Winter 2011 • No 5
Clothworker The
The Master
we are making solid progress on many fronts. I am delighted that more members are contributing to the Livery Fund and as
I have no doubt that it feels the same to
a result, £75,000 was distributed in 2010, a
every Master, but my year to date seems
significant increase on 2009. The number
to have passed in the blink of an eye and
of Liverymen visiting charities seeking
I find it is already halfway through!
grants from us keeps growing. We continue to build the foundations of our
The Master is privileged to be closely
common purpose in trusteeship and
involved in the affairs of the Company
more will happen on this front in 2011.
and the Foundation, allowing a deeper
Our charitable giving totalled £5.8 mill-
understanding of what we are doing
ion in 2010, up from £4.2 million in 2009.
across the spectrum. Talking to the large
Even though this included £1 million of
number of people one meets during the
surplus reserves, it was still a significant
year provides a further insight into our position within the
increase. We continue to budget conservatively, and
City and the charity sector, and how we compare with
currently plan giving of £5.0 million in 2011, but hope to
other Livery Companies.
be able to increase this further in the light of our experience
Cover photo:Scots Guards in Afghanistan – keeping watch whilst a consultation with locals takes place below.
I am pleased to be able to report that not only are we in
on investment income.
good shape despite the current environment, but we are
I have greatly enjoyed my interactions with the Livery
held in high regard by others. Many Livery Companies are
and Freedom over the last six months and very much look
facing the same issues – encouraging greater engagement
forward to further opportunities during the balance of my
from the Livery, balancing the give and take, managing the
year to get to know more of our members better.
cost base in the face of declining income, all the while
If any of you have thoughts you would like to share
seeking to preserve all that is good about the Company, not
about the Company, please write to me at the Hall.
least fellowship and tradition.
RICHARD JONAS Master
Whilst this is not always an easy juggling act, I believe
Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Mike Bear, Pavior and Chartered Surveyor, has been elected the 683rd Lord Mayor. He has had a successful career in engineering and construction, latterly at Balfour Beatty and Hammerson. As head of the Spitalfields Development Group, he oversaw the regeneration of this ancient City market site and the surrounding complex. Born in Nairobi and graduating as a civil engineer from a
Court of the Solicitors’ Comp-
university in South Africa, the Lord Mayor came to the UK 32
any; she specialises in com-
years ago. His civic involvement began when the Bangla-
petition and liberalisation
deshi community in Brick Lane, with whom he had worked
issues, having worked for CNS
closely on the Spitalfields redevelopment and in voluntary
Cameron McKenna. Richard
work, asked him to be Councillor for Portsoken Ward.
Sermon is a Wheelwright and Past Master of the Chartered
His Lord Mayor’s Appeal Bear Necessities: Building Better Lives will support two charities: Coram, which helps vul-
Secretaries. A founder of Shandwick, he has had a successful career in financial public relations.
nerable children in London, and the disaster relief charity
For 2011/12, the Court of Aldermen is supporting Alan
RedR. The Foundation will make its usual £10,000 donation to
Yarrow (Fishmonger) to be Aldermanic Sheriff, and for
the Appeal, and also sponsored a bear for the Mansion
2012/13 Jeffrey Evans (Shipwright).
House Christmas tree. Looking ahead, the Court of Aldermen is supporting David Wootton for election as Lord Mayor in 2011/12 and Roger Gifford in 2012/13. Fiona Woolf has been elected Aldermanic Sheriff for 2010/11 and Richard Sermon Lay Sheriff. Fiona Woolf is Alderman of Candlewick Ward and on the 2
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Social Events We have enjoyed the usual cycle of lunches and dinners at the Hall. In July, the guest speaker was Robin Hanbury-Tenison, the renowned explorer and conservationist and founder of Survival International. At the start of dinner, a Scots Guards piper played a selection of tunes, having processed in
with
the
specially-composed
Clothworker March. At the October dinner, guests were entertained with a performance from Music in Offices and the principal speaker was Tim Melville Ross, Chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council and former Director General of the Institute of Directors. Inclement weather in December took its toll on attendances. However, there was a good turnout for the Court and Livery
Dinner,
where
the
guests included a number of representatives from our military affiliates. The speaker was Lord Wakeham, former Leader of both Houses. Choristers from St Paul’s Cathedral (including our own chorister, Ashton McKinnon) sung grace before dinner. The snow and winter ailments prevented almost 100 Freemen from attending the St Thomas’ Eve lunch. This meant that the table plan went out of the window and the guests were asked to pick up their place cards and bunch together below the top table. Those present rose to the occasion and it was a very convivial event as always. An added bonus for Crisis was the unexpected delivery of several hundred oranges by the Beadle the next day for
toast. For the lunch following the election of the Lord Mayor,
distribution to the homeless over the Christmas period.
we welcomed members of the Dyers and Cordwainers to join
The Election Dinner was an in-house affair as in previous years, with John Coombe-Tennant proposing the Company
our own Liverymen. This was very successful and will be repeated in future years.
Photos taken at Livery Dinners and St Thomas’ Eve can be viewed on the website www.sharpphoto.co.uk – under ‘Galleries’, select ‘Livery Company’ and scroll down the list of events until you find the relevant Clothworker occasion. Copies may be ordered online.
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Golf
Clay pigeon shoot
In October, Richard Saunders organised a golf match
We entered three suitably-named teams for the Inter Livery
against the Scots Guards at the Berkshire. Our team
Shoot at Holland & Holland in May: Cedric’s Own, The Man
comprised Richard as captain, Andy Wates, Richard Hill,
with the Golden Ram and the Ramteazle Rods.
Justin Roberts, Tim Bousfield and Ross Bousfield. They played three foursomes and the Clothworkers won them
Ably captained by Charlie Houston, our shooters included
all. It is planned to make the match a regular annual
three new guns: John Wake, Chris Horne and Will Harris,
event.
who all shot well. Richard Jonas, at that point Master-elect, had the second-highest individual score of the competition, followed closely by Andy Wates. Our other guns were Jonathan Portal, James Horne, Andrewjohn Clarke, Simon Purefoy, Charles Bowerman and Geoffrey Gestetner.
Sailing In June 2010, we entered three crews in the sixth Great Twelve Sailing Challenge, again held at Seaview Yacht Club on the Isle of Wight. Brian Wright assembled ten Clothworkers with a wide age
Croquet
range to participate in a very enjoyable weekend’s sailing and socialising. The Young Guard, with Rob West at the helm, won the
A glorious July evening saw the second croquet match
Vintners’ Decanter for First Young Team and the Old
against the Scots Guards at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Guard, helmed by Andrew Yonge, won a Corinthian Spirit
Alex Ingham-Clark was Captain, supported by Tom Ingham-
Award (for not protesting that all the other boats went
Clark, Tom Tibbits, Mark Young, Scarlet Oliver, James
inside a prohibited area, thereby denying them the lead!)
