was a highly respected lighting designer and well known across the lighting industry. In recent years she had run her own independent lighting design practice, winning awards for prestigious projects such as the lighting of Dover Castle and the Iron Bridge at ... Read more
The first Friday in November is a key day in the annul calendar of the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers for it is on this day each year that Lightmonger Members, at the Company’s Annual Meeting, approve the Officers and other appointments for the year ensuing. The Annual meeting usually takes place at Tallow Chandlers Hall, with the Officers being installed at a short ceremony in ... Read more
Each year the Lightmongers present Awards for Outstanding Achievement to individuals nominated by the Commanding Officers of each of our three military affiliations. We usually present these at the Lightmongers Livery Dinner held in one of the prestigious Livery Halls in the City of London. This year however, because of COVID-19, the Livery Dinner was cancelled and alternative arrangements had to be made for the ... Read more
This year, due to COVID-19 regulations, each of the Livery Companies was restricted to entering only one team into the Inter-Livery Clay Pigeon Shoot competition. The competition took place over 8th and 9th September at the Holland & Holland Shooting Ground and was very well supported with 90 Livery Companies and 360 individual guns participating. The Lightmongers were represented with a four gun team of ... Read more
Lightmonger members Matthew Harding and Dale Nettle, through their company, Lighting Project Solutions, were awarded the New Business of the Year Award from Mansfield 2020. Congratulations to them. Matthew Harding Dale Nettle As you will guess from these photo’s, the Awards ceremony was held virtually with the Awards and Certificates being delivered to the worthy winners, so everything was COVID-secure! It’s great to see some ... Read more
It is the sadness that we heard of the passing of Liveryman Peter Denny after a short battle with cancer. Peter became a Freeman of the Company in September 1999, quickly progressing on to be admitted as a Liveryman in May 2000 and was an active member of the Company. Peter had worked in the Lighting Industry for more than 40 years, working in ... Read more
Our affiliated School for blind and visually impaired children, NCW, held their Celebration Day on Friday 26th June, at which year-end prizes were presented. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, innovation and technology enabled the event to be held virtually, using the GoogleMeet App. It was impressive to see how well the event had been organised and was carried out, with over 145 devices connected. ... Read more
