THE GLOVER December 2011 - The Worshipful Company of Glovers
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<strong>THE</strong><br />
No. 95 - <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Election <strong>of</strong> the Sheriffs at Guildhall<br />
is a fixed point in the <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
<strong>Company</strong> Diary but it is usually the<br />
occasion for a very pleasant lunch in the<br />
Guildhall Club after an interesting piece<br />
<strong>of</strong> City pageantry. In <strong>2011</strong> the date was<br />
much more significant for our Livery.<br />
On Friday 24 June Wendy Mead,<br />
Citizen and Glover, was standing for<br />
election as non-Aldermanic Sheriff. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> was well represented<br />
in Common Hall and Wendy was<br />
clearly the best supported <strong>of</strong> the three<br />
candidates for non-Aldermanic Sheriff.<br />
However the margin was not large and<br />
a poll was demanded. On Friday 8 July<br />
we returned to Guildhall. Wendy’s<br />
supporters were identified by their<br />
smart rosettes in the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ black and<br />
silver colours and it was obvious that<br />
Wendy’s work for the City <strong>of</strong> London on<br />
Common Council and for Bart’s<br />
Hospital had won her many friends.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Poll confirmed the results <strong>of</strong> the<br />
show <strong>of</strong> hands in Common Hall, with<br />
Wendy receiving 693 votes, a lead <strong>of</strong><br />
144 over Nicholas Bonham, the<br />
second-placed candidate. It is good to<br />
record the number <strong>of</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong> voting<br />
in the poll was the highest <strong>of</strong><br />
any company, with 22.75% <strong>of</strong> the<br />
livery voting.<br />
REVIEW OF <strong>THE</strong> WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF <strong>GLOVER</strong>S OF LONDON<br />
<strong>THE</strong> ELECTION OF SHERIFF WENDY MEAD<br />
<strong>The</strong> Civic Team with their Consorts<br />
Sheriff and Glover Wendy Mead<br />
Wendy’s victory introduced us to more<br />
City pageantry which usually perhaps<br />
passes us by. Her friends subscribed for<br />
a shrieval chain and badge <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice was<br />
presented to her on 19 September at<br />
Carpenters’ Hall. <strong>The</strong>n on Wednesday<br />
28 September Wendy Mead and<br />
Alderman Alan Yarrow were admitted<br />
to their <strong>of</strong>fices “upon pain and peril that<br />
will fall thereon” (in the words <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Sergeant-at-Arms’ charge to the new<br />
Sheriffs). <strong>The</strong>y were<br />
escorted into Guildhall by<br />
deputations <strong>of</strong> the Masters<br />
and Wardens <strong>of</strong> their<br />
Mother Companies at the<br />
start <strong>of</strong> a solemn and<br />
fascinating ceremony.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sheriffs’ Breakfast at<br />
Drapers’ Hall which<br />
followed was much less<br />
formal but equally<br />
memorable. By Lord<br />
Mayor’s Day <strong>of</strong> course<br />
Wendy was settled into<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice, joining the Lord<br />
Mayor on Mansion House<br />
Balcony to acknowledge<br />
REGISTERED AT STATIONERS’ HALL<br />
the parade and making her livery<br />
affiliations plain whenever she waved<br />
her special <strong>Glovers</strong>’ glove.<br />
Sheriff Wendy Mead’s Coat <strong>of</strong> Arms<br />
was designed by William Hunt, Windsor<br />
Herald, and combines allusions to her<br />
activities in the City with a pun on her<br />
name. In heraldic terms it is blazoned:<br />
Per fess enhanced Argent and Sable a<br />
Pale and a Chevron all countercharged<br />
between three Bees Volant proper. <strong>The</strong><br />
pattern is in fact a combination <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Arms <strong>of</strong> St Bartholomew’s Hospital and<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Worshipful</strong> <strong>Company</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bees symbolize busy people and<br />
teamwork and also allude to mead<br />
made from their honey. <strong>The</strong> arms<br />
form the centre <strong>of</strong> Wendy’s shrieval<br />
badge, shown in the picture, which<br />
was designed by Pei-Nap Mok <strong>of</strong><br />
Toye, Kenning and Spencer. Around<br />
Wendy’s own arms are the arms<br />
<strong>of</strong> St Bartholomew’s, <strong>of</strong> Wendy’s<br />
other Livery, the Pattenmakers, her<br />
Common Council Ward <strong>of</strong> Farringdon<br />
Without and, <strong>of</strong> course, <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong>.<br />
Wendy's' Shrieval Chain <strong>of</strong> Office<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong> One
<strong>The</strong> year certainly appears to have<br />
raced by rather quickly; certainly for<br />
Susanna and me. Before I became<br />
Master, I had no real concept <strong>of</strong> what it<br />
all really means to shoulder the<br />
responsibilities <strong>of</strong> Master. Yes, I know<br />
Past Masters have given me some<br />
indication <strong>of</strong> what it entails so nothing<br />
comes as a complete shock and I have<br />
been through the system as a committee<br />
Chairman, Assistant and then Warden,<br />
so I knew what happens in the upper<br />
echelons <strong>of</strong> governance <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Company</strong><br />
but nothing prepared me for the true<br />
power and glory <strong>of</strong> being Master. That<br />
is because there is none. <strong>The</strong> Master<br />
is there on good will alone. He is<br />
completely reliant on everyone else in<br />
the <strong>Company</strong> to guide, help and<br />
support. My experience <strong>of</strong> other Livery<br />
Companies is limited and every<br />
<strong>Company</strong> is unique. However, I am very<br />
aware that the <strong>Glovers</strong> have a<br />
great advantage in that anyone who<br />
wishes may become involved in<br />
the management by serving on a<br />
committee. <strong>The</strong> Renter Warden and<br />
Master attend every one <strong>of</strong> the eleven<br />
committees and trusts and I have been<br />
privileged to contribute my twopenny’s<br />
worth to each. However, the <strong>Company</strong><br />
has been running very well for a few<br />
hundred years and any changes I may<br />
have encouraged are merely to assist the<br />
<strong>Company</strong> to operate in the twenty-first<br />
century. I have found it enormously<br />
rewarding being so involved in every<br />
aspect <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Company</strong>’s management<br />
and have become even more aware <strong>of</strong><br />
the tremendous debt we owe to all those<br />
who actually do the work.<br />
A striking aspect <strong>of</strong> becoming Master is<br />
the number <strong>of</strong> friends you make. Those<br />
are not just the Masters <strong>of</strong> other Livery<br />
Companies and a host <strong>of</strong> their<br />
Liverymen but, as Master, I have had a<br />
far greater opportunity to get to know<br />
our own Liverymen and, as if I did not<br />
know it already, you are a fabulous<br />
bunch. I have met you beavering away<br />
imparting your skills and, in a number <strong>of</strong><br />
cases your specialist knowledge and<br />
expertise, on committees and I have had<br />
the joy <strong>of</strong> meeting you at our many<br />
social engagements, lunches, dinners,<br />
visits to exotic sights and just in passing<br />
and I feel humbled to have so many I<br />
may call my friends.<br />
<strong>The</strong> year as Master also involves a<br />
certain amount <strong>of</strong> wining and dining.<br />
27 lunches, 34 dinners or banquets, 13<br />
concerts or lectures and 21 receptions.<br />
Two<br />
MASTER’S END OF TERM REPORT – November <strong>2011</strong><br />
Now you know why we had to run the<br />
London Marathon. Although, at times it<br />
might appear to be just one continuous<br />
round <strong>of</strong> lunches and dinners there is<br />
also a more serious side. I will not<br />
pretend that attending yet another slap<br />
up dinner with fine champagne and<br />
wines is at all onerous as I am fairly<br />
gregarious but, whilst enjoying myself, I<br />
am also selling the Livery. By about half<br />
way through the year every Master that<br />
I met would know me and thus the<br />
<strong>Company</strong> by my sparkling white gloves.<br />
However, I cannot hide the fact that we<br />
have had the most glorious twelve<br />
months and we will remain eternally<br />
grateful to the <strong>Company</strong>, every<br />
Liveryman and your families for giving<br />
me the mantle <strong>of</strong> Master for a year, for<br />
your support and for your friendship.<br />
Roddy Morriss,<br />
Immediate Past Master<br />
<strong>THE</strong> MASTER’S DIARY MAY – NOVEMBER <strong>2011</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Master’s duties include representing the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> at many events besides<br />
those organized by the Livery. <strong>The</strong> following are some <strong>of</strong> the major events attended by the<br />
Master during the last six months which are not recorded elsewhere in <strong>The</strong> Glover.<br />
17 May Festival <strong>of</strong> the Sons <strong>of</strong> the Clergy at St Paul’s Cathedral<br />
21 May Sheriffs’ Fund Concert and Reception, St Sepulchre and<br />
the Old Bailey<br />
6 June City Livery Committee Dinner at Vintners’ Hall<br />
9 June Girdlers’ <strong>Company</strong> Dinner at Girdlers’ Hall<br />
10-12 June Ironbridge Museums Livery Companies Weekend<br />
16 June Drapers’ <strong>Company</strong> Luncheon at Drapers’ Hall<br />
16 June London College <strong>of</strong> Fashion Prize-Giving<br />
17 June Curriers’ <strong>Company</strong> Dinner at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall<br />
20 June Armed Forces Day: Flag-Raising in Guildhall Yard<br />
21 June Service to Mark 300th Anniversary <strong>of</strong> Completion <strong>of</strong> St Paul’s<br />
29 June Cooks’ <strong>Company</strong> Luncheon, Mercers’ Hall<br />
7 July Gardeners’ <strong>Company</strong> Installation Dinner,<br />
Fishmongers’ Hall<br />
13 July Cart-Marking Ceremony, Guildhall<br />
14 July Leathersellers’ <strong>Company</strong> Dinner at Saddlers’ Hall<br />
16 July Artists Rifles Association Luncheon, Leander Club, Henley<br />
19 July Garden Party at Buckingham Palace<br />
13 Sep Fuellers’ <strong>Company</strong> Lecture at Drapers’ Hall<br />
15 Sep Livery Hall Walk<br />
19 Sep Presentation <strong>of</strong> Shrieval Chain and Badge to Wendy Mead,<br />
Carpenters’ Hall<br />
20 Sep Choral Evensong at St Paul’s<br />
21 Sep Presentation <strong>of</strong> Shrieval Chain and Badge to Alan Yarrow,<br />
Fishmongers’ Hall<br />
21 Sep City <strong>of</strong> London School for Girls Prize Day at Guildhall<br />
