Spring 2009 • No 1
Clothworker The
Welcome to the first edition of The Clothworker, a new magazine for members. We plan to produce an issue two or three times a year containing news and information about the Company and the City which we hope will be of interest to you.
ANTHONY WEST Master
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150th anniversary of the first St Thomas’ Eve luncheon For members of the Freedom St Thomas’ Eve, 20th December, was originally the day on which gifts were made to poor Clothworkers from the Company’s Trusts. It is the eve of the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle, the patron saint of architects and builders. According to legend, Thomas was brought before the Court of King Gundaphorus whilst travelling through India. He was asked to build the King a magnificent palace and given vast sums of money to do so. Instead Thomas gave it all to the poor, convincing Gundaphorus that, by such action, a palace was being raised in heaven far nobler than any earthly building. In medieval times it was traditional in many parts of the country to ‘go a thomasing’ on the feast day. Children of the poor would go to the local manor house to receive gifts of food or money for the Christmas season. A number of our benefactors followed this tradition by leaving money in their wills for the Company to distribute to the needy. Each year the Beadle would prepare a list of the poor members of the Company, who would come to the Hall to receive gifts of money, food or beer. From 1886 Thwaytes’ gifts were distributed annually to members at the St Thomas’ Eve luncheon. The custom of to be made as a Thwaytes’ presentation, was last year revived in order to mark the luncheon’s 150th anniversary.
Cornwell Scribe Works
giving bonbons, the first gift
Bridgeman Art Library
Previously we have produced two annual reports, one for the Company and one for the Foundation. Going forward, we will combine information on the Company which is suitable for external audiences with the review of the Foundation’s activity into one report which will have a broader circulation than the membership. As Master since July 2008 I am having a busy year, not only wining and dining in the City, but also attending formal openings and other activities of projects which have been supported by the Foundation. In addition, I have visited Edinburgh, Worcester and Exeter as a guest of local guilds and, in the next few months, I shall also be going to Bristol, York and Sheffield in a similar capacity. In June my wife Sarah and I will attend the Livery Weekend in Ironbridge (an event conceived by late Past Master Sir Peter Gadsden). In the City my wife and I were lucky enough to attend the Silent Ceremony at Guildhall, where power is transferred from the Lord Mayor to his successor, and subsequently the Lord Mayor’s Banquet, also at Guildhall. You will find elsewhere in this issue details of several City initiatives which you are encouraged to support, as well as other opportunities for members to get more involved. I hope you find the format and content appealing and worth your time reading. We want your feedback on what you would like to know more about. Please write to me at the Hall or e-mail to Master@clothworkers.co.uk
St Thomas’ Eve
Social Events Strong turnout at dinners In October, the guest speaker was the Rt. Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading, who gave an inspirational speech. The entertainment was provided by Stefan Ciric, pianist from the Royal Academy of Music, winner of a number of awards, including top prize in the Cantu International Piano & Orchestra Competition in Italy in 2003. At the December dinner, Bernard Ribeiro, Past President of the Royal College of Surgeons and a pioneer in keyhole surgery was the principal guest. Ruth Montgomery, flautist, supported by Roger Montgomery on guitar, provided the entertainment. Ruth is a former pupil of the Mary Hare School for the Deaf, a charity the Foundation has supported and where the Master is a former Vice-Chairman.
Members who have attended
Select ‘Livery Company’
dinners recently will probably
function type; you are then
have noticed that a profess-
able to click onto a specific
ional photographer has been
dinner and insert the pass-
taking pictures. You are reminded that you can view these photos at his website www.sharpphoto.co.uk.
word ‘goldenram’ to log in and view the photographs. Copies can be purchased by following the online instructions.
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Sporting Activities Claypigeon Shooting The Inter-Livery Shoot will take place at the Holland and Holland ground in Ruislip, West London on the morning of Wednesday, 20th May. It is a very convivial and enjoyable occasion and the Captain, Charlie Houston, is planning to enter three teams. Please let Charlie know if you are interested in joining the team on charles@c-houston.freeserve.co.uk
Sailing The fifth Great Twelve Sailing challenge is being held in Seaview on the Isle of Wight on the 19th-20th June. Those who have participated before have greatly enjoyed the event. The Beadle is putting together two teams – one Senior and the other less so! We are always looking for additional crew, so if you are interested, contact Michaeldrummond@clothworkers.co.uk
Skiing The Ironmongers are looking to organise an InterLivery Championship at the end of January 2010, probably in Italy. At this point, detailed arrangements have not been made but the intention is for it to be a weekend which will appeal to a range of age groups and skill levels. We will update the website as we get further details, but if you would like to register interest, please e-mail events@clothworkers.co.uk
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Livery Fund
Grants totalling £51,000 have been made to four charities The Livery Charity Committee meets on several occasions during the year to discuss how the income received from members, both Liverymen and Freemen, and the Company should be distributed.