Langley, Melissa Pemberton-Pigott and John PembertonPigott.
In the Cruising Team our boat, skippered by Brian Wright, improved over last year’s result and beat the Vintners who had a larger boat.
Although we fielded a strong team which was more evenly
Jonathan Portal, Lucy Rawson, Alexander Wright, Katie
matched with our opponents than last year, victory fell to
Hirst, Tobias Mews, David Lander and Johnny Jones all
the Scots Guards again. It was a most enjoyable event in
contributed to our best ever result of coming equal
splendid surroundings, with refreshments kindly laid on by
second overall.
the Regiment.
Our thanks to the team captains for their unstinting efforts to corral their fellow Liverymen into participating! 4
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Andrew Unwin
Sporting Events
Linda Nylind – Guardian News and Media
ing her for the wealth she had accumulated in this way). Sadly, after his death in 1797 the
Strawberry Hill Forever
subsequent owners sold off the contents to settle gambling debts and the house fell steadily into disrepair through to the end of the twentieth century.
Born in 1717, Horace Walpole was the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole. He
However, a £9 million restoration
immersed himself in the world of arts and letters, penning over 4,000 letters that
programme has now returned Straw-
comprise a gloriously indiscreet picture of high Georgian society. He is also
berry Hill to its original glory. With
known for his bon mots, including the famous ‘This world is a comedy to those
£4.9 million support from the Heritage
that think, a tragedy to those that feel’ and he coined the word ‘serendipity’.
Lottery Fund and major grants from the likes of English Heritage, Lord Sains-
Although he was an MP and novelist
the Tower from Edward the Confess-
bury and the World Memorial Fund,
(Walpole wrote the fantastical novel
or’s tomb, and was an inveterate coll-
the villa is now open to the public.
The Castle of Otranto), he devoted fifty
ector of art and artefacts from every
In September 2010, on Horace’s
years of his life to his eccentric neo-
period. Many of the interior effects of
293rd birthday, Strawberry Hill was
Gothic castle at Strawberry Hill in
the Villa were never intended to last -
formally reopened by Vince Cable
Twickenham.
for example, he used papier mâché for
(local MP and former rising star) and
some of the plasterwork.
Simon Jenkins, Chairman of the Nat-
With the help of two friends (the Committee of Taste), he created an
He gave tours of his Gothic fantasy
ional Trust, and a splendid cake of the
extraordinary fabrication, a medieval
to selected groups, and
villa atop a giant straw-
edifice concocted in the eighteenth
was taken aback to dis-
berry was cut.
century. He assembled materials like
cover that his maid had
The Clothworkers’ Foun-
stained-glass and panelling from build-
been giving her own
dation gave a grant of
ings being torn down, drew eclectic-
tours for a significant
£30,000 towards the rest-
ally on sources as wide-ranging as
fee (he quickly recovered
oration costs of Walpole’s
Westminster Abbey’s fan-vaulting and
to contemplate marry-
wonderful heritage building.
eighteenth century, filling it with
Lexham Hall
magnificent treasures. In June, the Court and Assistants Emeriti and partners were invited by the Master, Neil Foster, to Houghton Houghton Hall
Master’s Outing
Hall for a private tour of the house and the award-winning gardens. Afterwards, the Master and his Lady entertained the party for a splendid
Sir Robert Walpole, Horace’s father
lunch at their home, Lexham Hall,
and first Prime Minister of Great
where the guests were able to view the
Britain, built an impressive mansion,
Fosters’ own impressive gardens on a
Houghton Hall, in Norfolk in the
lovely summer’s afternoon.
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Livery Fund 2010
37 new donors and a 34% increase in giving in 2010…
For 2010, the Livery Charity Committee decided to support charities providing services in three categories: ● Child bereavement ● Children and young people leaving the care system who are NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) ● Adult victims of domestic violence and abuse A total of £75,000, a significant increase on previous years, was awarded to the following four charities:
Nelson’s Journey
The Minster Centre
Who Cares? Trust
(Family Without Fears Project)
The Who Cares? Trust is a national charity which champions children
Nelson’s Journey supports children
One in four women will be a victim of
and young people in the care system.
domestic violence in their lifetime,
It runs a range of projects, produces
often on a number of occasions. One
publications and works with profess-
incident of domestic violence is rep-
ionals across disciplines. Despite recent
orted to the police every minute. On
advances in policy and legislation,
average, two women a week are killed
many children in care still face a
as a result of domestic violence by a
future of under-achievement, instab-
current or former male partner.
ility and poverty. Research shows that
The Family Without Fears (FWF)
significant numbers of children (32%
domestic abuse project is part of the
in 2009) leave care without any qual-
Minster Centre (a psychotherapy train-
ifications.
ing centre), which supports a number
We awarded a grant of £20,000 to a
of community projects. The main aim
project which seeks to identify and
of the innovative FWF is to increase
reduce the barriers to entering and
the safety of victims, and reduce and
completing post-16 education exper-
prevent the occurrence of domestic
ienced by young people in care. The
violence.
project will involve extensive consult-
and young people under the age of 18
We awarded a grant of £20,000 to
ation with young people themselves,
years in Norfolk, who have experienced
the project for the provision of four
with appropriate professionals working
the death of a significant person in
ten-week group sessions for women
in the sector, and with further and
their life. Through the charity’s serv-
victims of domestic violence and
higher education institutions. The Trust
ices they aim to increase the child-
abuse. Up to 40 women will benefit
will then produce an up-to-date, young-
ren’s self esteem, assist families in
from the programme which will offer
person-friendly guide to further and
talking openly about death and ber-
opportunities for mutual support and
higher education to make more young
eavement and enable children to exp-
information sharing, as well as thera-
people in/leaving care aware of the
ress and understand their emotions.
peutic support from qualified psycho-
benefits of staying in education, and of where to access appropriate support.
The charity provides therapeutic
therapists. Our grant will make an
weekends for groups of 18 children,
important contribution in enabling
We have made the Hall available to
who are supported throughout the
women sufferers of domestic violence
The Who Cares? Trust for a fund-
weekend by highly trained volunteers.
to regain control of their lives.
raising event.
As well as taking part in outdoor adven-
We have made
ture activities and drama workshops,
the Hall available
the children will have the opportunity
to
to share experiences and remember the
Centre to host a
person they have lost. We have award-
national confer-
ed a grant of £15,000 to fund four of
ence on domestic
these therapeutic weekends.
violence.