21 Sep Guild <strong>of</strong> Air Pilots and Air Navigators Lecture at Royal<br />
Aeronautical Society<br />
28 Sep Admission <strong>of</strong> Sheriffs and Sheriffs’ Breakfast, Guildhall and<br />
Drapers’ Hall<br />
7 Oct Fellmongers <strong>of</strong> Richmond Dinner, Richmond, Yorkshire<br />
12 Oct Quit Rents Ceremony, Royal Courts <strong>of</strong> Justice<br />
13 Oct Upholders’ <strong>Company</strong> Banquet at Mansion House<br />
14 Oct Framework Knitters’ <strong>Company</strong> Banquet at Plaisterers’ Hall<br />
20 Oct Loriners’ <strong>Company</strong> Dinner at Saddlers’ Hall<br />
27 Oct Broderers’ <strong>Company</strong> Dinner at Drapers’ Hall<br />
31 Oct City <strong>of</strong> London School, Lord Mayor’s Prizegiving at Guildhall<br />
1 Nov 50th Anniversary <strong>of</strong> the HAC Light Cavalry, Armoury House<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
I have read my predecessors’ message<br />
from last year and I ask myself if<br />
Woolwich has a monopoly on<br />
providing Masters for the <strong>Glovers</strong> as,<br />
like the Immediate Past Master, it was<br />
in Woolwich, where he met his<br />
introducer, that I first met Lt. Cdr. Fred<br />
Strong, who introduced me to the<br />
Livery in 1992. <strong>The</strong>re are occasions in<br />
life when events seem comparatively<br />
insignificant at the time but<br />
subsequently turn out to be the most<br />
important elements <strong>of</strong> one’s life. My<br />
meeting Fred was one, which has led<br />
me to be the Master <strong>of</strong> this <strong>Worshipful</strong><br />
<strong>Company</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong> <strong>of</strong> London.<br />
This is an achievement <strong>of</strong> which I am<br />
immensely proud and <strong>of</strong> course my<br />
prime wish is to ensure the <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
name in the City continues to be<br />
as well respected as it has in the past.<br />
This has been brought about by all<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Past Masters, in whose footsteps<br />
I now find I am beginning to walk.<br />
I only hope I can measure up to<br />
their standards.<br />
My career path has taken me from<br />
banking for 32 years, to a telephone<br />
call centre for the worst 12 months <strong>of</strong><br />
my working life, to finance manager<br />
for a small housing association which<br />
specialises in helping individuals with<br />
long term mental health problems, to<br />
retirement. I am now Treasurer <strong>of</strong> two<br />
<strong>THE</strong> MASTER’S<br />
MESSAGE<br />
Keith Ebsworth<br />
Master <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
<strong>Company</strong> <strong>2011</strong>–12<br />
organisations in Leicester who help in<br />
the mental health field. This is an area<br />
I would like to focus upon during<br />
my year.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> my maxims is “If it ain’t broke,<br />
don’t fix it” and I feel that as a Livery<br />
<strong>Company</strong>, we are not broke and do<br />
not need any undue fixing. Rather we<br />
should be extremely proud <strong>of</strong> what we<br />
do, not only in supporting the Trade<br />
where possible but also in our<br />
charitable giving and <strong>of</strong> course all the<br />
amazing social events that are<br />
organised for us all to enjoy. Why<br />
should we keep all this to ourselves?<br />
Why do we not share it with others?<br />
<strong>The</strong> continuing life blood <strong>of</strong> any<br />
organisation is existing as well as new<br />
members, so let us share our<br />
enjoyment with friends and family who<br />
might like to be part <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong>.<br />
Membership is going to be a push for<br />
the next few years and I would ask that<br />
you all help to keep our Livery well<br />
and truly alive for the next generation.<br />
I mentioned before my former Past<br />
Masters and how much I valued what<br />
they had done before me but I would<br />
also like to pay tribute and thank<br />
everyone in our <strong>Company</strong> who helps<br />
in the running <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong> from<br />
those who partake <strong>of</strong> the social events,<br />
to those who organise them, to all<br />
Committee members and Chairmen.<br />
Without your input we would not be<br />
where we are today and if you all<br />
continue to do as you have previously,<br />
I know I will have a superb year which<br />
I hope you will enjoy as much as I.<br />
A <strong>GLOVER</strong> AND <strong>THE</strong> DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE’S WEDDING DRESS<br />
In March this year I had a phone call<br />
from a senior member <strong>of</strong> the Royal<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Needlework, asking if I could<br />
spare a few hours for a particular rushed<br />
commission to be undertaken in the<br />
Schools Studio. <strong>The</strong> Studio does not use<br />
the actual names and places relating to a<br />
commission. Instead it is given a code<br />
name or number and the code name <strong>of</strong><br />
this commission was “<strong>The</strong> Italian Job”.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> my selected days was in fact the<br />
first working day <strong>of</strong> preparing the lace<br />
for appliqué. This meant hand cutting<br />
most carefully and accurately the<br />
delicate motifs from the English lace<br />
together with the French Chantilly that<br />
was to be eventually used throughout<br />
the bodice and skirt together with the<br />
underskirt trim. <strong>The</strong> pieces cut from the<br />
lengths <strong>of</strong> lace would eventually be<br />
applied onto the ivory and white satin<br />
gazar*. <strong>The</strong> lace design was hand<br />
appliquéd using the Carrickmacross<br />
lace-making technique which originated<br />
in Ireland in the 1820s. Large<br />
embroidery “slate” frames were<br />
prepared with the gazar to accept the<br />
delicate cutout lace motifs. <strong>The</strong> prepared<br />
motifs were then placed with precision<br />
to create a unique and organic design,<br />
which incorporated the rose, thistle,<br />
daffodil and shamrock. <strong>The</strong> applied lace<br />
motifs were stitched using a stab stitch<br />
every two to three millimetres around<br />
each motif. All workers had to wash their<br />
hands every thirty minutes to keep the<br />
lace and threads pristine; the needles<br />
were renewed every three hours to keep<br />
them sharp and clean.<br />
It wasn’t until one minute past eleven as<br />
Miss Kate Middleton stepped out <strong>of</strong> her<br />
car in front <strong>of</strong> Westminster Abbey that<br />
we were all allowed to tell family and<br />
friends that we were involved in this<br />
wonderful creation. I felt truly honoured<br />
to have taken part in the making <strong>of</strong><br />
“<strong>The</strong> Dress”. Having also been involved<br />
with the late Diana Princess <strong>of</strong> Wales’s<br />
wedding dress 30 years ago I am able to<br />
leave “a talking point” for all my<br />
grandchildren in the future!<br />
Assistant Elizabeth Elvin<br />
* For those who are as ignorant as the<br />
Editor, silk gazar is a fabric made with<br />
high-twist double yarns woven as one<br />
and is much used in bridal fashion due<br />
to its ability to hold its shape.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong> Three
For the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> New Year’s<br />
Day falls in November because the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ Year begins with the Installation<br />
<strong>of</strong> the new Master. Until recently this<br />
took place during the Court Meeting<br />
preceding the annual service at St<br />
Margaret Lothbury but the ceremony<br />
has now been incorporated into the<br />
service itself where it can be witnessed<br />
by the Livery as a whole. So on<br />
Thursday 3 November this year, early<br />
lunchers in Throgmorton Street were<br />
bidden to make way for the Master and<br />
Wardens <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Worshipful</strong> <strong>Company</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Glovers</strong> as the Beadle led the Master<br />
and members <strong>of</strong> the Court from<br />
Drapers’ Hall to the church. As usual the<br />
service was conducted with wit and<br />
elegance by our Chaplain, the Reverend<br />
Prebendary Jeremy Crossley and the<br />
Choir fully justified their reputation as<br />
one <strong>of</strong> the best in the City. During the<br />
service the Clerk, Carole Blackshaw,<br />
administered the oath <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice to the<br />
new Master, Keith Ebsworth and he was<br />
clothed by the retiring Master, Roddy<br />
Morriss, with his gown, badge and chain<br />
and, most important <strong>of</strong> all, his gauntlets.<br />
In turn Chris Dadson, Renter Warden,<br />
Alderman Alison Gowman, First Under<br />
Warden, Ann Esslemont, Second Under<br />
Warden and Michael Orr, Third Under<br />
Warden received their badges and<br />
gowns from the new Master. In a short<br />
time this brief ceremony has firmly<br />
established itself as a fitting and dignified<br />
way to mark the change in the<br />
<strong>Company</strong>’s leadership.<br />
After processing back to Drapers’ Hall<br />
the Master, Renter Warden and their<br />
Four<br />
INSTALLATION COURT AND LUNCHEON Thursday 3 November<br />
<strong>The</strong> Procession is received by the <strong>Company</strong>’s Chaplain<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master, Past Master, Wardens, Officers and Official Guests<br />
wives received members <strong>of</strong> the Livery<br />
and their guests. Drapers’ Hall is, <strong>of</strong><br />
course, a magnificent setting for such<br />
an important occasion. <strong>The</strong> lunch was<br />
equally impressive, culminating in a<br />
delicious Bread and Butter Pudding<br />
that certainly never featured on the<br />
Editor’s school dinner menus (if only).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Renter Warden, Chris Dadson,<br />
proposed the health <strong>of</strong> the Retiring<br />
Master and thanked him and Susanna<br />
for their support for the <strong>Company</strong><br />
during the past year. Roddy represented<br />
the Livery at over 150 events and had<br />
led us in a full and fascinating social<br />
programme. Among the highlights had<br />
been the presentation <strong>of</strong> a replica<br />
coronation glove to Waddesdon Manor<br />
during our visit there and the Ash<br />
Wednesday celebrations in Basel with<br />
the Safran Guild. Basel had also been<br />
the location <strong>of</strong> the Master’s Weekend,<br />
although the Civic<br />
Reception, Parade and Guild<br />
Hall Dinner would have<br />
been memorable enough,<br />
without the specially<br />
imported Scottish rain.<br />
Roddy had worked hard to<br />
ensure the success <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Banquet and his year in<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice would always be<br />
