The Lightmongers are one of 4 Livery Companies, linked by science and engineering, who collaborate to provide a Lecture or Event each year that would be of general interest to their members. Each Company organises and hosts the Lecture/Event in turn i.e., every 4 years. The other Companies are The Clockmakers; The Scientific Instrument Makers and The Spectacle Makers. In the case of the Lightmongers ... Read more
A lightbulb moment! Tallow Chandlers’ Hall looked resplendent as it prepared to greet Masters and Clerks from 20 Livery Companies for a luncheon on 7th October 2022. Tallow Chandlers’ Hall – all prepared for the Lightmongers Masters & Clerks lunch – October 2022 As her year draws to a close this is the Master’s opportunity to thank those Livery Companies with which the ... Read more
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 our team of 8 players: James Hill, Greg Jarvis, Norman Emery, Graham Smith, Peter le Manquais, Thomas Emery, Graham Lewis and ... Read more
It was a great pleasure for the Court, at its September 2022 meeting, to install three new Liveryman and to welcome six new Freemen. The Court congratulated Kevin Grigg, Mark Lissauer and Bob Kronman on progressing to full membership by becoming Liverymen of the Company. Liverymen are able to take up various City of London benefits, such as the right to vote for the Lord ... Read more
Getting up at 4.30am for a 5.45am breakfast at Canary Wharf seems a very small price to pay to support 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. www.magicaltaxitour.com. On 16th September, 120 Black Cab drivers gave up their weekend to drive children suffering from a ... Read more
The Worshipful Company of Lightmongers is delighted to announce that Mark Houghton will take on the role of Clerk to the Company from 1st September 2022. He brings a wealth of military, livery and membership organisation experience to the Company. Mark has completed a successful Army career undertaking a wide range of appointments including commanding the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery when it was based in ... Read more
It is an enormous honour to be one of only three London Livery Companies affiliated to HMS Queen Elizabeth, the flagship of the Royal Navy’s fleet. On 10th August, in glorious sunshine, a group of Lightmongers joined the Grocers and the Shipwrights and several other affiliated organisations for a day of presentations, military music and guided tours of this floating, armed airport terminal while she ... Read more
…. at the Lightmongers Summer Banquet that took place at Mansion House on 1st July 2022. It was Alderman and Sheriff Nicholas Lyons, the representative of the Lord Mayor, who delighted Lightmongers when he opened his speech with this universally recognised statement stressing the importance of providing light above all other goods and services. Alderman & Sheriff Nicholas Lyons being presented with a cheque from ... Read more
Our annual Charity Golf Day was held on 24th May at the Royal Automobile Club Epsom, on their magnificent Old Course. The weather was remarkable this year, with dark clouds and thunder nearby but hardly any rain on the course itself and plenty of sun for the golfers to enjoy. One of the teams setting off in sunshine, with dark clouds in the background. ... Read more
Phill was born to Eve and Ted in Ilford and was brought up in Hainault in post war Britain in a prefab - a home and an upbringing that he was very proud of. School did not inspire Phill and he left at the earliest opportunity and went to work at Howards chemical factory making aspirins. He used to say that no one in his ... Read more