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the
Minster
Annual Distributions 2005
£46,000
2006
Winston’s Wish
£53,000
2007 2008
Winston’s Wish supports over 30,000
to explore positive coping strategies,
2009
bereaved children and young people
share experiences with others in similar
2010
from across the UK every year. The
situations and remember the person
charity provides practical and emotional
who has died.
£59,000 £51,000 £56,000 £75,000
support to children and families through
Winston’s Wish also supports the
their services which include: a national
children’s families to help them gain a
Livery Fund 2011
helpline; individual support sessions;
greater understanding of both their grief
2011 sees the introduction of a new
and training and consultancy for prof-
and their child’s grief to enable them to
approach to the Livery Fund which
essionals.
provide ongoing support at home.
gives Liverymen an opportunity to
We have awarded a grant of £20,000 to fund a three-day resident-
We have made the Hall available to Winston’s Wish for a fundraising event.
suggest beneficiary charities. The Livery Charity Committee is
ial group specifically for
meeting in January to review the
children who have been
charity nominations, and is tasked
bereaved through sui-
with the difficult decision of prod-
cide. The group is tailored
ucing a final shortlist of six.
to recognise and address
Liverymen who have pledged supp-
the trauma and stigma
ort will then be asked to vote for three
that surrounds this type of
charities, and the three with the
death. Group activities are
most votes will be awarded a grant,
designed to help children
and free use of the Hall.
Land’s End to John O’Groats by Bicycle by Will Harris, Liveryman Will Harris had the great idea of making the Livery Fund the charitable cause for which he would endure an exhausting bike from one end of the country to the other. He raised an impressive £2,300 on Virgin Giving, which when matched by the Company produced almost £5,000 for the four charities described in the report. In January last year, one of my coll-
ale; Tom had to drop out with knee
through the stunning Scottish High-
eagues, Tom, suggested cycling from
and leg issues, leaving me to complete
lands via Loch Ness to reach John
Land’s End to John O’Groats, with no
the journey by myself.
O’Groats.
days off and no support crew.
Days 7 & 8 Chester-Slaidburn and
I’d ridden just over 850 miles of a
We both wanted to take the opport-
Slaidburn-Carlisle were both utterly
1,007 mile journey. I raised £2,300 for
unity to raise some money for charity,
devastating for me. Both stages were
the Livery Fund and I had an adven-
so I suggested raising money for the
over 80 miles each and involved many
ture, as emotionally demanding as it
Livery Fund.
hills. I made it to my destination, but
was physical!
We began with a 56 mile ride from
after eight days of relentless riding
I’m proud to have ridden for The
Penzance to Golant which took us off
and 600 miles I was run down and a
Clothworkers but next time someone
the main roads and onto more scenic
wreck. I made the decision to take the
suggests an epic adventure by bicycle, I
but hilly terrain.
train from Carlisle to Stirling for two
think I’ll pick the coast road from
days of rest.
Monte Carlo to Montpellier, with a few
Day 2 took us across the whole of
days of beach rest along the way!
Dartmoor – a total of 14,000ft of climb,
It took me the two full days to feel
over 76 miles. These were the hardest
strong again. I knew I would be back
If other Liverymen would like to
two days of the ride and removed the
on the road alone again, and the
make the Livery Fund their charity of
edge of fitness we thought we’d built
thought of jumping on a train back to
choice in any fundraising challenge,
up in training.
London was tempting.
please contact the Clerk who would
Day 6 brought a great blow to mor-
But I did it! It took four more days,
be delighted to help!
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Trusteeship Clerk’s crook Following the successful initial series of seminars for trustees held in
approaches to understanding and
partnership with New Philanthropy Capital, a second series has been
improving board performance, inc-
arranged at the Hall in the spring.
luding trustee appraisals, board evaluations and governance reviews.
These will be held from 4:00 pm to
mergers?, to be held on 7th March,
The panel will comprise Mike Hud-
5:45 pm, followed by an opportunity to
will be chaired by Anthony West,
son, founder of Compass Partner-
network over a drink.
Past Master, and will explore how
ship, Pat Chapman-Pincher, trustee of Friends of the Earth and Sir
The first session on 7th February,
charities can work together to max-
entitled Guiding your charity through
imise their impact. Anthony will be
Lawrie Magnus, Deputy Chair of the
challenging times, will focus on strat-
joined on the podium by the Chair of
National Trust.
egies for managing risks and finances
Macmillan Cancer Support, Julia
with a panel including Harvey McGrath
Palca and Stephen Lloyd, a senior
ation list should already have
who, in addition to being a trustee of
partner at the law firm Bates Wells
received an e-mail asking if they
NPC, is Chairman of Prudential, and
and Braithwaite.
Those Liverymen on the circul-
would like to attend. If any other Liveryman is interested, please
Rachel Bayley, a trustee of Barnardos.
The final meeting on 4th April is
The second seminar, What do trustees
entitled How well is your board work-
contact events@ clothworkers. co.uk
need to know about collaboration and
ing? and will look at different
to check availability.
New Caterers erating business and
We have a new firm of caterers at Clothworkers’ Hall.
managing events. In
Chester Boyd have been appointed our sole caterer for the next three years, taking over from Party Ingredients who have had the role
addition, Andrew Bapniah, Operat-
for the last seventeen years.
ions Manager, will become a familiar face front-of-house at major events
In November, the Master made a
Founders and Brewers, as well as
at the Hall. They are supported by
presentation to the two principals of
Mansion House.
the firm’s central sales team and inhouse agency, It’sTheAgency.
Party Ingredients, Peter Gladwin and
As part of the new arrangements,
Susie Robinson, making them mem-
Chester Boyd will have a small team
bers of the Freedom by Courtesy in
based at the Hall – Jo Westerbeek,
appreciation of their services to the
General Manager, and Katie Wells,
Katie
produced
Company over many years.
Events and Sales Coordinator – gen-
Wells
excellent
The Court is keen to make greater
Chester Boyd’s chefs, led by Karen Poynter,
fare at the
use of the Hall as an earning asset, in
Livery
common with most other Livery
Dinner in
Companies. A tender process was
December
undertaken and Chester Boyd selected
and St
based on the attractiveness of their
Thomas’
package in terms of pricing, track
Eve lunch and we look
record and marketing plans.
forward to a successful
Chester Boyd are already well-established in
partnership with them, the objective of which
the City, and do the
is to generate signif-
catering at such Livery
icant additional funds
Companies as the
for charity whilst con-
Haberdashers, Butchers,
tinuing to serve top Jo Westerbeek with the Beadle and Butler quality fare at the Hall.