For 2008, the Committee decided to focus on three areas: ■ Mental illness in young people ■ Respite care for the physically disabled ■ Disadvantaged elderly in the East End of London A number of charities active in these areas were researched and considered by the Committee, resulting in a short list of organisations who were invited to submit proposals and come to the Hall to present their case.
about the condition – particularly for young people and
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
students. We have made a grant of £20,000 to allow the Trust to design and pilot a masterclass for school staff to support
This charity was formed by the family of a 28 year old man who committed suicide as a result of depression.
mental wellbeing in secondary schools, initially in London but with the potential to be rolled out nationally. We have also made
Its aims are to raise awareness of depression,
It supports an institute of evidencebased psychological treatment, mental health trainers who work to raise awareness of depression amongst health care
professionals and provides access to information
R MEM LE
depressed to seek help.
CHA
available the Hall at no charge to enable
E WAL RLI
illness and encourage those who may be
IAL TR OR
reduce the stigma associated with mental
T US
them to hold a high profile national launch of the masterclass schools
programme.
The Brandon Centre Since 1993 the Centre has been providing a counselling and psychotherapy service for young bereaved people to help them cope with the immediate impact of loss of a parent and its aftermath. Young people in such circumstances are vulnerable to depression and other mental health problems. Many of those treated by the Centre in Camden are from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. We made a grant of £5,000 towards their bereavement counselling project.
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Livery Fund
3H Fund Each year the 3H Fund (‘Help the Handicapped Holiday Fund’) enables more than 300 disabled children and adults to enjoy a holiday. They organise subsidised group holidays with the support
accommodation in the UK. Their experience is that even a
of volunteer helpers so that in parallel the family carers
short break in different surroundings can stimulate a
can have a separate and much-needed period of respite.
disabled person, increase confidence and provide much-
They also make grants to enable families on low incomes
needed respite from the day to day routine of caring.
with a disabled dependant have a UK holiday break. The charity sought support for their grants programme. This involves donations of up to £350 towards holiday
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We provided a grant of £15,000 which will allow fifty low income families with a disabled dependant to take a well-earned break.
Contact the Elderly This charity organises friendship groups and social contact to relieve acute loneliness in older people using a network of volunteers. We made a grant of £11,000 to provide monthly outings for isolated elderly people living in East London. Volunteer drivers and hosts organise regular monthly outings for up to a dozen frail, elderly people who would otherwise be alone. The same group attend each month, going to a different family home each time, allowing friendships to develop. Our grant will allow the charity to establish twelve such groups in East London, an area which has traditionally been difficult to serve.
The total of member donations received in 2008 was down on the
Livery Charity Committee
previous year. The Livery Fund makes a real difference to charities doing wonderful work for those less fortunate, and your donation is matched by the Company.
■ John Coombe-Tennant Chairman ■ John Wake ■ Juliet Cartwright
We encourage you to continue supporting the Fund or, if you have not
■ Jamie Ingham Clark
contributed recently, make a donation, no matter how small. Cheques
■ Anne Luttman-Johnson
should be made payable to The Clothworkers’ Foundation.
■ Tim West
This charity received a £24,000 grant from
Hope for Tomorrow
the Livery Fund in 2007 towards a mobile chemotherapy assessment vehicle which
Ecofashion and Jeffrey Archer at the Hall
allows patients to receive treatment in
in a good cause
their home town rather than travel long distances to a hospital. Liverymen who attended last year’s annual meeting will remember the impressive presentation on the charity’s work by its founder and medical director. As part of our support, we let Hope for Tomorrow have free use of the Hall to hold a gala dinner and fashion show last November. Over one hundred guests, including some of the charity’s high profile patrons (Lord MacLaurin, Lord Archer and Stirling Moss), enjoyed the evening. The charity exceeded its fundraising target for the night, netting a profit of over £47,000 to add to the value of our grant.
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Lord Mayor’s Appeal This year, the Lord Mayor’s Appeal will support two very worthy charities, St John Ambulance and the Lord’s Taverners
Financial Literacy Volunteers needed to help primary school children do the numbers.