remembered as one in which<br />
a Glover was elected Sheriff.<br />
All the Livery would want to<br />
join in wishing Wendy Mead<br />
a very happy and successful<br />
year. Besides his <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
commitments Roddy had still found time<br />
to act as Deputy Lieutenant for Hackney<br />
and to work for the St John’s<br />
Ambulance and the Scouts. He and<br />
Susanna had even run in the London<br />
Marathon and had raised over £5,000<br />
for the St John’s Ambulance. This was<br />
typical <strong>of</strong> Roddy’s determination to<br />
support not only the City, the <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
<strong>Company</strong> and the gloving trade but<br />
also to help those who are less fortunate<br />
than us.<br />
In reply Roddy Morriss, speaking as<br />
Immediate Past Master for the first time,<br />
began by thanking Past Master Roy<br />
Jennings, who had presented a set <strong>of</strong><br />
silver goblets to the Livery to be used by<br />
the Wardens. He was sure they would<br />
take every opportunity to use them. He<br />
<strong>The</strong> Beadle leads the Procession<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
looked back on a fantastic year as<br />
Master and wanted to thank everyone<br />
who had made it possible. Susanna’s<br />
help had been essential and he owed his<br />
thanks to all the members <strong>of</strong> the Court<br />
and Committee chairman for their<br />
contribution but the friendship and<br />
support <strong>of</strong> all the Livery had really made<br />
the year worthwhile. He believed the<br />
<strong>Company</strong> was in good shape, financially<br />
and in every other way; the charity was<br />
well funded and events were well<br />
supported. But to maintain that position<br />
in the future we need to recruit sixteen<br />
new members a year and he wanted to<br />
encourage liverymen to do their part to<br />
achieve this.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new Master began his speech by<br />
thanking Roddy for his help, especially<br />
in the previous four months as he<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ enjoying lunch at Drapers’ Hall<br />
prepared for his Master’s Year. He also<br />
made a point <strong>of</strong> taking wine with<br />
Lieutenant Commander Fred Strong<br />
to thank him for introducing him to<br />
the <strong>Company</strong> in 1992. He hoped<br />
the coming year would be full <strong>of</strong><br />
interest, beginning with the Lord<br />
Mayor’s Show in a week’s time. His<br />
theme for the year was fun and music<br />
and he felt sure that the Master’s<br />
Weekend in Liverpool would provide<br />
that. In keeping with that theme he<br />
explained the phrase, “Happy Trails”,<br />
which usually closes his letters and<br />
emails. “Happy trails ‘til we meet<br />
again” was the theme song <strong>of</strong> the Roy<br />
Rogers and Dale Evans TV Show in<br />
his youth and his wish also for all his<br />
audience in Drapers’ Hall and during<br />
the next year.<br />
CHARITABLE GIVING BY <strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong>S’ COMPANY<br />
May – November <strong>2011</strong><br />
Glove related grants<br />
Westminster Boating Base – supply<br />
<strong>of</strong> gloves<br />
Education and Training<br />
Romney Marsh Skills Festival<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Northampton – support<br />
for a student on a course in Creative<br />
Leather Applications<br />
St. Paul’s Cathedral Foundation –<br />
bursary for student<br />
City <strong>of</strong> London School for Girls –<br />
bursary for student<br />
King Edward’s School, Witley –<br />
bursary for student<br />
Treloar Trust – support for school<br />
Arts Week<br />
Armed Forces<br />
Artists Rifles – support for adventure<br />
training<br />
444 (Shoreditch) Squadron ATC –<br />
computers for flight simulation system<br />
Welfare<br />
Support for sick liverymen<br />
Riding for the Disabled – contribution<br />
to running costs<br />
Support to UK Gloving<br />
Glove design prizes – presented at<br />
July Awards luncheon<br />
Other<br />
Creative Exhibitions – support for<br />
exhibition <strong>of</strong> church embroidery<br />
Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal<br />
Jeremy Crossley’s<br />
Installation as<br />
Prebendary <strong>of</strong> St Paul’s<br />
As <strong>Glovers</strong> we are very fortunate to<br />
have the services <strong>of</strong> Jeremy Crossley as<br />
our Chaplain together with the use <strong>of</strong><br />
St Margaret Lothbury. We have known<br />
for a long time the concern that he<br />
shows for our pastoral care and welfare<br />
and so it was very fitting that this has<br />
been further recognised by the Bishop <strong>of</strong><br />
London who has installed Jeremy as the<br />
Prebend <strong>of</strong> Pancratius. Some <strong>of</strong> us were<br />
able and very pleased to attend at<br />
St Paul’s on 11 September to witness<br />
and support Jeremy in this new position.<br />
<strong>The</strong> role <strong>of</strong> a Prebend is, the Bishop<br />
made clear, an honorary one with no fee<br />
(it was abolished in the Reformation)<br />
and with no privileges. However,<br />
Jeremy is entitled to take his own seat in<br />
St Paul’s. His stall bears the name <strong>of</strong> St<br />
Pancratius and the words Voce mea<br />
which are the opening words <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Psalms 77-81. Jeremy will be called by<br />
the title Reverend Prebendary Jeremy<br />
Crossley - or as we like to say in the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>, the Rev Preb!<br />
Very little is known about St Pancratius.<br />
As a Christian who honoured and<br />
prayed to God fearlessly, he was<br />
beheaded by either Valerian or<br />
Diocletian, Roman Emperors and<br />
persecutors <strong>of</strong> the Church in the third<br />
century. He was only 14 years old. <strong>The</strong><br />
Bishop put it quite succinctly that the<br />
vocation <strong>of</strong> St Pancratius was one<br />
<strong>of</strong> struggle. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong> can concur<br />
with the Bishop’s blessing that Jeremy’s<br />
ministry will be strengthened by<br />
his appointment.<br />
One part <strong>of</strong> Jeremy’s work was in the<br />
news during August when he was<br />
interviewed by the BBC about his City<br />
ministry. He said that he thinks there is<br />
no conflict between Christianity and<br />
making money.<br />
“As long as you’re being honest about<br />
what you do, it’s not a sin to make<br />
money. God rewards industriousness,<br />
and that’s what most <strong>of</strong> the people<br />
who come here are. Good, hardworking,<br />
honest people who want to<br />
make money. No sin there.”<br />
Well said Jeremy.<br />
Alison Gowman, First Under Warden<br />
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<strong>THE</strong> MASTER’S WEEKEND 3 – 5 June<br />
Every member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
<strong>Company</strong> is well aware <strong>of</strong> our link with<br />
the Safran Guild <strong>of</strong> Basel and we are<br />
delighted that some members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Guild have chosen to become <strong>Glovers</strong><br />
as well. <strong>The</strong> Master’s Weekend in <strong>2011</strong><br />
provided an opportunity to learn more<br />
about the Guild and to get to know their<br />
historic home town. It was therefore not<br />
surprising that 63 members <strong>of</strong> the Livery<br />
responded to the Master’s invitation to<br />
join him and the Mistress in Basel for “a<br />
busy but glorious weekend”. <strong>The</strong> very<br />
comfortable Hotel Krafft on the northern<br />
bank <strong>of</strong> the Rhine in the town centre was<br />
our rendezvous on Friday 3 June. After<br />
lunch, our “Safran-Glover” guides led us<br />
in a tour <strong>of</strong> the old town and the historic<br />
Münster or cathedral. By five o’clock we<br />
were feeling thirsty and welcomed a<br />
glass <strong>of</strong> wine in the Mentelinh<strong>of</strong>. This is<br />
a fine old house near the Münster which<br />
belongs to the Vintners’ Guild and<br />
we learnt something <strong>of</strong> the building’s<br />
history as we sipped our wine. For many<br />
<strong>of</strong> us though, the most interesting part <strong>of</strong><br />
the afternoon was crossing the Rhine by<br />
ferry. Basel’s ferries may be very ancient<br />
but their emission-free technology is<br />
cutting edge. <strong>The</strong> ferry is tethered to a<br />
steel rope across the river,<br />
the ferryman steers but the<br />
power <strong>of</strong> the current<br />
actually drives the boat.<br />
Traditional transport was<br />
also a feature <strong>of</strong> the<br />
evening, as we left our hotel<br />
by historic trams which<br />
toured the town before<br />
delivering us to the Zoo.<br />
Again, members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Safran Guild acted as<br />
Six<br />
Boarding the trams on way to dining at the zoo<br />
guides describing the history<br />
and architecture as we<br />
passed. At the Zoo, dinner<br />
had been arranged in the<br />
Lion House but as an<br />
appetizer we watched the<br />
feeding <strong>of</strong> the crocodiles.<br />
Afterwards, through the glass<br />
wall <strong>of</strong> the dining room, the<br />
crocodiles watched the<br />
feeding <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong>.<br />
Altogether the evening was a<br />
unique and unforgettable<br />
experience.<br />
On Saturday morning we<br />
moved back into the centre<br />
<strong>of</strong> the old town to visit the<br />
Historical Museum. <strong>The</strong><br />
Guilds are a very important<br />
part <strong>of</strong> Basel’s history and<br />
are well represented in the<br />
Museum. Besides the<br />
displays <strong>of</strong> their livery regalia and gold<br />
and silver plate, we enjoyed watching a<br />
film <strong>of</strong> the Safran’s Guild’s famous Ash<br />
Wednesday celebrations (and spotting<br />
Past Master Ken Smith at the dinner).<br />
After c<strong>of</strong>fee we moved on to the Schola<br />
Cantorem Basiliensis, the world famous<br />
Basel music academy<br />
specialising in early music. We<br />
were greeted by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Dr<br />
Regula Rapp, the Director and<br />
Dr Jeremy Llewellyn who<br />
introduced a team <strong>of</strong> students<br />
who gave us a concert<br />
<strong>of</strong> music from the period<br />
when the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong><br />
was founded, played on<br />
reproductions <strong>of</strong> instruments<br />
<strong>of</strong> the time. Both the music<br />
Musical instruments under close inspection<br />
and the instruments were fascinating<br />
and it was not easy for our guides to<br />
keep us to the timetable and persuade<br />
us to leave.<br />
A short walk brought us to the home <strong>of</strong><br />
Catherine Oeri and Michi Kessler. This is<br />