Andrew Bapniah
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Olympics 2012
Ron Pickering Memorial Fund
to compete in sprints and hurdles, distance and endurance running, throws and jumps. We do not expect
The Great Twelve Companies have
that these up-and-coming sportsmen
joined together to create a fund to
and women will win Olympic medals
support promising young UK athletes
in track and field events in 2012, but
with Olympic potential for 2012, who
our assistance will greatly improve
A new landmark is to be con-
need financial support to complete a
their chances of competing in the
structed in 2012 on the site of the
realistic training package and acquire
Games for Great Britain.
historic Ald Gate. It marks the
equipment, but are not yet sufficiently established to attract Lottery or Sports
London Gate
250th anniversary of the destruct-
Clothworkers’ Hall
Britain funding.
ion of the City gates. Initially the new Ald Gate will be located at the
The money is being channelled
We expect there to be considerable
Olympic site, prior to it being perm-
through the Ron Pickering Memorial
demand for hospitality venues during
anently installed next to St Bot-
Fund, a charity which supports talent-
the Olympic Games. Being located
olph’s Church. The design (pictured)
ed but impoverished athletes and was
within easy reach of the major Olym-
has been chosen by an eminent
set up in memory of a successful ath-
pic sites, we hope to attract our share
jury following an international com-
lete who became a coach and broad-
of this business, and will be working
petition. The concept is supported
caster.
with our new catering partners on a
by the City Corporation and the
The Great Twelve are providing
marketing plan to achieve this. This
Lord Mayor, and several Livery
total support of £150,000 over the
means that we will not close the Hall
Companies, including ourselves,
three-year period up to the Games.
during the summer in 2012, and will
have made modest contributions to
Grant awards have been made by a
schedule major maintenance tasks for
the initial design costs.
selection board to 21 athletes seeking
2011 or 2013.
Lord Mayor’s Show Every fourth year, the Master Clothworker rides in the parade in the Great
before the Lord Chief Justice, prior to
Twelve-owned Britska with the Masters of the Salters, Ironmongers and Vintners
the procession returning to Mansion
Companies, wearing his Tudor cap and a sheep hand puppet to amuse the
House.
crowds, and fortified by a hamper of goodies.
A large group of Livery Company Masters and Prime Wardens form a
In November 2010, it was our turn and
Ceremony in Guildhall when the new
Guard of Honour to greet the new Lord
on the day before the Show, the Master
Lord Mayor is formally admitted to
Mayor at Mansion House prior to
and his Lady witnessed the Silent
office. On the Saturday, the parade
having lunch in the Egyptian Hall with
makes its way to the
their partners and the other guests.
Royal Courts of Justice
This year the Master and his Lady
where
Masters
then joined the Lord Mayor – and the
attend the swearing-
Beadle – on board the HQS Wellington
in of the Lord Mayor
to watch the fireworks.
the
Each year, The Carpenters’ Company welcomes Clothworkers and their families to their Hall off London Wall for a hearty and reasonably-priced lunch following the parade. Details are circulated each year to remind members of the availability of this opportunity. We are very appreciative of the Carpenters’ hospitality.
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New Members
July Admissions to Freedom
Freedom Patrimony Jeremy Rice Son of Rosamond Rice, Freewoman Senior technical engineer at BT Operate Rose Stanley
February Admissions to Freedom
Daughter of Richard Stanley, Freeman Antiques shop manager and valuer Patrimonial Redemption
Laura Coppen
William Houston
Anthony Guyon
Granddaughter of Eileen Coppen,
Son of Peter Houston, Liveryman
Son of John Guyon, Freeman
Freewoman
Equity analyst at UBS
Computer programmer at Microsoft
Textile designer for Brilliant Global
Rachel Howard
Charles Stanley
Henry Weaver
Daughter of Peter Howard, Freeman
Son of Richard Stanley, Freeman
Son of Susannah Weaver, Freewoman
Studying for a PGCE to become a
Manager at Westpac Bank in
Management consultant with Tefen
teacher
Australia
Amelia Latham Wake
Alexia Ward
Daughter of John Wake, Assistant
Daughter of Martin Ward, Freeman
Undergraduate in politics and
PR consultant at Hotwire
English literature
Courtesy Andrew Woods, former Assistant
Katina Ward
Clerk
Charles Jenkins
Daughter of Martin Ward, Freeman
Son of Brian Jenkins, Freeman
Events manager for Inflight
Sonia Leigh, former Events
Software consultant at Thunderhead
Productions
Administrator
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Mary Datchelor School Stained Glass A couple of years ago, we rescued a set
dows in the context of Westlake’s
of twelve stained glass windows from
other work, some of which was
the school hall ahead of the redevel-
commissioned by the Clothworkers
opment of the building in Camber-
for buildings around the UK.
well. The Clothworkers owned the School up until its closure in 1981.
The booklet has been produced for historical record purposes, but also
The Company has had the wind-
importantly to help us to secure a
ows conserved and also commission-
new home for the windows. Our hope
ed a monograph on the stained glass
is that a school will be interested in
and its designer, Nathaniel Westlake.
putting them on permanent display,
Westlake and his business partner
since most of the windows show
Nathaniel Wood Lavers ran one of
scenes of young girls’ education. We
Britain’s foremost stained glass work-
are currently writing to likely
shops and Lavers was Master of the
potential takers.
Clothworkers in 1893-4. The booklet
If any member would like to
has been written by one of the leading
receive a copy of this fascinating
experts on Victorian stained glass,
booklet, please e-mail
Martin Harrison, and puts the win-
GOteam@clothworkers.co.uk
Society of Dyers and Colourists In October, the Company and the Dyers co-sponsored a successful conference at the Hall entitled Wool – the cloth of kings, attended by many leading textile and dyeing companies, together with the finalists of the SDC’s international design competition. At the gala dinner in the evening, the winners of the competition were announced and prizes presented.
Royal Geographical Society Since 2008, we have hosted the RGS -
religion, and Russia to
2011 and the dates for
IBG London City lecture series at the
the Amazon rainforest.
the first half are set out
Hall. The Company has a close link
One highlight was
on the back cover –
with the RGS, having made a major
the sell-out lecture in
Liverymen are welcome
grant of £225,000 towards the storage
November by Michael
to request free tickets
facilities for their unique map coll-
Palin, President of the
ection.
RGS, on his visit to Orissa,
In 2010, ten lectures were held at the Hall. The topics were wide-ranging, from Xanadu to the state of
from the Company’s allocation. There is an e-mail circulation list – to be added to
one of the lesser-known corners of India. The City lectures will continue in
it, please e-mail events@clothworkers. co.uk.