Thousands of young people are trained in first aid every year by St John Ambulance who run a much
The Lord Mayor is keen to prom-
admired programme of empowering
ote financial literacy amongst
young people. Funds raised by the
school children to help reduce
Appeal will be used to supply, and
poverty levels. Teaching young-
train people to use, 1,000 new
sters about personal finance at an
defibrillators around the City.
early age can help them avoid the poverty trap in adulthood.
The Lord’s Taverners do excellent
One way members can do
work in giving disadvantaged young people a ‘sporting chance’. They fund
something valuable is to volunteer
specially-adapted minibuses to trans-
for three days during the school
port young disabled children and
year to work with a primary school in Tower Hamlets or
provide sporting equipment to allow all youngsters to participate in
be split between the two charities.
Hackney to improve students’
sporting activities.
A number of events are being held
understanding of financial literacy.
The Foundation has made a grant of £10,000 to the Appeal which will
throughout the Lord Mayor’s year to raise funds for the Appeal.
The commitment would involve showing a group of pupils their workplace, accompanying them
There will also be an inter-Livery six a side cricket challenge in aid of the Appeal. The first round knockout will be played at the HAC ground in the City on 25th June and 2nd July – teams
will have a predetermined one hour
Museum and working on a
slot and there will be a barbecue
budgeting activity in the
lunch for those who can stay. The
classroom for a day.
final will take place at the ground on
If any member would be interested in
the Getty estate at Wormsley,
getting involved, please contact the
Buckinghamshire on 24th July.
Clerk at Andrewblessley@
We very much hope to field a team
clothworkers.co.uk
and will be looking for volunteers!
Bridgeman Art Library
Six a Side Cricket
on a visit to the Bank of England
London Bridge Fair Members and their families may be interested in attending
To celebrate this important milestone, a ‘medieval fair’
the London Bridge Anniversary Fair on Saturday 11th July.
will be held on the Bridge. A range of activities is planned, including a sheep drive (and possibly other livestock).
2009 is the 800th anniversary of the completion in 1209 of the first stone bridge across the Thames by the priest-
Details will be posted on the Appeal’s website:
architect Peter de Colechurch.
www.thelordmayorsappeal.org.
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Making our Records more Accessible 450 years of Freedom records transcribed onto digital database The Company’s Freedom Registers, which date from 1545, become increasingly detailed over time and are a mine of information for keen genealogists, recording details such as
research resource for historians, enabling them to look at
occupations, addresses and in some cases dates of birth of
trends in membership over time, placing events and indiv-
new Freemen. All recorded information from the Freedom
iduals in their historical contexts.
Registers – over 21,000 entries - has been entered into a
Work has now begun in earnest on transcribing the
purpose-built database which will in time be made
Company’s Apprenticeship registers which will also be
available online.
added to the database. We expect this work to unearth a
The Freedom database will also be a significant new
further wealth of interesting information.
His Majesty’s Service on the Torbay Man of War.” HMS Torbay, a 74 gun man of war, was heavily involved in the Seven Years War against France, and Foote would have witnessed first hand National Maritime Museum Greenwich
British victories at Quiberon Bay in 1759 and Belle Isle in 1761. The Torbay subsequently became the flagship of the expeditionary force to
Freedom Registers reveal snippets
Newfoundland. Foote was thus a very well-travelled individual by the time he
On 2 Oct 1771, John Foote,
following an apprentice-
to the entry states that:
returned to London to
of Swordbearer Alley,
ship to Zachariah Tofield
Foote “served said Tofield
take up his Freedom
Chiswell Street, was made
begun on 4 Oct 1752. An
5 years 3/4 & the
nineteen years after his
Free of the Company,
intriguing note appended
remainder of his time in
apprenticeship began.
Bookbinding Competition Second year of Clothworker prizes at the Designer
The second prize was awarded to Yuko
Bookbinders Competition
Matsuno’s rendition of Our prizes in the competition are for the Open Choice
a children’s book by
Book. The winner was Annette Friedrich who took John
Francis Coventry The
Galsworthy’s Over the River (far right) and created a binding
History of Pompey the Little
using dark brown goatskin, white and
or The Life and Adventures of a Lap Dog
metallic foil
(left). This imaginative design was made from natural
tooling and
goatskin, hand-coloured calf onlays and faux fur, with a
blue metallic
goatskin and faux chemise.
lettering.
