On Friday the 15th of October a group of members and some partners visited Trinity House in London. Trinity House is the charity dedicated to safeguarding shipping and seafarers, providing education, support, and welfare to the sea-faring community. It also has a statutory duty as a General Lighthouse Authority. On arrival we were met by our tour guide and there was time to relax and catch ... Read more
Our annual Charity Golf Day was held on 14th October at the Royal Automobile Club Epsom, on their magnificent Old Course. The teams played to Stableford scoring and enjoyed superb weather for their rounds. The Event is usually held in May of each year but the COVID restrictions in place at that time made it impractical, so it was re-planned to this date in October. ... Read more
At long last! Having had to hold ZOOM meetings since February 2020, the Court was able to hold a face-to-face meeting on September 30th 2021. It was a busy and productive meeting with the added pleasure of installing one new Freeman and being able to complete the installation of eleven new Freemen, who had first been installed via a virtual ceremony (courtesy of zoom!). We ... Read more
The Masters gathered at the Old Bailey. Our Master is towards the centre of the photo. Each year City of London Livery Companies support a fund-raising appeal on behalf of the British Red Cross, in which the Masters are Jailed, on various charges, at the Tower of London and have to be Bailed out through members donations to release their Master. This year the ... Read more
On a wonderfully warm and sunny June day, 12 guns representing the Lightmongers assembled at the magnificent Holland & Holland Shooting Grounds to participate in the 2021 Annual Inter Livery Charitable Clay Pigeon Shooting Competition. This major inter-livery annual event, now in its 27th year, took place over two consecutive days bringing together over 460 guns representing 78 City of London Livery Companies. With the Lightmongers drawn ... Read more
Glaziers Hall near London Bridge was the venue for the 2021 Four Liveries Lecture that took place on Tuesday 7th September. The annual lecture alternates between four Worshipful Companies, namely Lightmongers, Glaziers, Scientific Instrument Makers and Clockmakers, who are linked by a common interest in science-based technologies This year it was the turn of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers (www.clockmakers.org) to host the lecture by ... Read more
The Master’s Summer Garden Party did not have an auspicious start. His practice run, attending a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace by invitation of Her Majesty the Queen had been cancelled due to the Covid19 pandemic, and Friday the 10th of October dawned as a cloudy, blustery day, with intermittent rain. Not quite the blazing sunshine of the previous days! Undaunted, the Master pressed on, ... Read more
There is no doubt that all the stars aligned for Junior Warden, Jamie Berry, who held his Junior Warden's event on the Thames aboard the Edwardian cruiser in July 2021. Not only did he manage to get his timing right to organise the Lightmongers' first in-person event for over a year, he also selected one of the balmiest evenings of the Summer enabling guests to ... Read more
Delivered on 17th June 2021 by Professor Peter R. Boyce, MCIBSE, HonFSLL Like so many events over the past 18 months, the 2021 Lecture, organised by the Lightmongers Education Committee, took place via Zoom. Committee Chairman, Stuart Mucklejohn explained, “The lecture was originally planned for June 2020 and Dr Boyce was very keen that it should take place in person. However, this pandemic continues to ... Read more
A warm welcome to the seven newest Members of the Worshipful Company of Lightmongers who were installed at a virtual ceremony by the Master, Peter Harris, on 9th June 2021. A Zoom ceremony can never be the same as a live ceremony, but the Master used his eloquence to bring the event to life and to make it an experience to remember for the new ... Read more