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Services Affiliations Scots Guards In early December, the Company hosted a presentation by the Commanding
Province. 110 boxes were dispatched
Officer of 1st Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln Jopp, on their activities in
by fifty members and staff.
Afghanistan. A report by Major Hugo Clarke, Liveryman, appears on page 14.
We have been able to provide some
A number of Liverymen attended the event which raised money for the Colonel’s
welcome financial assistance to the
Fund which provides welfare support to injured guardsmen and their
soldiers and their families – we funded
dependents.
a day out at Alton Towers for the wives and children of troops away in
There was a good response in the
boxes’ to those in Left Flank and B
Kandahar, together with a Christmas
summer to the request to send ‘buddy
Company on operations in Helmand
party for the youngsters and a subsidy to the 1st Battalion’s Christmas lunch to ensure the men enjoyed a proper celebration following their return from operations. On the social front, we were delighted to welcome the Regimental Colonel and several colleagues to the December Dinner, a return croquet match was held and the first Clothworker/ Scots Guards golf match took place. Two Past Masters and their wives were entertained to dinner followed by ‘Royal Box’ seats at the Edinburgh Tattoo in August, and several Liverymen and partners attended a charity performance of the massed bands of the Household Regiments at the Royal Albert Hall in September.
HMS Dauntless There are plans for the Ship to come
Captain Richard Powell and officers from HMS Dauntless were guests at the
to London during 2011. If this comes
December Livery Dinner. The Captain presented the Master with a print of the
to pass, we hope to be able to arrange
Ship which will be hung in the Hall.
some joint events with the Dauntless, including a tour of the Ship for some Clothworkers. We are very pleased to have provided £8,500 to the Ship’s welfare fund, the first of three such instalments. The money will be used to allow the crew to attend functions for the whole ship, which would otherwise be beyond the financial reach of many of the sailors; it will also fund adventure training activities which cannot be resourced from public funds.
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King’s Colour The Scots Guards have very kindly agreed to give to the Company the 1905 King’s Colour of the 1st Battalion.
cleaned the crimson silk fabric, removed the previous repair stitching, realigned the weave, and supported the Colour onto a dyed fabric. Finally, it was mounted on board and framed to preserve its condition. The difference can be seen in the contrasting before-and after-pictures of the Colour.
In the British Army, all battalions of
serious damage and soiling over the
the Guards and Line Regiments carry
years, together with repeated attempts
The Colour commemorates the
two colours (or ceremonial flags or
at repair. It had last been trooped on
major campaign and battle honours
standards). In the Guards, the King’s
Horse Guards Parade in 1921.
awarded to the Battalion, including its
Colour is crimson and the Regimental
We agreed with the Regiment that
first honour at the Siege of Namur in
Colour is the Union Jack, with major
the Colour should be conserved before
1695 against the French, the Penin-
battle honours appearing on each
being presented to the Company and
sular War (Talavera, Barrosa), the
Colour.
hung in the Hall. We engaged the
Crimean War (Alma, Inkerman, Sev-
The 1905 King’s Colour had been
services of a specialist textile conserv-
astopol), and the Boer War (Modder
hanging for many years in St Giles
ator, Louise Squire, who had worked
River).
Cathedral in Edinburgh and had rec-
on banners and flags in the past.
ently been returned to the Regiment.
Louise, a graduate of the Textile
Unfortunately, it had suffered from
Conservation Centre, painstakingly
We are honoured to receive this gift, which will be formally handed over at a ceremony in February.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry The Master and Clerk attended a reception at the FANY’s headquarters in Horseferry Road and were presented to the Corps’ Commander in Chief, HRH the Princess Royal. The Acting Commanding Officer att-
has recently moved premises, and the
ended the December Dinner, together
Company has offered financial assist-
with four fellow Officers. The Corps
ance to help with the relocation costs.
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Afghanistan Partnering the Afghan National Police on Operation Herrick 12 Major H R S Clarke Scots Guards
Colonel Satir allowed me to discuss these issues head on, but it still
The Colonel and the Major
Hugo Clarke is in the unique pos-
required patience to convince him
ition of being both a serving Officer
why the ANP should change their
in the Scots Guards and on the
ways. They would not be considered
Livery of the Clothworkers. He talks
as a force for good by the people
here about his experience last year
unless the people trusted them, not
in Helmand Province in B Company
only as policemen but also as good
1st Battalion as part of the NATO-led
Muslims. I persuaded the Colonel to
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), partnering with indigenous
get his men to pray at the local
security forces, an area of activity which is constantly evolving.
mosques whilst on patrol.
B Company was partnered with a Battalion (or Kandak) of the Afghan National
Patience was critical, and we would
Police (ANP) outside Lashkar Gah. They were responsible for a 140 square
ask for things repeatedly. No magic
kilometre area along a route which contained 11 ANP check points with 313 ANP
ever worked overnight, but progress
and 2 ISAF patrol bases with 78 men, a ratio of 4 ANP to 1 ISAF.
was achieved over time. In return, I would ask the Colonel if we were
When we first arrived, Colonel Satir,
urity. However, I decided that any
doing the right thing culturally – this
the ANP Kandak Commander, was
guarded action towards the ANP
he loved, particularly as we were
anti-British due to a previous poor
would have a negative effect on our
taking an interest in Afghan culture.
relationship; he had since been work-
relationship. In marked contrast to the
He gave me an Afghan outfit, some
ing with a US infantry unit, with whom
US forces visiting the ANP, in camp I
disgusting aftershave and a multitude
he got on very well. The difference was
and my men would mix with the ANP
of novelty lighters, and in return I
going to be that we were going to build
wearing no body armour and mostly
supplied him copies of Country Life.
our camps beside the ANP, whilst the
unarmed. The ANP noticed this and
He became fixated by a property for
Americans were based outside of the
commented that it displayed excellent
sale in Aberdeen and articles on
area and had no permanent local
trust in them.
growing vegetables.
presence.
The ANP held in high regard any certificates they received from ISAF,
Afghan Lead
Risk and Reward
since these would aid in
The delicate balance of partnering
My immediate concern was building a
their promotion in the
required a constant understanding of
strong relationship quickly and I saw
future. I organised sev-
the mood and the capability of the
that it was us who would have to make
eral award ceremonies
ANP. Large-scale ANP operations were
the effort. Within our first two weeks
for the ANP to hand
planned and coordinated by the ANP
we had reacted to a multitude of ANP
out certificates to ind-
HQ a month after we had turned
incidents and deployed rapidly to supp-
ividuals who had been
up. After the first couple of these
ort them, often arriving under fire.
working hard or carr-
operations we noticed that the ANP’s confidence
Our ability to respond rapidly, supp-
ied out a particularly
orting them as we would our own
brave deed; the Colonel
in their own ability
troops, allowed us to develop such a
always got a certificate.
had grown. Over-
relationship, furthered by living to-
night, we had moved
gether, sharing our food, training
Openness
together and sharing risk on patrol.