All the entries were exhibited in the John Ryland Library in Manchester for a two-month period, and we were pleased that Peter Langley, Assistant, was one of the four competition judges.
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Woolly Thinking in the Square Mile Freemen of the City of London have an ancient right to herd sheep over London Bridge without need or cause of having to pay a toll or fine. In September, the World Traders organised a sheep drive across the Bridge in aid of the then Lord Mayor’s Appeal, raising £40,000 for Orbis, the world’s only flying eye hospital, and Wellbeing for Women. Over 500 Freemen and Liverymen participated in the event, including our Master and some of the Livery. The sight of fifteen Romney ewes being shepherded back and forth across the bridge by gowned Masters was met with some bemusement by commuters. It is not known whether any participants then proceeded to exercise any of their other traditional rights, such as waving a sword around or being drunk in the Square Mile.
Coat in a Day An Arts Centre in Cirencester we supported a few years
The event will demon-
ago is mounting a ‘Make It’ weekend in June to celebrate
strate the processes used
contemporary craft.
in the making of woollen cloth and be supported by
New Brewery Arts is a
working from sunrise to
an exhibition entitled
centre of excellence for
sunset to achieve a
Sheep – from Lamb to Loom
contemporary craft in the
finished garment. Three
and a programme of
South West and its
sheep will be sheared at
educational activities.
resident makers include
sunrise; the wool will be
ten weavers and textile
washed, carded, dyed and
provide some financial
artists.
spun by late morning. In
support for the event
the afternoon the cloth
alongside the Weavers’
will include the making of
will be woven, over-dyed,
Company. Members might
a woollen coat in one day,
finished and cut, culmin-
be interested in attending
ating in a finished coat to
the show on Sunday, 21st
The Make It Weekend
be worn at a fashion show in the evening.
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We have agreed to
June and details will be posted on the website.
Yorkshire College Clothworkers’ historical role at Leeds commemorated by a blue plaque The Clothworkers have been associated with Leeds University for 135 years. Our original donations funded the construction of buildings to house the Department of Textile Industries including a lecture
in 1904. Visitors to Leeds will have seen a number of
room for ninety students,
Clothworker icons around the
weaving sheds, a
campus.
museum and dye
John Stoddart-Scott, Chairman
house.
of the Foundation, braved the elements in early February to
We subsequently funded a number of
unveil a Leeds Civic Trust plaque
other buildings for the
on the outside of the original
College which became
building to commemorate our
the University of Leeds
early support.
The Clothworkers’ Library
includes leech finders, women, ‘by no means the fairest of
Cataloguing the Company’s Library brings to light hidden gems
frequented by leeches. The bloodsuckers would attach
their sex’, who promenaded barelegged in pools of water themselves to the women’s legs from which they were ext-
A Compleat Guide to All Persons who have any Trade or Concern
racted and placed in small barrels of water for safekeeping.
with the City of London and Part Adjacent is one such example. Printed in 1740, it is an early example of a trade directory, listing the names, addresses and occupations of tradesman and merchants within the metropolis, and will be of great interest to those interested in eighteenth century London and its inhabitants. The first known directory of London merchants was published in 1677; however, it was not until the 1730s that they began to be more regularly produced. The largest collection of surviving directories can be found in Guildhall Library, but dates only from 1736. Our volume is one of only six known surviving copies of its kind in the UK. We also have a rare 1814 first edition of The Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker. Recording the social mores and occupations of locals during the Industrial Revolution, it
The Signs of Old Lombard Street We were one of the original subscribers to this
number of which are still in place (or replicas). Above the entrance to number 68 is a splendid
privately-published
grasshopper. In the times of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Thomas
nineteenth century book.
Gresham had his shop on the site and a grasshopper
It describes the history of
featured in his crest. Gresham was a ‘princely merchant
signs hung outside build-
and goldsmith’ who founded the Royal Exchange and
ings on Lombard Street, a
Gresham College.
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Support for the Armed Forces The Company continues to support charities which provide help to ex-servicemen and women and their dependants.
Recognising the huge contribution made by the armed forces to our security, we endeavour to respond positively to suitable requests for assistance, primarily through grants from the Foundation.
Royal Star and Garter The Master attended the opening in October of a new
disabled. The charity has decided to build two or three
Royal Star and Garter Home for disabled ex-servicemen
new purpose-built homes spread around the country, with
and women in Solihull.
the West Midlands being the first site.