a very beautiful house over-looking the<br />
Rhine. Catherine and Michi were our<br />
generous hosts for lunch which was a<br />
delicious and relaxing meal in the<br />
garden. We were next to the eighteenth<br />
century Garden House which many <strong>of</strong><br />
us were able to explore after lunch as<br />
well as stroll in the beautiful gardens.<br />
After lunch there was a chance to<br />
explore the town or shops but one group<br />
visited the Pharmaceutical Museum.<br />
This was created by Michi Kessler who<br />
acted as our guide. We learnt how Basel<br />
had been a vital cross-roads in the<br />
medieval spice trade between the<br />
Mediterranean and Northern Europe.<br />
Many <strong>of</strong> the spices had medical uses<br />
and so Basel was a natural centre for<br />
the pharmaceutical industry which<br />
developed in the nineteenth century<br />
and still remains the home <strong>of</strong> many <strong>of</strong><br />
the world’s most important drug<br />
companies.<br />
As we changed into dinner jackets<br />
and long frocks for the evening, the<br />
sky began to look threatening. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ group reached our first stop,<br />
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the Stadthuis, or Town Hall, without<br />
mishap. A civic reception began in the<br />
Council Chamber with a formal<br />
welcome from Mr Patrick Hafner,<br />
President <strong>of</strong> the Burgerrat, to which the<br />
Master replied. But as we moved<br />
next door for reception drinks, the<br />
heavens opened and a cloudburst<br />
engulfed Basel. It would have been<br />
unwelcome at any time but especially<br />
as it threatened a promised highlight <strong>of</strong><br />
the visit, a procession led by the band <strong>of</strong><br />
Safran Guild, with the <strong>Glovers</strong> headed<br />
by the gowned Master and Wardens.<br />
Eventually, even the most optimistic had<br />
to admit that the rain was not stopping<br />
and so the procession began, at a good<br />
light infantry pace.<br />
Once we reached the Safran Guild<br />
House the rain was forgotten. A Guard<br />
<strong>of</strong> Honour greeted us (even stopping the<br />
trams) and members <strong>of</strong> the Guild were<br />
waiting to welcome us in the magnificent<br />
dining hall with its frescos <strong>of</strong> the Saffron<br />
War <strong>of</strong> 1374. <strong>The</strong> fifes and drums<br />
played before another superb meal with<br />
excellent wines. A speech by the Master<br />
was inevitable but he spoke for all <strong>of</strong> us<br />
when he thanked our friends <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Safran Guild for their help and<br />
hospitality and expressed the wish that<br />
more <strong>of</strong> them might wish to join the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ livery. Through the generosity<br />
<strong>of</strong> Liveryman and Guild-member<br />
Michael Kessler, one <strong>of</strong> the windows in<br />
the hall displays the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong><br />
Coat <strong>of</strong> Arms. <strong>The</strong> Master and<br />
the Meister <strong>of</strong> the Safran Guild<br />
then unveiled a commemorative plaque<br />
under the window, to a most impressive<br />
roll <strong>of</strong> drums. <strong>The</strong> Meister made a witty<br />
speech in reply and the Master made a<br />
personal presentation to the Safron<br />
Guild <strong>of</strong> an<br />
inscribed Armada<br />
Dish. Toasts were<br />
then proposed to<br />
the health <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong>,<br />
the Safran Guild<br />
and our guests.<br />
On Sunday a<br />
sparkling summer<br />
day made up<br />
for the previous<br />
evening’s rain. We<br />
travelled by coach<br />
to the small town <strong>of</strong><br />
Arlesheim. After the Reformation the<br />
Bishop <strong>of</strong> the Catholic diocese <strong>of</strong> Basel<br />
settled in Arlesheim and a most<br />
impressive cathedral was built. But the<br />
town is probably best known for its<br />
“English garden” and Hermitage which<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong>’ Coat <strong>of</strong> Arms window display<br />
in Safron Guild Hall<br />
was built in the late eighteenth century<br />
when English landscape gardens were<br />
all the rage in Europe. A stroll in the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong> relax over lunch<br />
garden was the perfect way<br />
to recuperate and relax<br />
after the hectic pace <strong>of</strong><br />
the weekend. We visited<br />
the Hermitage, with<br />
its automaton “Hermit”,<br />
climbed into caves while<br />
learning about the history<br />
<strong>of</strong> the park from our<br />
Roddy and Susanna explore the caves<br />
excellent guides. <strong>The</strong> exercise restored<br />
our appetites and after another delicious<br />
lunch and farewell speech by the Master<br />
the weekend came to its <strong>of</strong>ficial end.<br />
It is never easy to thank everybody who<br />
contributes to the success <strong>of</strong> such a<br />
memorable weekend. However our<br />
friends in the Safran Guild undoubtedly<br />
played a major part and especially<br />
Lukas and Gabriele Stutz, Catherine<br />
Oeri and Michi Kessler who introduced<br />
us to the beauties and the history <strong>of</strong><br />
Basel in such a fascinating way. But our<br />
greatest thanks must go to the Master<br />
and Mistress, Roddy and Susanna<br />
Morriss, who planned<br />
every detail <strong>of</strong> the<br />
weekend over many<br />
months, made sure that<br />
the execution <strong>of</strong> the plan<br />
was perfect and even<br />
found the ideal souvenir<br />
gift for us all, a small box<br />
containing saffron.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong> Seven
From roots in the Jewish ghetto in<br />
Frankfurt, Mayer Rothschild’s five<br />
sons set up a banking network in the<br />
then five major financial centres <strong>of</strong><br />
Europe - London, Frankfurt, Paris,<br />
Naples and Vienna. <strong>The</strong> third son,<br />
Ferdinand, went to London, made his<br />
fortune and, later, built Waddesdon<br />
Manor to display his outstanding<br />
collection <strong>of</strong> art treasures and to<br />
entertain the fashionable world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manor was only used for weekends<br />
in the summer months for Ferdinand’s<br />
famous house parties, and was the last<br />
word in luxury with electric lights, lifts<br />
and under-floor heating. Single or<br />
unaccompanied male friends stayed<br />
in the Bachelors’ Wing, complete with<br />
Billiard and Smoking Rooms. Couples<br />
stayed in one <strong>of</strong> the 9 suites in the<br />
main house.<br />
On a fine sunny October morning<br />
a group <strong>of</strong> 49 <strong>Glovers</strong> and their<br />
guests assembled at the magnificent<br />
Waddesdon Manor in the glorious<br />
Buckinghamshire countryside not only<br />
to visit the House and Grounds but,<br />
importantly, for a private viewing <strong>of</strong> a<br />
selection <strong>of</strong> gloves from the 320 pairs in<br />
the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ General Collection which is<br />
now housed at the Manor.<br />
After morning c<strong>of</strong>fee we met the Curator<br />
<strong>of</strong> the glove collection and handed over<br />
to her the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ replica Coronation<br />
Glove for Queen Elizabeth II, which had<br />
been brought from the Fashion Museum<br />
in Bath to Waddesdon to coincide with<br />
our visit. We then started our tour<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ground floor <strong>of</strong> the House under<br />
Eight<br />
VISIT TO WADDESDON MANOR Thursday 13 October<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> the gloves on display<br />
Waddesdon Manor<br />
the care <strong>of</strong> very knowledgeable guides<br />
who explained the origins <strong>of</strong> this<br />
French renaissance-style chateau built in<br />
the 1870s and the many art treasures<br />
collected by Baron Ferdinand<br />
de Rothschild and his successors.<br />
We marvelled at the wall panelling,<br />
furniture, porcelain, tapestries,<br />
chandeliers and the magnificent<br />
portraits.<br />
A light lunch followed and then we were<br />
<strong>of</strong>f to see a display <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
gloves, as well as other textiles which are<br />
housed at Waddesdon. <strong>The</strong> curator<br />
expertly gave the background and<br />
history <strong>of</strong> the items on view. It was<br />
fascinating to see how styles have<br />
changed through the years and to be<br />
able to inspect the fine, delicate work in<br />
the gloves, shawls and fans.<br />
Sustenance was needed at this point<br />
so we repaired to the Manor’s extensive<br />
Wine Cellars. <strong>The</strong><br />
Rothschilds have<br />
worldwide interests<br />
in wine, having<br />
started in France<br />
with Chateaux Lafite<br />
and Mouton, but<br />
now widespread in<br />
Europe, in South<br />
America and most<br />
recently in China.<br />
We tasted a white<br />
wine and a red wine<br />
before emerging<br />
outside into the<br />
sunshine in order to<br />
visit the Gardens<br />
and Victorian Aviary<br />
or for further time in<br />
the House, particularly to see the<br />
stunning collection <strong>of</strong> Sevres porcelain.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Coronation Glove<br />
A refreshing cup <strong>of</strong> tea brought the<br />
organised part <strong>of</strong> the visit to an end<br />
although, as the grounds remained open<br />
for a further hour, many <strong>of</strong> us spent the<br />
late afternoon in the spectacular gardens<br />
before travelling home after a very full<br />
and very interesting day.<br />
Assistant Jonathan Crossman<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong> emerging from the wine cellars<br />
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<strong>THE</strong> LORD MAYOR’S SHOW<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master’s View<br />
WEEKEND<br />
This all started when Assistant Wendy<br />
Mead was elected to be a Sheriff <strong>of</strong> the<br />
City <strong>of</strong> London and in the days leading<br />
up to the Lord Mayor’s Show there was<br />
a lot <strong>of</strong> planning and headaches but it<br />
has all been worth it. <strong>The</strong> weekend<br />
really started for my wife and me on the<br />
Friday before the Show when,<br />
accompanied by the Wardens and their<br />
spouses, we attended the Silent<br />
Ceremony, a fascinating piece <strong>of</strong> City<br />
tradition when the old Lord Mayor<br />
passes the title to the new Lord Mayor<br />
without a word being spoken. From that<br />
event we went to present Addresses to<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, another<br />
traditional event when gifts are given to<br />
the Mayoral Group. We gave Wendy<br />
Mead a Visitors Book in which she can<br />
record all her visitors during her year<br />