There were a number of delicate
to the ANP leading and taking owner-
Risk was not only taken on the
issues which needed to be aired
ship of their area of
ground but in camp too. ANP comm-
with the ANP, including drugs, corr-
operations,
and posts had been attacked with loss
uption, rules of engagement, treat-
part due to our support and
of life, and my troops were under-
ment of detainees and young boys
encouragement.
standably concerned about their sec-
in posts. My relationship with
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in
large
Progressively, we moved
into a more supportive role, letting the
courts were now seek-
ANP lead on everything. Although the
ing his counsel. What
size of my Company was undoubtedly
was needed now was
too small for the size of the area of
for his men to be seen
operations, I viewed us as supporting
in the same light.
elements to the larger number of ANP
We initiated three
we were partnering – it was far more
projects to achieve this:
important that the ANP had the right
I persuaded the Colonel
my mind our most important legacy
numbers and could sustain them over
to bring in embedded local media
of the tour.
time.
which produced positive coverage; we instigated regular consultations (or
Conclusion
Community Policing
‘shuras’) at each of the command posts
Everything we did with the ANP was
The majority of ANP had received
in the area to enable the Commanders
focused on continuity in the short
formal training, but there were a couple
to get to know the locals better; and
term and transition in the long term.
of important areas that still needed to
we started to train some of the ANP in
We did not pretend to the ANP that we
be addressed: Officer training and
the stabilisation role.
would be assisting them for ever and it was therefore up to them to prog-
Shop Window
ress as quickly as possible. They still
The state of the ANP command
have issues with their logistics chain
posts was dire. They were run down
and
with limited defences and certainly
however, they know this and are
not winterised, but were home to
trying to address them.
the ANP for 365 days a year. I rec-
The most important thing we could do
eived constant requests for stores
when we were with them was to leave
and plant to assist with their quart-
legacies that were Afghan-survivable
ers. I saw this as key – not only
– these had to be what they wanted
would decent command posts in-
and not what we thought was best for
their
command
structures;
them.
community policing. The latter we
crease the protection and comfort for
majored on in the last two months of
the ANP and their pride and confiden-
On a final note, the day we were
the tour. The ANP were tough and
ce, it would also aid retention and inc-
leaving, we were ordered to assist with
robust in the field but there still
rease the perception of security to the
securing a Taleban jail on the Argh-
remained a gap between them and the
people in the area.
andab. Within ten minutes of being
people. If the ANP could win the trust
At first we assisted with sand bags
notified, the ANP were ready to deploy;
and respect of the people, this would
and blast barriers, but this was just a
this would have taken over an hour
move us all further towards Transition.
temporary measure. The Government
when we first arrived. On the ground I
The Afghan Government represent-
subsequently funded rebuilds of ten
left the ANP Commander to organise
atives in Lashkar Gah did not take an
of the posts in the area as a first step
the detainees and collate evidence
interest in those living in the area,
towards further development of the
whilst we held the perimeter against
leaving Colonel Satir as ‘King’. How-
command posts. The concept of creat-
sustained attacks. This was indeed a
ever, he was widely respected – people
ing a ‘shop window’ of the ANP on the
partnered operation with the ANP
who had previously attended Taleban
main road into Lashkar Gah was in
carrying out their role as policemen.
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The Clothworkers’ Company and Ireland In January 1609 a comprehensive plan was drawn up for the colonisation of Ulster. It was intended to ‘plant’ loyal Scottish and English settlers on lands confiscated by the Crown after the flight of the Earls and thus bring stability to a province that had long suffered the effects of resistance to the imposition of English rule. The City of London was to play an
plantation, administer funds
integral part in the plantation as King
raised for the project, and
James I sought financial backing for
in essence exercise control
his plans. The City Livery Companies
on behalf of the London
were coerced into investment in the
Companies. On 10th Feb-
project and fines were levied upon
ruary 1617 it allotted the
company members individually, many
Clothworkers Proportion 5,
of whom struggled to meet their
which was to be shared
instalments. In July 1610, the Wardens
with the Merchant Taylors and several
Phillips Survey of Clothworkers Irish
of The Clothworkers’ Company were
of the smaller companies.
Estate 1622 (Drapers’ Company)
called before the Lord Mayor and
The Clothworkers’ share of lands
Aldermen to explain an arrears in
lay opposite the town of Coleraine,
any to alleviate hardship amongst the
payment. To set an example to reluct-
separated by the River Bann, and ran
poor as well as an undisclosed sum of
ant payees, two were subsequently
northwards along the west bank of the
his own money but upon his return to
thrown in prison for a number of
river towards the sea, comprising app-
England he was taken to task for
months. Another Company member
roximately 21 square miles in total.
misuse of Company funds.
resisted arrest and barricaded himself
Although a joint committee of the
The Company had however taken
into his house in protest.
Clothworkers and Merchants Taylors
notice. In 1840, the Clothworkers ass-
As the process of gathering funds
was established to manage affairs and
umed direct control of the Estate
proved extremely protracted the Crown
an agent immediately dispatched to
when the head lease fell in and set
changed tack and instead decided
oversee building work, the Company’s
about making improvements. One of
that the Livery Companies should
modus operandi appears to have been
the first tasks recommended by Edward
accept a proportionate share of the
to keep a safe distance from its new
Driver, the Company’s surveyor [and a
Ulster lands to ‘build and plant at
Estate, perhaps a wise move given
forebear of the current Master] was
[their] pleasure, costs and charges’.
Ulster’s place in incendiary colonial
land drainage and the embankment of
The Clothworkers were in no doubt
affairs in 1641 and later. From 1617
the Bann on the Killowen side, foll-
that very little pleasure but very great
the Estate was leased to Sir Robert
owed by the subsequent planning and
cost would be a more accurate assess-
Macleylan, Gentleman of the King’s
rebuilding of this development, which
ment of the likely outcome of yet
Privy Chamber and the principle of
became known as Waterside. The first
another colonizing venture – the James-
granting long head leases was to
building to be erected was the Cloth-
town plantation had been established
continue for another two centuries
workers’ Arms Hotel, occupying a
just two years earlier – and became
thereafter.
prominent position on the water’s
participants with great reluctance.