The original home is a 1920s listed building on the top of
rooms at the Solihull home.
We made a £150,000 grant towards en suite shower Richmond Hill which is no longer suitable for caring for the
Queen Alexandra Hospital Home The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home was opened in Worthing, West Sussex in 1919 to provide nursing and rehabilitation care to physically-disabled ex-servicemen and women. Demand for its care, both long term and respite, has been increasing and they have just completed a major expansion and upgrade at a cost of £1.3m. We awarded them a grant of £50,000 during the final stage of their appeal which helped to unlock further sources of funds to reach their target. The Master and his Lady attended the formal opening by HRH Princess Alexandra.
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Scots Guards New affiliation with Regiment off to a good start Liverymen who attended the October and December dinners could not have failed to notice the two Guardsmen flanking the entrance to the Hall. The Guards are heavily involved in Iraq and Afghanistan and sadly have suffered a number of casualties. Demands on the traditional sources of welfare for the wounded and dependants have increased dramatically. As a result, the Regiment launched a new charity, The Colonel’s Fund, to help such cases at a reception at Guildhall in November. We have made a £50,000 contribution to the new fund. The Regimental Colonel invited a group of Court members and their partners to a dinner at Wellington Barracks in the presence of their Colonel, HRH the Duke of Kent, who is also of course a Liveryman of the Clothworkers. The dinner in February, which formally launched our affiliation, was preceded by a march past of the fortystrong Regimental Band. In May a small group will go to Catterick in North Yorkshire, where the Regiment’s First Battalion is now based, to view their operations first hand and meet some of the members.
Chelsea Cricket Match We plan to hold an early evening cricket match against the Regiment in midsummer and are looking for volunteers to make up an eleven. If you are interested, please contact Alex Ingham Clark (ainghamclark@na.investcorp.com)
Fundraising Dinner We are giving the Regiment use of the Hall to hold a fund-
Clothworkers to the event – tickets are £200 per head for
raising dinner for the Colonel’s Fund on Thursday, 14th May.
a very worthy cause. Please contact the Hall (events@
They would be delighted to welcome members of the
clothworkers.co.uk) if you would like to purchase tickets.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Four Officers joined us at the October
Horseferry Road in the
Livery Dinner and Commandant Annie
company of the Assistant
Cockram was on the top table in
Chief of Defence Staff.
The Master and Clerk were guests
We are continuing to Stewart Turkington
December.
support the cost of the unit’s
at the FANY St. Andrew’s Day reception for all their
Adjutant, and have paid the
supporters and in mid-November Melville Haggard, Assist-
second instalment of a three-
ant, attended a training night at their headquarters in
year grant of £30,000.
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HMS Dauntless The Ship is currently undergoing sea trials In September the Master
briefing on the Ship’s
Livery Dinner when the
led a small party of local
capabilities they were
three senior officers were
sea trials this summer.
members on a visit to the
given a tour of the
able to join us.
Failing this, they intend
Ship, then at the final
Dauntless and were the
stages of fit out at Clyde-
first group to be entertain-
that a small group of
members to sea from
side ahead of sea trials
ed in the Ward Room; we
Clothworkers may be
Portsmouth once the
in November.
were delighted to
invited to join the Ship
trails are concluded in
reciprocate at the October
during their second set of
2010.
In addition to a
Cadets
There is a possibility
to invite some of our
something productive. Boys and girls from the age of
Many of our fellow Livery Companies have links to units
twelve come to training nights
of cadets. The Lord Mayor is keen that more Companies
twice a week and learn such
provide such support
practical skills as first aid and enter the Duke of Edinburgh’s
We are establishing an
Award Scheme. They also go on summer camps and
affiliation with Unit 42 of the
participate in a range of outdoor activities.
Army Cadet Force based in
The Marine Society and Sea Cadets comprise 400 units
Romford, Essex. This unit was
around the UK involving more than 13,000 cadets. Within
only set up last year but is
the London Area there are 45 units, together with two boat
linked to the Scots Guards,
stations.
and there is thus a logic in our doing the same. The ACF is a national youth organization set up in 1860;
Instructors are volunteers and, like the ACF, cadets are trained to achieve a range of qualifications, some with a
today it looks to get young people, many from
nautical flavour. We are currently exploring opportunities
disadvantaged backgrounds, off the streets and doing
for an affiliation with the Sea Cadets.
