Master’s Blog

Magda, my daughter-in-law, left Bath for our C visit to the Cancer Research Laboratories in west London. Arriving for our 14.30 pm appointment at the Toby Robbins Research centre for our visit. The work being undertaken into the various strains and separation and treatment of [...]

A short overnight stay for a 05.00am start as we are at the Peligon in Canary Warf for Breakfast wherefive hundred sit down with the Sheriffs and the special children with their parents and carers, for a breakfast served and provided by local companies and [...]

It was a fine, sunny, autumnal day disturbed by the late running of the train into London by 45 minutes added to which the Underground was not running due to strike action, so London was absolute chaos. Breakfast abandoned but gown collected and caught up [...]

On Saturday, 26th July, Master drove to Marchwood, Southampton for the Regimental Dinner of  the  165 Port and Maritime Regiment. Arriving early, Master joined the regiment for their Annual Sports Day cheering the teams from the side lines.   After a quick change into dinner [...]

Liveryman Ruth Mitchell rose to the challenge and signed up for the Lord Mayor's Fund Raising Abseil challenge and had a blast !! Well done Ruth and thank you.

Autumn has flown by and it is nearly Christmas, so a quick round-up of what I’ve been up to… October, I chaired my first Court Meeting at the Hall with a number of issues being vividly discussed! I also then had the opportunity to [...]

The summer holidays finally came to an end and the Livery “season” got going at the beginning of September. My first event as Master was to attend the Modern Liveries Dinner at Farmers' & Fletchers' Hall in early September.  This was an excellent way [...]

On 1st July, I had the great honour of being elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Launderers and would now like to share a few thoughts on how I see my year in office. Some of you will already know me or know [...]

Master and Wardens welcomed their fellow Liverymen together with family and friends to the historic and beautiful Tallow Chandlers' Hall on Friday, 31st May for the Launderers' Annual Banquet. The guest speaker, Dr Mark Oakley, Dean of Southwark, delivered a thoughtful and personal speech to [...]

October 2023:  Master and Wardens committee meeting was the first event of October. After the meeting I was delighted welcome Graham Roberts as our newest Freeman. Graham is involved in running the Laundry for an NHS TRUST and is a graduate of the TSA [...]