By the nineteenth century it was
edge. This solid yet dignified building
The Honourable The Irish Society was
clear that conditions on their lands
still stands today, albeit derelict, and
established in 1613 to oversee the
were not all they might be with
is immediately recognisable as the
landlords and tenants both struggling
work of Samuel Angell, the architect
to meet rents. Joshua Kirby Trimmer
of the fifth Clothworkers’ Hall. Both
[Master 1825] was sent to survey the
Angell and Driver felt that it was
Estate in the 1820s and sent a number
important to avoid ostentation in its
of reports back to London regarding
construction, contrary to the example
the poverty he encountered there. He
of other Livery Companies, and the
offered £20 as a gift from the Comp-
brief was ‘more business and less show’, remembering that many other
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Irish estate tenant John Leslie with his
projects essential to the future well-
prize winning Ayrshire cow and horse at
being of the Estate and its inhabitants
Castlerock, 1870
had still to be paid for.
Clothworkers' Arms Hotel viewed from across the River Bann, Coleraine A comprehensive programme of
broached by the Company’s
improvements soon followed includ-
agent in 1853. The Company
ing the building of roads, churches
agreed that such a school
[regardless of denomination] and
would be an important step
schools, the plantation of trees, drain-
in attracting newcomers to
age of bog lands and the enclosure of
Coleraine and thus ensuring
land by fences and hedges to prevent
its future prosperity. A piece
erosion. Regular Clothworker deput-
of land comprising five acres
ations ensured that progress was
was granted for the site of
maintained and the Company took an
the school and two hundred
active interest in the local farmers.
guineas given towards the
The Company’s agent was allowed to
building.
A deed of trust was
Trust deed for
exercise his discretion in making
The Coleraine Academical Institut-
also entered into in
Clothworker
small rewards towards the cost of
ion was inaugurated on 23rd July 1860
order to ensure the
scholarship
fences or gates or in the form of fruit
at a ceremony attended by represent-
continuation of the
trees or seeds to the most industrious
atives of the Company and The Hon-
CAI scholarship. In 2010, the Instit-
tenants. In a parallel to Sir Sydney
ourable The Irish Society, the other
ution enjoyed its sesquicentenary and
Waterlow’s endeavours in London,
major patron. Soon after its foundat-
the Clerk and Archivist were invited to
award-winning model cottages were
ion, the Company established a schol-
participate in the anniversary celeb-
arship of £50 per annum to
rations, the first time a Clothworker
be given to the best perf-
deputation had visited Coleraine for
orming student leaving
one hundred and forty years. In recog-
school – a prize board list-
nition of its renewed connection with
ing the Clothworker Schol-
Ireland, the Company has recently
ars still hangs in the
made a donation of £10,000 to the
school hall today.
Institution to enable its founder’s
In 1870 the Merchant
prize to be resurrected.
Taylors began negotiations to sell their share of the Proportion and the Clothworkers swiftly followed suit, concluding a sale to Sir Henry Hervey Bruce in 1871 and welcoming the Coleraine Academical Institution
opportunity to disengage from a three hundred year long venture that they
also erected for agricultural workers.
had been forced into in the first place.
The Company’s activities also ext-
When the Company ceded its title, it
ended into the field of education, the
left the Estate on a firm footing with
most notable of which was the foun-
no arrears of rent outstanding and
dation of the Coleraine Academical
great strides taken in both urban and
Institution. The possibility of estab-
rural development in recent decades.
lishing a school for the education of the sons of gentleman in Coleraine
The Clothworkers and Irish Society
and the surrounding area was first
delegations at Coleraine in June 2010
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Deaths
Professor Waterlow welcomes HRH Princess Alice on a visit to the TMRU ward.
Professor John Conrad Waterlow Assistant and Warden On 19 October 2010, aged 94 Office to the Caribbean to
investigate
child
mortality. It was here that he realised that many of the young children he saw
ed, writing papers up until a few years
were displaying the same symptoms
ago and in June 2010 delivering the
as kwashiorkor sufferers in West
keynote address at the launch of the
Africa. A hands-on scientist, John built
Association for Nutrition.
his own equipment to study minute
John felt that his extensive profess-
biopsy samples from which he con-
ional commitments precluded him
firmed his hypothesis and subseq-
from serving the Company effectively
uently travelled frequently to Africa to
until he reached retirement and he
develop his research into this severe
did not become a Warden until 1985.
form of malnutrition. In 1956 he
Despite this, his wisdom and exp-
persuaded the British Medical Res-
ertise in areas such as medical
earch Council to establish a Tropical
research and overseas giving were of
Metabolism Research Unit (TMRU) in
great value in particular to the Grants
Jamaica, comprising
treatment
Committee, of which he was a mem-
centre with research laboratories. It
a
ber. In 1985, John wrote a paper for the
was from here, affectionately known
Committee suggesting how aid might
as the ‘House that John built’ by
be effectively deployed to tackle pov-
former colleagues, that he developed
erty and hunger overseas in the longer
Professor John Waterlow will be rem-
understanding of this complex disease
term. His recommendations formed
embered as a pioneer in the field of
and masterminded a successful phased
the basis for discussions with Save the
nutrition.
treatment programme, subsequently
Children and resulted in The Cloth-
John was born into a well-known
adopted by the World Health Organ-
workers’ Foundation awarding a grant
London printing family in 1916. He
isation (WHO). It is estimated that
of £250,000 to the charity to establish
was the son of Sir Sydney Waterlow, a
John and his colleagues helped to save
a training centre for health workers in
former Warden of the Company and
more than a million children’s lives in
Nepal.
