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Clockmakers’ Events Calendar

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PAST STEWARDS’ DINNER,
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 at 19:00
Bakers' Hall EC3R 6DP
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UNITED GUILDS SERVICE & Lunch for Liverymen,
Friday, 23 March 2012 at 11:15
St Paul's Cathedral & Pewterers’ Hall
Click the link for all information, timings etc. Lunch for Liverymen at Pewterers' Hall £60 per person - book via WCC Clerk. More information »

MEMORIAL SERVICE for Dr George Daniels,
Monday, 16 April 2012 at 11:30
St George's, Hanover Square

LADY DAY COURT Luncheon,
Tuesday, 17 April 2012 at 13:00
Salters' Hall
Admissions Court commences about 12 noon

FOUR LIVERIES LECTURE,
Thursday, 03 May 2012 at 18:30
Scientific Instrument Makers' Hall / Glaziers' Hall

MASTER'S OUTING to Squerryes Court & Titsey Place,
Friday, 11 May 2012 at 10:00
Kent / Surrey
The Master's visit to Squerryes Court and Titsey Place. Meet at 10am at Squerryes for coffee and then have a private tour of the house. Midday/12.30pm arrive at Tandridge Golf Club for lunch (4 miles from Squerryes) - a full roast lunch with choice from a carvery and a dessert. 2pm/2.30pm arrive Titsey (3 miles from Tandridge). Tour of house and garden, afternoon tea. Leave 4pm. Flyer now available - click the link. Cost £48 per person. More information »

BUTCHER BAKER CANDLE-STICK MAKER EXHIBITION,
Friday, 22 June 2012 at
Guildhall Art Gallery
The Treasures of the Livery Companies Exhibition runs for three months to 23rd September 2012. The Clockmakers' Museum will form an important part of this exhibition.

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS & lunch for Liverymen,
Monday, 25 June 2012 at 11:00
Guildhall & Pewterers' Hall
The Livery are summoned annually to Guildhall on Midsummer Day for the election of Sheriffs. No Alderman can offer himself to the Livery for election to the Mayoralty unless he has served the office of Sheriff, and the Livery will therefore recognise that in choosing the Sheriffs they are selecting the men or women who may eventually fill the office of Lord Mayor. They should regard it as an obligation, not only to exercise their franchise, but also to examine with care the qualifications and relative claims of those who aspire to fill the high office of Lord Mayor of London.  We do not yet have all information but hear that Nigel Pullman is standing for the position of Non-Aldermanic Sheriff. The Master Pewterer has kindly invited Liverymen to lunch at Pewterers' Hall at a cost of £60 - book via WCC Clerk.

MIDSUMMER COURT & private Lunch for the Court,
Monday, 02 July 2012 at 10:30
Salters' Hall

LADY LIVERYMEN & LADY FREEMEN SUMMER LUNCH,
Wednesday, 11 July 2012 at 12:30
Gray's Inn
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MASTER'S OUTING - SWAN UPPING,
Wednesday, 18 July 2012 at
Hurley & Henley area
The Master invites Liverymen and Freemen to join him Swan Upping aboard "The Georgian" on the River Thames.

The start of the 2012 Olympics,
Friday, 27 July 2012 at
The Olympic Stadium & other venues
until 12th August 2012 More information »

CHARTER DAY,
Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 14:00
City of London
The Master is planning a sundial walk, around the City, which will finish at the Museum. Meet after lunch at St Margaret's near Parliament Square and go from there. We have allowed about one and a half hours for the group to arrive at the Museum, following a similar route as shown on this link.

MICHAELMAS COURT DINNER & HARRISON LECTURE,
Thursday, 27 September 2012 at 19:00
Salters' Hall
There will be an Admissions Court at about 5.30 pm. The Harrison Lecture, given by David Rooney, will commence at 7pm. Dinner at 8 pm.

LIVERY DINNER,
Friday, 02 November 2012 at 19:00
Mansion House dining to the Lord Mayor
We will dine at Mansion House "to the Lord Mayor" Alderman David Wootton and the Sheriffs More information »

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Beautiful Spring Day at St. Katharine's

The Royal Foundation of St Katharine

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Did you know? A recent survey shows that the 108 City of London Livery Companies, comprising 26,250 Liverymen, have affiliations to 153 schools and colleges, 65 churches, 216 regular and reserve units of the Armed Forces, and 101 cadet units. In 2010 they gave £41.85 million to charitable causes. The Mercers’ Company recently researched and compiled The 2011 Livery Profile Survey – click to see the full report (two pages).

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A new book on the life and work of Dr George Daniels is being written by Michael Clerizo, and will be launched at The Basle Fair. Michael would welcome contributions, anecdotal or otherwise, from members of the Company. He can be contacted at Clerizo@aol.com.

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HMS Protector - with whom WCC is affiliated - sailed from Portsmouth on 28th November 2011 and is now on her way to Antarctica. Past Master Cdr Peter Linstead-Smith OBE RN and the Deputy Master, Howard Newman FBHI, visited HMS Protector on the 21st November to wish the Captain and the crew well and presented a bulkhead clock, to keep time in the Wardroom, as a gesture of goodwill from WCC. more » Ross Watton & Naval Broadsides)

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