and which we hope will provide her with<br />
many fond memories <strong>of</strong> her year. As this<br />
was to be my first actual public<br />
engagement outside the Livery, I confess<br />
to being rather nervous and although I<br />
only had one sentence to remember, it<br />
was still a tremendous relief once I had<br />
said my piece.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next day was Lord Mayor’s Show<br />
day and we made an early start to see<br />
the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ Brake and as many <strong>of</strong> the<br />
participants as I could and to wish them<br />
an enjoyable day before we had to don<br />
our gowns, partake <strong>of</strong> a light breakfast<br />
and then watch the early part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong>’ Brake and Marchers are ready to go<br />
Show. We saw the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ Brake and<br />
all the walkers, who certainly seemed to<br />
be enjoying themselves and then it was<br />
time for us to leave our spouses as the<br />
Immediate Past Master Roddy Morriss,<br />
Renter Warden Chris Dadson and<br />
Second Under Warden Ann Esslemont<br />
rode with me in our own carriage in<br />
which we joined the Parade. Very cosy,<br />
playing kneesy with first Chris and then<br />
Ann, as we rode along waving at the<br />
crowd with our large gloves, made by<br />
Ann for all the Wardens and for Sheriff<br />
Wendy Mead who used hers to wave at<br />
us from the Lord Mayor’s balcony. <strong>The</strong><br />
arm ached quite quickly but it was<br />
great fun seeing the crowds cheering,<br />
laughing and thoroughly enjoying<br />
themselves. A change <strong>of</strong> arm to wave<br />
meant that we continued until we<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master and Betty Peacock with horsecloth<br />
arrived at the Royal Courts <strong>of</strong> Justice.<br />
Here we left the carriage for a while and<br />
went in to the Lord Chief Justice’s Court<br />
where the Lord Mayor was presented to<br />
the Court by the Recorder. <strong>The</strong> Lord<br />
Chief Justice and the Master <strong>of</strong> the Rolls<br />
made short addresses to the Lord Mayor<br />
and late Lord Mayor respectively. Once<br />
again this is another piece <strong>of</strong> our<br />
tradition which I felt so privileged to<br />
watch as it preserves the connections<br />
between the City and the Law.<br />
Back to the carriage and the return<br />
journey to Mansion House, still with<br />
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huge crowds <strong>of</strong> waving, happy people,<br />
old and young. More aching arms but<br />
everyone was having so much fun that<br />
the ache was soon forgotten. When we<br />
arrived at Mansion House, as Master<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sheriff Wendy Mead’s Mother<br />
<strong>Company</strong>, I was invited to form part <strong>of</strong><br />
the guard <strong>of</strong> honour to greet the Lord<br />
Mayor when he arrived back at his<br />
“home”. Yet another great privilege,<br />
after which I managed to locate my wife<br />
and the other Wardens and lunch was<br />
served in the Egyptian Hall. By this time<br />
it was nearly 3 pm and about 4 pm we<br />
finished eating a very pleasant simple<br />
shepherd’s pie and apple crumble,<br />
much enjoyed by all I am sure. After this<br />
we just had time to move to the Red<br />
Herring to meet the other <strong>Glovers</strong> who<br />
had enjoyed the day’s events before we<br />
walked to the Millenium Bridge to see<br />
the spectacular fireworks on the River.<br />
And then home after a long day; tiring<br />
but so full <strong>of</strong> spectacular memories<br />
which I shall retain for a long time.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Walker’s View<br />
<strong>The</strong> first things that must strike anyone<br />
who is involved with the Lord Mayor’s<br />
Show for the first time are the<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essionalism <strong>of</strong> the Pageant Master’s<br />
Office and their helpfulness. <strong>The</strong> printed<br />
guidance is daunting in its length but,<br />
when you have finished reading it,<br />
you realise that all your questions have<br />
been answered. Indeed you have<br />
the answer to a lot <strong>of</strong> questions you<br />
had not realised needed asking. <strong>The</strong><br />
Ten<br />
accumulated expertise is most<br />
impressive, most notably at the Pageant<br />
“Silver” and “Lambert” and Past Master John Brown<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master, Past Master, Renter Warden and Second Under Warden<br />
Michael Orr giving his final briefing for the day<br />
Master’s briefing on the afternoon<br />
before the Show. My chief recollection <strong>of</strong><br />
the briefing is the calmness that spread<br />
over the audience as it proceeded and<br />
the confidence that everything would be<br />
fine on the day.<br />
And it was! Before 12 November <strong>2011</strong> I<br />
had never taken part in the Lord<br />
Mayor’s Show and had been a spectator<br />
only once. At the end <strong>of</strong> the day,<br />
however tired and footsore I felt, my<br />
dominant sensation was, “Why haven’t I<br />
done this before?” I hope all those who<br />
joined the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ float will have<br />
enjoyed the day as much as Jane and I<br />
did. I am very grateful to everybody<br />
who gave up their time to march with us,<br />
whether Liverymen, families and friends<br />
or members <strong>of</strong> 444 (Shoreditch)<br />
Squadron Air Training Corps.<br />
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By 10 o’clock on that Saturday morning<br />
we were assembling in Foster Lane. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ float was a horse-drawn<br />
Brake provided by Liveryman Betty<br />
Peacock. Brake and horses appeared in<br />
immaculate condition and were a great<br />
credit to Betty and her team, Robin<br />
Hyde-Chambers, the driver and Betty’s<br />
son, Anthony Peacock, the groom who<br />
had all been in action from the early<br />
hours. Of course, the stars <strong>of</strong> the show<br />
were Silver and Lambert, the two shire<br />
horses who steadily drew the Brake all<br />
day, despite the whistling and waving<br />
crowds. <strong>The</strong> Brake enabled some<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong> and family members who would<br />
not have been able to walk the whole<br />
distance to take part in the Show.<br />
Cadets from 444 Squadron marched<br />
smartly on either side <strong>of</strong> the Brake<br />
which was followed by the rest <strong>of</strong> us; the<br />
Beadle in full regalia, liverymen and<br />
family members in their <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
sweatshirts and more 444 Squadron<br />
staff and cadets in uniform. Some <strong>of</strong> us<br />
carried the beautiful “Gloves on Poles”<br />
which told the crowds who we were.<br />
Sarah Bridge deserves a special mention<br />
for her costume, which was made by BM<br />
Polyco from their gloves. <strong>The</strong> firm also<br />
provided the brightly-coloured gloves<br />
we wore, driving home the message that<br />
this was the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong>. Despite<br />
the stories <strong>of</strong> continuous downpours in<br />
other years, the weather remained<br />
perfect all day and we were glad to be<br />
able to cool <strong>of</strong>f in Temple Gardens at the<br />
halfway mark.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Beadle, Paul Tredgett leads the<br />
Marching <strong>Glovers</strong><br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ Brake with very enthusiastic passengers<br />
We were so successful that we collected an extra marcher at St Pauls<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pikemen and Musketeers <strong>of</strong> the Honourable Artillery <strong>Company</strong><br />
What were the high points? Marching<br />
past Mansion House in front <strong>of</strong> “our”<br />
Sheriff and the Master and Wardens<br />
(and the Lord Mayor, <strong>of</strong> course) was<br />
certainly one. <strong>The</strong> moment on Ludgate<br />
Hill when Rebecca Jennings-Evans<br />
strode up to me with the news that an<br />
interloper, in a psychedelic jacket, had<br />
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just joined us from the crowd was<br />
certainly memorable, as was the<br />
efficiency with which our Marshal spoke<br />
to the police and, without fuss, the<br />
police reduced our contingent to its<br />
original numbers. Relaxing over a hot<br />
meal in the Red Herring, thanks to<br />
Alvan Seth-Smith’s planning and<br />
organization was a very welcome<br />
moment and the Fireworks were well<br />
worth the detour on the way back to<br />
Waterloo. But the truth is the whole day<br />
was spent at the same high level. <strong>The</strong><br />
crowds were clearly enjoying themselves<br />
and, as a result, we were too. I am sure<br />
that we all hope to have a chance to do<br />
it again and if we do, don’t miss the<br />
opportunity to join us.<br />
Michael Orr, Float Organizer<br />
Twelve<br />
Sarah Bridge and the Polyco Dress<br />
Youngest member<br />
Rodney Jagelman enjoying<br />
lunch with Suzanna L<strong>of</strong>thouse<br />
and her sister<br />
A VOTE OF THANKS<br />
On behalf <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Company</strong>, first <strong>of</strong> all<br />
I wish to thank First Under Warden<br />
Alderman Alison Gowman for all her<br />
help and guidance in the planning<br />
stage. Without her input, planning the<br />
events <strong>of</strong> the day would have been so<br />
much more problematical. Secondly I<br />
wish to thank Third Under Warden<br />
Michael Orr for all his planning skills<br />
in getting everything together for the<br />
great day. I cannot overlook his<br />
helpers, namely Dr Jane Orr, Assistant<br />
Rodney Jagelman and his wife Sue.<br />
Assistant Alvan Seth-Smith helped<br />
arrange the social side <strong>of</strong> the day<br />
along with his wife Rowena. (I ask<br />
myself, where would we be without<br />
our loyal spouses’ assistance on such<br />
days?)<br />
Sponsorship came generously from<br />
Pittards plc, Dents, Southcombe<br />
Brothers, Bennett Safetywear Ltd.,<br />
B M Polyco Ltd and some private<br />
donations all <strong>of</strong> which helped<br />
tremendously in putting on the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ Float.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master<br />
Liveryman<br />
Jonathan Grosvenor<br />
and family<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong>’ gift <strong>of</strong> a Visitors Book presented to Wendy Mead<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
<strong>THE</strong> BANQUET AT MANSION HOUSE – Friday 23 September<br />
<strong>2011</strong> has been a very memorable year<br />
for the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> but there is no<br />
doubt that one <strong>of</strong> the events which will<br />