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St Paul’s Cathedral Close connection with the City’s Cathedral continues A group of Liverymen attended an evensong service in September to dedicate the new vestments for the Dean and Chapter followed by a private view of an exhibition at Central St Martins College. The Foundation made a major grant of £100,000 towards the vestments as part of the Cathedral’s 300th Anniversary Appeal. The Master has attended several services at St Paul’s in an official capacity during his year. These included a service to commemorate the end of operations by the UK Armed Forces in Northern Ireland, where we were pleased to provide a £2,000 contribution to the cost of feeding some of the 700 army veterans and family members attending the service. The St Paul’s Cathedral School includes some 35 choristers, all of whom board. The principle is that children with the requisite talent should be able to attend the school regardless of their families’ financial circumstances. A number of Livery Companies support choristers and we have agreed to join them, providing a grant of £60,000 to fund the boarding costs of two choristers from disadvantaged backgrounds for five years. A Clothworker
out the year; this is currently being made by a specialist
chorister will wear a Company medal at services through-
silversmith.
Royal Geographical Society City Lectures We have now hosted six lectures at the Hall, with Chris
security correspondent, on 15th
Patten attracting a full house. The RGS are very pleased
June talking about his life of
with how the programme is evolving.
extraordinary travels to dangerous places.
The next events are Heaven Crawley on 20th May speaking
We have an allocation of thirty places at each lecture
about the controversies surrounding migration and its
for Liverymen. Full details are posted on the members’
impact on the UK, and Frank Gardner (right), the BBC’s
section of the website.
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New Members of the Freedom Kate Westbrook by Patrimony, daughter of Georgina Westbrook (née Purefoy), she is a student studying Italian and History of Art at the University of Leeds. She is also a 2nd rank cello player and has played concerts in the Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall. Sarah West by Patrimonial Redemption, daughter of Derek Hamilton Mays-Smith, Liveryman, and the Master’s Lady. Georgina Ingham Clark by Patrimony, daughter of Alex Ingham Clark, Liveryman, she is a 3rd year student compHannah Hall by Patrimony, daughter of Janet Hall (née
leting a Theatre Studies degree at the University of Kent.
Milburn), she is a student at Bournemouth College studying Garden Design, Film and Photography. She is also a trainee supervisor with Odeon Cinemas.
Staff Our Grants Manager, Ruby Dlay, has left us after four years working for the Foundation. She is switching to a part-time role nearer to home to allow her to balance her work and being a mother.
us providing two periods of maternity cover, the latest being for Belinda Greenwell who is scheduled to return in September. Feria Henry is joining us as Grants Officer in April to look
Two of our longest serving cleaners, Linda Chappell and
after monitoring our grants – especially important in the
Joy Sullivan, retired at the end of the year after 29 and 14
current climate – and to manage the growing visit prog-
years with the Company respectively. Patsy Leslie and
ramme. She has extensive experience in the charity sector,
Carol Taylor have joined us to take over their duties.
including six years at the Diana Princess of Wales
The Reverend Oliver Ross, Chaplain to the Company and
Memorial Fund.
Rector of St. Olave’s, has been appointed Area Dean
Brigid Goddard (centre) leaves us in the summer, having
by the Bishop of London.
worked for twenty five Masters and three Clerks during her
Despite his expanded remit,
time at the Clothworkers. We are currently recruiting her
Oliver has kindly agreed to
replacement as Personal Assistant to the Master and Clerk.
continue as our Chaplain.
Deaths It is with great sadness that we have to report the following deaths:
Dates for Your Diary
Ronald Sharp Pensioner and former Maintenance
Tuesday, 21st April 2009
Wednesday, 10th June 2009
Friday, 19th June 2009
and Cleaning Assistant
■ Court and Livery Civic
■ Annual meeting of
■ Great Twelve Sailing
1980-1985, on 22nd
Dinner (with partners)
Livery and Election
Challenge, Seaview, Isle
Dinner
of Wight
Wednesday, 20th May 2009 ■ Inter Livery Clay Pigeon Shooting Day
Dora Eileen Adams Monday, 15th June 2009
Tuesday, 23rd June 2009
Freewoman by Courtesy
■ RGS Lecture - Frank
■ Young Freemen Drinks
and widow of Geoffrey
■ RGS Lecture – Heaven Crawley
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Gardner
Reception
Turner Adams, Liveryman, on 4th November 2008
The Clothworker | design by Chris Monk | Printing by Trident Printing | www.tridentprinting.co.uk
Philip Howard is our new Grants Manager, having been with