MASTER’S BLOG: January 2022
One of the duties of being Master is that of liaison with other City Liveries and their Master and I start this month’s blog with sharing with you a benefit of this activity. I must [...]
ADMISSION OF FREEMEN TO THE COMPANY: 24 January 2022
On Monday, 24th January 2022, three Freemen were admitted to the Company. The Admission Ceremony was followed by an informal lunch at Launderers' Hall where Master and Wardens welcomed Helen Demosthenou, Harry Fordham and German [...]
JACK FROST ILLUMINATED THAMES RIVER DINNER CRUISE: 14 January 2022
On a chilly Friday evening of 14th January, the party of fourteen met on the quayside for the Thames River Illuminated Bridges Dine and Dance Cruise. To be able to view the illuminations from the [...]
MASTER’S BLOG: DECEMBER 2021
28th of November 2021 after overnight genome sequencing, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that 2 cases of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with B.1.1.529 (so-called Omicron) had been identified in the UK which once [...]
MASTER’S BLOG: NOVEMBER 2021
November started on Monday the 1st with an evening visit to the Guildhall for the John Keats Anniversary Lecture. Keats was an English poet prominent in the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord [...]
OBITUARY: SENIOR PAST MASTER, NEVILLE WELLS
Neville Manwaring Wells, Master Launderer 1973 - 1974 and much respected Senior Past Master for many years, much loved father of Frances, Michael and Martin, and grandfather to Daniel, Hannah, Jason, Joshua, Toby, Sam and [...]