stay in our memory for longest was the<br />
Banquet. From the moment that<br />
liverymen and their guests arrived at<br />
Mansion House to their departure four<br />
hours later, good things kept happening.<br />
Smart and efficient cadets from 444<br />
(Shoreditch) Squadron, Air Training<br />
Corps, made sure that everything went<br />
smoothly on arrival and pointed the way<br />
to the Plate Room. This is not usually<br />
seen by visitors but a special opening had<br />
been arranged and the stunning array <strong>of</strong><br />
gold and silver plate was an astonishing<br />
start to the evening. <strong>The</strong>n we were<br />
directed upstairs to the Reception,<br />
passing between the Guard <strong>of</strong> Honour<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Company</strong> <strong>of</strong> Pikemen and<br />
Musketeers <strong>of</strong> the Honourable Artillery<br />
<strong>Company</strong>. <strong>The</strong> wonderful collection <strong>of</strong><br />
paintings on the walls <strong>of</strong> the Salon and<br />
Drawing Rooms captured our attention<br />
until it was time to enter the Great<br />
Egyptian Hall for dinner. Once we were<br />
assembled, the Master and Renter<br />
Warden with Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs<br />
and other <strong>of</strong>ficial guests and their<br />
consorts entered in procession, led by the<br />
Drumbeater and the Captain <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Pikemen and Musketeers. In keeping with<br />
the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ traditions, every lady was<br />
presented with a pair <strong>of</strong> elegant gloves,<br />
the gift <strong>of</strong> the Master.<br />
Dinner lived up to the standard <strong>of</strong> the<br />
preliminaries. Scottish smoked salmon<br />
and Morecombe shrimps were followed<br />
by Cornish Lamb and a trio <strong>of</strong> chocolate<br />
deserts and accompanied by fine South<br />
African and Spanish wines. After<br />
proposing the Loyal and Civic Toasts, the<br />
Master proposed the health <strong>of</strong> the guests.<br />
He thanked the Lord Mayor for allowing<br />
us to use the Mansion House for the<br />
Banquet and presented him with a<br />
cheque for the Lord Mayor’s Charity<br />
from the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong>. <strong>The</strong> other<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficial guests were the Sheriffs, Alderman<br />
Fiona Woolf and Mr Richard Sermon, the<br />
Master <strong>of</strong> Leathersellers’ <strong>Company</strong>, Mr<br />
Miles Emsley, Captain Steven Dainton<br />
Royal Navy, Paul Champness, Captain <strong>of</strong><br />
the Pikemen and Musketeers <strong>Company</strong><br />
and Flight Lieutenant Anthony Barker,<br />
commanding <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> 444 Squadron. A<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ welcome, with True Hearts and<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master, Roderick Morriss with the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Wardens, Officers and Guests <strong>of</strong> Honour<br />
Warm Hands, was extended to them all<br />
and to our personal guests.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master then drew the winning ticket<br />
in the raffle for the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ Teddy Bear,<br />
one <strong>of</strong> the series commissioned by Lord<br />
Mayor Michael Bear to raise funds for his<br />
Charity. Liveryman Tim Roe was the<br />
winner and also carried away a bottle <strong>of</strong><br />
champagne contributed by the Master.<br />
Replying on behalf <strong>of</strong> the Guests,<br />
the Lord Mayor welcomed us to his<br />
“humble council house” and thanked the<br />
<strong>Company</strong> for our donations to his<br />
Charity. During his year in <strong>of</strong>fice the Lord<br />
Mayor had visited 22 countries, attended<br />
80 Livery <strong>Company</strong> Dinners and made<br />
nearly 900 speeches. As Lord Mayor he<br />
aimed to ensure that London retained its<br />
leading position in the world’s financial<br />
centres but this had to involve finding<br />
better ways to share the City’s success.<br />
Risk and reward had to be balanced and<br />
reward should follow success if the<br />
paramount aim <strong>of</strong> restoring trust in the<br />
City is to be attained.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lord Mayor was followed by<br />
Captain Steven Dainton, who had been<br />
the last Commanding Officer <strong>of</strong> our<br />
affiliated ship, HMS Cumberland. It was<br />
impossible not to be moved when he<br />
spoke <strong>of</strong> the Cumberland, the finest ship<br />
on which he had served and his sadness<br />
when she was paid <strong>of</strong>f. Demonstrating<br />
the flexibility <strong>of</strong> seapower and the Royal<br />
Navy, Cumberland had been designed<br />
to hunt Russian submarines but had<br />
proved more than capable <strong>of</strong> meeting<br />
the wider range <strong>of</strong> missions and<br />
challenges in the post-Cold War world.<br />
Returning from her last deployment in<br />
the Gulf, she had been diverted to Libya<br />
on leaving the Suez Canal to rescue<br />
civilians trapped during the revolt<br />
against Gaddafi. His young crew had<br />
shown pr<strong>of</strong>essionalism and compassion<br />
<strong>of</strong> a high order in difficult conditions and<br />
appalling weather and the nation should<br />
be proud <strong>of</strong> them. He thanked the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> for their support for<br />
the Cumberland and noted that at a<br />
final dinner for the ship’s commanding<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficers, the importance <strong>of</strong> affiliates had<br />
been emphasised. <strong>The</strong>y had always<br />
been pleased to host the <strong>Glovers</strong> on<br />
board and he hoped these visits helped<br />
us to appreciate the importance <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Royal Navy. 95% <strong>of</strong> British trade moves<br />
by sea and 30 ships and 6,000<br />
personnel are deployed outside the<br />
United Kingdom to protect our interests.<br />
Captain Dainton’s speech was a thoughtprovoking<br />
note on which to end the<br />
evening. Everybody who attended<br />
enjoyed the Banquet and liverymen and<br />
guests were still talking about it weeks<br />
later. So this report is not really for them,<br />
because they need no reminder <strong>of</strong> the<br />
event. But the hard fact is that although<br />
there was an increase in the numbers<br />
attending, barely a quarter <strong>of</strong> the Livery<br />
were actually there. Luckily this is a<br />
repeatable experience. Talk to anyone<br />
who was at the Banquet on 23<br />
September this year and they will say that<br />
on Tuesday 25 September 2012 you<br />
should be at Mansion House too.<br />
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Past Assistant David Bennett<br />
reports that persisting recessionary<br />
conditions in the industrial sector<br />
in both domestic and European<br />
markets, combined with UK public<br />
sector cut-backs, especially within<br />
the police service and the Ministry<br />
<strong>of</strong> Defence, continue to pose<br />
serious trading challenges for the<br />
British glove trade. Within the UK<br />
police service, which has become<br />
an increasingly competitive<br />
market, cost rather than quality<br />
and protection has become the<br />
decisive factor for procurement<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficers, whilst within the MoD<br />
cuts in both budgets and<br />
administrative personnel have left<br />
manufacturers speculating about<br />
the volume and timing <strong>of</strong> any<br />
future business. As a result <strong>of</strong> lack<br />
<strong>of</strong> stocks in MoD central stores,<br />
suppliers are now receiving orders<br />
from individual units and/or being<br />
asked to ship direct to theatre.<br />
Once again this winter we shall<br />
be delivering over 4,000 pairs <strong>of</strong><br />
gloves to rough sleepers and the<br />
marginalised <strong>of</strong> London. In theory<br />
we distribute enough gloves to<br />
reach all <strong>of</strong> London’s homeless,<br />
including those distributed during<br />
the Crisis at Christmas week. We<br />
support an outreach group for<br />
those living on the streets in the City<br />
itself, as well as day centres in<br />
Bermondsey, the East End and<br />
Victoria (for the incessant stream <strong>of</strong><br />
Poles and other east Europeans<br />
coming into the bus station, only to<br />
find their promised jobs are cruelly<br />
non-existent or utterly degrading).<br />
London’s homeless are increasing<br />
in number and changing. <strong>The</strong><br />
“dossers” <strong>of</strong> the past are largely in<br />
care, the ex-soldiers increasingly<br />
taken under the wing <strong>of</strong> their own<br />
charities (some <strong>of</strong> whom we<br />
support) and there has been an<br />
influx <strong>of</strong> A10 accession country<br />
males in their twenties and thirties,<br />
skilled and wanting to work but<br />
Fourteen<br />
GLOVE TRADE NEWS<br />
His own company, Bennett<br />
Safetywear Limited based in<br />
Liverpool, has been fortunate in<br />
being able to mitigate some <strong>of</strong><br />
the effects <strong>of</strong> difficult trading<br />
conditions in Europe by exporting<br />
its products to markets outside<br />
Europe. Despite the recent turmoil<br />
in the region, exports to industrial<br />
end-users in North Africa in<br />
particular have grown over the<br />
past twelve months, whilst in a<br />
classic “coals to Newcastle “case,<br />
it has even managed to secure<br />
orders for several <strong>of</strong> its top <strong>of</strong> the<br />
range products from the Far<br />
East, including the police in both<br />
Hong Kong and mainland<br />
China. Exports now account for<br />
approximately 25% <strong>of</strong> turnover.<br />
Following the closure last year<br />
<strong>of</strong> its manufacturing operation<br />
in St. Helens, the company<br />
is now recruiting additional<br />
manufacturing personnel for its<br />
factory in Liverpool.<br />
WARM HANDS THIS WINTER<br />
needing help to overcome still<br />
almost impossible bureaucratic<br />
hurdles. In London you need to be<br />
earning £18,000 a year to be better<br />
<strong>of</strong>f than on full benefits. <strong>Glovers</strong> will<br />
form their own conclusions about<br />
this, but in 10 years in this business<br />
I have yet to find anyone who is not<br />
willing to work, although many are<br />
unable.<br />
A creative use <strong>of</strong> gardening gloves<br />
is made by a project in Shoreditch.<br />
Refugees with severe trauma<br />
symptoms find solace in gardening<br />
but do not always have the presence<br />
<strong>of</strong> mind to avoid injuring themselves<br />
whilst pruning and cutting. Our<br />
gloves provide this protection.<br />
I cannot think <strong>of</strong> a better link<br />