British Ambassador to Greece. Sir
Africa alone through their work. In
John had many friends amongst
Sydney was a member of the Blooms-
1969 John was appointed a Comp-
the Court who are greatly saddened by
bury set and John was exposed to the
anion of the Order of St Michael and
his death. Of his three children Sarah,
intellectual and literary world inhab-
St George.
is a Freewoman of the Company.
ited by Virginia Woolf and EM Forster
The following year, John moved to
at an early age. John’s great-grand-
the London School of Hygiene and
father, also Sir Sydney Waterlow, was
Tropical Medicine as Chair of Human
a great philanthropist and is the focus
Nutrition. This move resulted in the
of this issue’s Notable Clothworker
creation of a new experimental unit to
Florence Meter
piece.
study protein metabolism and turn-
Freewoman on 6th February 2010
Educated at Eton, John was inspired
over, greatly expanding the School’s
in his final year by a lecture about
breadth and depth of research and
Peter Lander
leprosy in West Africa and chose to
heralded John’s entry into the main-
study natural sciences at Trinity Coll-
stream of national and international
ege Cambridge, gaining a first in
public health. He served on a number
Physiology in 1939. After graduating in
of medical advisory committees and
Leslie Bray
1942 he went first to Basra to research
was subsequently a Nutrition Advisor
heat stroke amongst British troops
to the Overseas Development Admin-
Freeman and Pensioner on 17th August 2010
before being sent by the Colonial
istration. He remained actively involv-
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FREEDOM
Freeman on 14th March 2010
Gillian Barnes Freewoman in August 2010
Notable Clothworkers
Sir Sydney Waterlow in 1872
Sir Sydney Waterlow The London apprentice who became Lord Mayor Sydney Hedley Waterlow was born on
ist. He was keenly interested in the
1st November 1822, the son of James
improvement of dwellings for the
Waterlow, a member of The Station-
industrious classes and erected, at
ers’ Company. He was brought up in
his own expense,
Mile End by his grandmother before
four dwelling blocks
being apprenticed at the age of four-
in Mark Street, Fins-
teen to his uncle, a printer, through
bury in 1862. The
the Stationers. He became Free of that
following year he est-
Company in 1843 and was subseq-
ablished the Improv-
uently elected to the Livery in 1847.
ed Industrial Dwell-
Waterlow worked for the family
ings Company, one of
stationer’s business in Birchin Lane
the two main providers
national Exhibition
where he became pivotal in the
of working class hous-
in Paris in 1867 for
establishment of what became its
ing in late Victorian
which he was knight-
highly-profitable printing arm. Water-
London. Amongst many
ed. Waterlow was
low and Sons soon expanded to a
others, the IIDC erected
also a Liberal MP
second location on London Wall and
the Waterlow Building in
for Dumfriesshire,
at one time employed over four thous-
Three Colts Lane by Beth-
and men. Sydney’s experiences as an
nal Green station and the Leopold
During his Mayoralty, Waterlow
apprentice were a defining part of his
Buildings, the well-known listed tene-
became a Clothworker and was elect-
life, shaping his longstanding interest
ment block on Columbia Road.
ed to the Court. Although he did not become Master, he was nonetheless an
In 1872 Waterlow gave his home in
thereafter. All employees of the firm took a share in its annual profits (at
important figure in the nineteenth
© The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
the same percentage given as dividends to shareholders) and grants were offered in times of sickness, retirement and emergency. These policies were sneered at, but Waterlow felt that ‘philanthropy and 5 per cent’ went very well together. Waterlow was well known in the City on account of his business interests and in 1863, he stood as an Alderman in Langbourn Ward (he had
Highgate, Lauderdale House, to St
been a Common Councillor since 1857).
Bartholomew’s Hospital for use as a
He became Master of The Stationers’
convalescent home and in 1889 fam-
Company in 1872, and in the same
ously donated the surrounding estate
year Lord Mayor.
(comprising 29 acres) to the public as
Waterlow was a great philanthrop-
century resurgence of the Company. It
Leopold Buildings
was he that proposed a motion to the Court to support the establishment of the City and Guilds of London Institute in December 1876. Made a KCVO in 1902, Sir Sydney died in 1906. Waterlow’s fourth son, George Sydney, a stationer, joined the Clothworkers in 1880 and the connection continues through this branch of the family today.
By kind permission of Lauderdale House
in and concern for the working classes
Maidstone and later Gravesend.
a ‘garden for the gardenless’. It is now known as Waterlow Park. Other acts of voluntarism included acting as Chairman of United Westminster Schools, Treasurer of St Bart’s, Governor of the Irish Society and as a juror for Great Britain at the InterWaterlow Park
Lauderdale House
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Turner Prize Winner at Clothworkers’ Hall Anyone walking by the Hall on a weekend at the end of last year might have been surprised to hear a woman’s voice singing unaccompanied an Elizabethan chant.
Shortly after the installation,
We were asked by the City Corporat-
the City of London. Every weekend,
Susan
ion to allow a firm to mount a set of
pieces sung by Susan Phillipsz were
Phillipsz won the
speakers on our property for a two-
played throughout the day. The piece
Turner Art Prize for
month period to allow ‘sound art’
heard around the tower of All Hallows
her sound art
performances.
Staining was an early seventeenth-
piece, singing a
century round of unrequited love by
traditional
Thomas Ravenscroft.
Scottish lament.
‘Surround Me’ was a song cycle project installed at six locations around
Andrew and Penny
Staff Penny Spencer has joined the Company as Director of Finance and Administration to replace Andrew Woods, who is retiring after thirteen
Hilary and Katie
years as Assistant Clerk. The Master Company, the Tobacco Pipe Makers.
presented Andrew with the Freedom
Following the change in our cater-
of the Company at the December
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Court, together with a Burton tankard in appreciation of his service.
Hilary Dolamore, Personal Assistant to the Master and Clerk, is going
ing arrangements, the role of Events Administrator will now be done by
on maternity leave in February and
Chester Boyd. Unfortunately, this
has spent most of her career working
her job is being covered by Katie
means that Sonia Leigh will be
on property transactions. She was a
Tapponnier. Katie joins us from
leaving us after five years of building
partner at the West End firm Jeffrey
Rothschild Trust Corporation and she
up our Lent Hall business and organ-
Green Russell and subsequently
previously worked at a law firm,
ising Company events. We wish her
worked for the real estate arm of the
Speechly Bircham, where her boss
well in the future and look forward
private equity house Doughty Hanson.
acted as Clerk to another Livery
to seeing her at Freedom lunches.
Penny is a qualified solicitor who
Dates for Your Diary Tuesday, 8th February
Friday, 1st April
Monday, 6th June
■ RGS Lecture – Wild Coast: Travels
■ United Guilds Service
■
in South America’s Untamed Edge
and Livery Lunch
Young Freedom Drinks Reception
by John Grimlette Wednesday, 23rd February
Tuesday, 5th April
Wednesday, 8th June
■ RGS Lecture
■
■ Young Livery Supper
Livery and Election Dinner
Wednesday, 20th April Wednesday, 16th March ■ RGS Lecture – Secret Oceans
■ Court and Livery Civic Dinner (with partners) Wednesday, 11th May
Lunch
■ RGS Lecture
■ Charities Lunch
Friday, 24th June Wednesday, 18th May ■ Inter Livery Shoot Holland & Holland, Ruislip
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Friday, 24th June ■ Election of Sheriffs and Livery
by Paul Rose Wednesday, 23rd March
Annual Meeting of
■ Great Twelve Sailing Challenge, Seaview, Isle of Wight