between glove making and charity<br />
than the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ homeless project.<br />
Thank you for your continuing<br />
support.<br />
Liveryman<br />
Charles Stokes<br />
<strong>THE</strong> FLETCHING<br />
<strong>GLOVER</strong><br />
Fletching is a picturesque village in<br />
Sussex some two miles from the<br />
National Trust’s Sheffield Park gardens.<br />
Its parish church is Norman in origin and<br />
contains a memorial which should<br />
interest the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong>. Fixed to<br />
the wall <strong>of</strong> the south transept is a plain<br />
stone with modest brass decorations at<br />
top and bottom, namely two lines <strong>of</strong><br />
inscription and a small representation<br />
<strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> gloves. <strong>The</strong> inscription is in<br />
the abbreviated Latin used in midfifteenth<br />
century monuments and,<br />
translated, says:<br />
Here lies the body <strong>of</strong> Peter<br />
Denot, Glover<br />
On whose soul may God have<br />
mercy. Amen<br />
According to the panel next to the<br />
memorial Peter Denot took part in<br />
Jack Cade’s Rebellion. Cade led a<br />
Kentish Revolt in 1450 against high<br />
taxes and the inept government <strong>of</strong><br />
Henry VI but after some initial success<br />
Londoners turned against the rebels and<br />
Cade was hunted down and killed at<br />
Heathfield. Peter Denot and other men<br />
<strong>of</strong> Fletching were pardoned for their part<br />
in the revolt and deeds show that Denot<br />
lived in the area for several years after<br />
the rebellion.<br />
Past Master John Wood<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
444 (Shoreditch)<br />
Squadron Air Training<br />
Corps<br />
<strong>The</strong> Squadron continues to grow in<br />
size; a recent recruiting programme<br />
brought in fifteen new recruits. Seven<br />
cadets attended a week-long annual<br />
camp at RAF Halton and three<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the civilian training staff<br />
are going on to become NCOs and<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficers with the squadron. <strong>The</strong><br />
squadron’s growing reputation for<br />
shooting was recognised when it was<br />
chosen to represent the Air Training<br />
Corps at the annual Cadet<br />
International Skill At Arms Meeting. A<br />
donation by the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> has<br />
enabled the Squadron to purchase<br />
computers to create a flight simulation<br />
facility at their headquarters in<br />
Crondall Street.<br />
Our links with the Squadron have been<br />
strengthened by their support for the<br />
Annual Banquet and our entry for the<br />
Lord Mayor’s Show, as reported<br />
elsewhere in this issue.<br />
Cadets Marching alongside <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ Brake<br />
21st Artists Rifles<br />
<strong>2011</strong> has been a difficult year for the<br />
armed forces as the implications <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Strategic Defence and Security Review<br />
(SDSR) are absorbed. <strong>The</strong> Reserve<br />
Forces had their own review, <strong>The</strong><br />
Independent Commission to Review<br />
the United Kingdom’s Reserve Forces,<br />
AFFILIATED MILITARY UNITS<br />
which reported in July. <strong>The</strong> section<br />
relating to our affiliated Regiment<br />
stated:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> SDSR announced that the<br />
Government would significantly<br />
enhance Special Forces and increase<br />
their capability. Accordingly, both <strong>of</strong><br />
the Special Forces Reserve units will be<br />
retained and steps will be taken to<br />
further enhance the output <strong>of</strong><br />
the Special Forces Reserve overall.<br />
Modest changes will be made to the<br />
organisational structure. As Reserve<br />
personnel can fulfil a number <strong>of</strong> roles,<br />
the Commission sees this as a valuable<br />
opportunity to further develop military<br />
capability, while integrating Reserves<br />
into the Regular structure.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Regiment therefore continues with<br />
its high level <strong>of</strong> training activity,<br />
requiring a corresponding level <strong>of</strong><br />
commitment from its personnel.<br />
In October the Artists Rifles Association<br />
held its annual Reunion Dinner, where<br />
the guest <strong>of</strong> honour was General<br />
Sir Peter Wall who praised the<br />
contribution <strong>of</strong> the Regiment and all<br />
the Reserve Forces to the United<br />
Kingdom’s defence capability.<br />
HMS Cumberland<br />
<strong>The</strong> June issue <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Glover reported<br />
the sad news that HMS Cumberland<br />
was to be decommissioned this year.<br />
Despite a number <strong>of</strong> rumours, the<br />
decision was not changed and the<br />
decommissioning took place in June.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master and Renter Warden led a<br />
group <strong>of</strong> fifteen <strong>Glovers</strong> and guests<br />
who attended the ceremony in<br />
Devonport Dockyard on Thursday 23<br />
June. Many <strong>of</strong> us had sailed on board<br />
Cumberland in recent years. Families<br />
and guests were seated on the dockside<br />
facing HMS Cumberland. A special<br />
effort had clearly been made by the<br />
ship’s company and the ship can never<br />
have looked smarter in her twenty-two<br />
years service with the Royal Navy. Led<br />
by the Royal Marine band, the ship’s<br />
company then marched into position<br />
in front <strong>of</strong> the ship for the<br />
Decommissioning Service which was<br />
led by the dockyard chaplain who had<br />
himself served on board HMS<br />
Cumberland. A Guard <strong>of</strong> Honour was<br />
inspected by Commodore Michael<br />
Mansergh, a former commanding<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficer. Captain Steven Dainton,<br />
Cumberland’s last commanding <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
gave an address in which he outlined<br />
the ship’s career. A warship, he said, is<br />
just a lump <strong>of</strong> metal; it is people who<br />
give it life and Cumberland was always<br />
known as a happy ship. Many <strong>of</strong> the<br />
crew extended their service on board or<br />
asked to return. Captain Dainton told<br />
his ship’s company to remember that<br />
wherever they went in the Royal Navy<br />
there would only be two sorts <strong>of</strong><br />
people, those who had served in HMS<br />
Cumberland and those who had only<br />
dreamt <strong>of</strong> doing so. Commodore<br />
Mansergh reinforced those views when<br />
he spoke <strong>of</strong> the difficulty <strong>of</strong> bidding<br />
farewell to such a special ship and<br />
the need to celebrate her 22 years<br />
<strong>of</strong> successful service. Like Captain<br />
Dainton he stressed the contribution<br />
made by families and thanked the<br />
ship’s affiliates, such as the <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
<strong>Company</strong>, for their support. Finally<br />
the ship’s Commissioning Pennant,<br />
White Ensign and Union Jack<br />
were lowered and the ship’s bell was<br />
rung for the last time, symbolizing<br />
that Cumberland was no longer<br />
in commission and a very<br />
moving moment.<br />
A reception on board was an<br />
opportunity to say goodbye to <strong>of</strong>ficers<br />
and sailors who had helped us to<br />
enjoy our visits to the ship and to<br />
understand something <strong>of</strong> naval life.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> has always<br />
been very proud <strong>of</strong> our association<br />
with HMS Cumberland and members<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Livery will be pleased to know<br />
that the Court is seeking a new<br />
affiliation to maintain our link with the<br />
Royal Navy. Former commanding<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>of</strong> HMS Cumberland, now<br />
serving in the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defence, are<br />
backing our request, an indication <strong>of</strong><br />
how much our support was valued by<br />
the ship’s company.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong> Fifteen
“<strong>GLOVER</strong> AND CITIZEN” – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?<br />
Do you remember the oath you took<br />
as a Freeman <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong> London? It<br />
is a bit <strong>of</strong> a tongue–twister but includes<br />
the promise that “I will be obedient to<br />
the Mayor <strong>of</strong> this City: That I will<br />
maintain the franchises and customs<br />
there<strong>of</strong>….” And have you ever<br />
wondered how and why exactly the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong> connect with the Lord Mayor<br />
and the Corporation <strong>of</strong> London?<br />
Unfortunately there is a bit <strong>of</strong> “horrible”<br />
history to navigate on the way.<br />
If you are already an avid reader <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ History or a constitutional and<br />
historical expert then you can skip this<br />
paragraph since you will know already<br />
that the City <strong>of</strong> London was from the<br />
late twelfth century governed by a<br />
Mayor with Aldermen assisted by<br />
various other Ward and Parish<br />
Constables and minor <strong>of</strong>ficers who<br />
ensured a regulated way <strong>of</strong> life and<br />
business. <strong>The</strong> Mayor and Aldermen<br />
regulated the Livery Companies who<br />
were then all granted a Royal Charter to<br />
exist but were all required to be<br />
accountable to the regulations <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Mayor <strong>of</strong> London. <strong>The</strong> pre-eminence<br />
<strong>of</strong> the “Lord” Mayor and the Aldermen<br />
and Common Councilmen still exists<br />
today with the Corporation <strong>of</strong> London<br />
being a full local authority. Of course<br />
now the Corporation is itself highly<br />
regulated and controlled by<br />
Government but many <strong>of</strong> the City’s<br />
other important rights and customs date<br />
back and pre-exist subsequent laws. For<br />
example the City Remembrancer has<br />
special power to attend Parliament and<br />
acquaint the Lord Mayor with its daily<br />
business so as to ensure that the rights<br />
and safeguards <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong> London<br />
are maintained and enhanced. In almost<br />
every aspect the Corporation <strong>of</strong> London<br />
is the same but entirely different.<br />
Historians should re-join here. <strong>The</strong><br />
“constituency” <strong>of</strong> the Lord Mayor is the<br />
25,000 or so Liverymen and women<br />
who are not necessarily residents nor<br />
business occupiers in the City and<br />
indeed will come from all over the UK as<br />
well as abroad. <strong>The</strong> Lord Mayor’s<br />
election is via Common Hall and<br />
“sponsored” by the Livery - albeit that<br />
the final vote is by the Court <strong>of</strong><br />
Sixteen<br />
Aldermen alone. However, the Lord<br />
Mayor is also the head <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Corporation <strong>of</strong> London - a body that is<br />
itself elected by residents and registered<br />
business voters in the City who are<br />
themselves not necessarily members <strong>of</strong><br />
any Livery. Thus it becomes clear (or<br />
even more muddled) as to how the<br />
bodies interlink and cross over and how<br />
the Livery are closely involved with the<br />
Corporation but distinct from some <strong>of</strong> its<br />
important local authority remit. It may<br />
be controversial to suggest (but it is a<br />
legal possibility) that the Corporation <strong>of</strong><br />
London could survive without a Lord<br />
Mayor. It might then look a bit more like<br />
- or be subsumed within – the London<br />
Boroughs <strong>of</strong> Tower Hamlets or Islington.<br />
But whilst there is a Lord Mayor, the<br />
Government <strong>of</strong> the day have seen the<br />
importance <strong>of</strong> using the unique and<br />
significant importance <strong>of</strong> the role that<br />
the Lord Mayor can perform in a nonparty<br />
political way on behalf <strong>of</strong> the UK.<br />
<strong>The</strong> physical proximity <strong>of</strong> the Lord<br />
Mayor within the heart <strong>of</strong> the financial<br />
city and the connection with the<br />
Corporation <strong>of</strong> London <strong>of</strong> which he or<br />
she is an elected member means that the<br />
Lord Mayor can engage with the<br />
business leaders and work with them<br />
and for them as the UK’s ambassador<br />
for financial services. This has been built<br />
up over recent decades to become a preeminent<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the Lord Mayor's role. It<br />
works well because <strong>of</strong> the interaction<br />
between the business voters who are the<br />
electors and stakeholders within the<br />
Corporation and also the businesses<br />
who want to have their issues aired on a<br />
national and international front and<br />
want the Lord Mayor to act as their<br />
spokesperson on such a platform. In<br />
many cases Livery Companies are<br />
engaged with this part <strong>of</strong> the Lord<br />
Mayor's work. <strong>The</strong> Financial Services<br />
Group <strong>of</strong> Livery Companies frequently<br />
brief the Lord Mayor on financial<br />
matters. <strong>The</strong> Lord Mayor has thus been<br />
able to enhance the reputation <strong>of</strong> UK<br />
financial services and the City <strong>of</strong><br />
London as a place <strong>of</strong> excellence to work<br />
and do business. <strong>The</strong> Lord Mayor<br />
promotes both the value <strong>of</strong> the City as a<br />
cluster <strong>of</strong> like businesses, a well<br />
regulated and fairly taxed environment,<br />
a place with qualified and available<br />
staff and an enjoyable environment in<br />
which people will enjoy doing business<br />
and living.<br />
It must be remembered that although<br />
UK financial services and, especially, the<br />
banks have come under much critical<br />
scrutiny over the last few years, the<br />
financial services sector provides jobs for<br />
over 1 million people within the UK<br />
economy (approximately 350,000 <strong>of</strong><br />
them in the City <strong>of</strong> London) and<br />
contributes 12% <strong>of</strong> the UK’s GDP. <strong>The</strong><br />
Corporation <strong>of</strong> London’s role as a local<br />
authority is also vital since it is that body<br />
which ensures the physical environment<br />
is well presented, that transport runs on<br />
time (at various times the Corporation<br />
has funded alternative bus or river taxi<br />
facilities whilst underground lines were<br />
out <strong>of</strong> order), it has campaigned for<br />
Crossrail and is making a substantial<br />
contribution to its cost. <strong>The</strong> Corporation<br />
ensures that services such as waste<br />
collection, road cleansing and<br />
maintenance are exemplary and<br />
facilitate the planning <strong>of</strong> appropriate<br />
buildings which facilitate both large<br />
and small businesses in operating<br />
successfully within the City environs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Livery Companies have a lot to<br />
contribute and in many different ways -<br />
as voters and stakeholders with the City<br />
Corporation as its local authority, as part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the constituency <strong>of</strong> the Lord Mayor in<br />
the Shrieval and Mayoral elections, as<br />
business people ready to engage in the<br />
promotion and future <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong><br />
London. <strong>The</strong>se are all ways in which<br />
the <strong>Glovers</strong> can deliver on that<br />
Freeman’s promise!<br />
Alison Gowman, First Under Warden<br />
TOUR OF MUSEUM,<br />
LONDON DOCKLANDS<br />
Monday 22 August<br />
Following a very enjoyable visit to<br />
the Museum <strong>of</strong> London in January this<br />
year we were presented with the<br />
opportunity to visit their sister Museum –<br />
<strong>The</strong> Museum <strong>of</strong> London, Docklands. On<br />
a bright sunny day 40 members and<br />
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guests arrived at West India Quay for a<br />
guided tour <strong>of</strong> this unique Museum,<br />
housed in a warehouse formerly used<br />
to store rum). We were divided into<br />
groups and taken around to learn some<br />
<strong>of</strong> the history <strong>of</strong> this part <strong>of</strong> London<br />
and especially its docks by two very<br />
experienced guides. <strong>The</strong> museum is<br />
divided into themed zones covering<br />
different periods in history. Our visit<br />
ranged from visiting a “typical” early<br />
1800’s street or seeing World War II<br />
air-raid shelters and the impact <strong>of</strong><br />
the “blitz” to learning about the<br />
importance to British commerce <strong>of</strong><br />
various “commodities” at different times<br />
in the last 1,000 years, including sugar,<br />
whale oil, rum and very sadly “slaves”.<br />
Very detailed models helped us to<br />
understand how Docklands looked in<br />
the nineteenth century. <strong>The</strong> numerous<br />
artefacts that have been unearthed gave<br />
us an idea <strong>of</strong> the important role played<br />
by the port and helped us to understand<br />
some <strong>of</strong> the history and culture <strong>of</strong> the<br />
places with which London traded.<br />
Following the tour we adjourned for a<br />
glass or two and a light lunch at a<br />
nearby restaurant. It was generally<br />
agreed that we did not have time to see<br />
everything in the Museum and a return<br />
visit, taking in the shops and restaurants<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Docklands area would be<br />
very worthwhile.<br />
Daphne Cave<br />
Category 1: A pair <strong>of</strong> gloves for the<br />
Lady Mayoress<br />
to wear on Lord<br />
Mayor’s Day<br />
First Prize: Andrew Shiels,<br />
Loughborough University<br />
Runner Up: Elizabeth Holmes,<br />
De Montfort University<br />
Category 2: A pair <strong>of</strong> fashionable<br />
winter gloves for<br />
autumn/winter <strong>2011</strong><br />
First Prize: Neida Simkute,<br />
Epping Forest College<br />
Runner Up: Louise Burnett,<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Lincoln<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual Awards Luncheon in July is<br />
always an opportunity for the <strong>Glovers</strong> to<br />
return to their roots and re-affirm their<br />
links with the British glove trade. <strong>The</strong><br />
Design Competition raises awareness <strong>of</strong><br />
gloving within the fashion colleges and<br />
encourages students to think about<br />
gloves as fashion accessories. <strong>The</strong><br />
quality and quantity <strong>of</strong> the entries this<br />
year demonstrates the value <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Competition and, as Past Master John<br />
Spanner pointed out when he<br />
introduced the prize-winners, made the<br />
judges’ job very difficult. This year the<br />
prizes were presented by Sir David<br />
Brewer CMG, JP, Lord Lieutenant <strong>of</strong><br />
Greater London and Lord Mayor in<br />
2005-06. <strong>The</strong> categories ranged from<br />
designing gloves to be worn by the Lady<br />
Mayoress on Lord Mayor’s Day to<br />
<strong>2011</strong> Glove Design Competitions<br />
Sponsored by the <strong>Worshipful</strong> <strong>Company</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong><br />
<strong>2011</strong> AWARDS LUNCHEON Tuesday 5 July<br />
Andrew Shiels with the Lady Mayoress<br />
Category 3: A pair <strong>of</strong> gloves for use<br />
in an industrial<br />
environment<br />
First Prize: Annabel Yeung, De Montfort<br />
University<br />
Runner Up: Kate Turton, De Montfort<br />
University<br />
Dents’ Prize for the most commercial<br />
design from all entries received:<br />
Abby Reeve, College <strong>of</strong> West Anglia<br />
<strong>The</strong> College making the greatest<br />
contribution to the Competition<br />
De Montfort University<br />
Safety Poster Competition:<br />
First Prize: Anna-Marie Mainwaring,<br />
Coleg Sir Gâr<br />
Runner-up: Henna Sameja,<br />
Kingston College<br />
fashionable winter gloves or gloves for<br />
use in an industrial environment. <strong>The</strong><br />
Dents Prize was awarded for the most<br />
commercial design submitted and the<br />
Safety Poster competition underlines the<br />
importance <strong>of</strong> gloves in industry.<br />
After the Prize Giving, the Master began<br />
his speech by taking wine with the<br />
Liverymen admitted at that morning’s<br />
Court, Mrs Sarah Bridge <strong>of</strong> BM Polyco<br />
and Mr Alex Finnen, a long-standing<br />
member <strong>of</strong> our affiliated regiment. He<br />
then welcomed our distinguished guests.<br />
Besides Sir David Brewer, our guests<br />
included Mr Bruce Cope, Master <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Barbers’ <strong>Company</strong>, Mrs Jacqueline<br />
Talbot, Master <strong>of</strong> the Cordwainers <strong>of</strong><br />
York and Major General Nicholas<br />
Cottam, Registrar <strong>of</strong> St Paul’s Cathedral.<br />
All received gloves from the Master, who<br />
then proposed their health. Replying on<br />
behalf <strong>of</strong> the guests, Sir David Brewer<br />
spoke <strong>of</strong> the privilege <strong>of</strong> being in such a<br />
lovely hall, which had recently been<br />
seen in the film “<strong>The</strong> King’s Speech”.<br />
Indeed he understood that Drapers’ Hall<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten substituted for Buckingham Palace<br />
in films, and sometimes for the Kremlin.<br />
He told us something <strong>of</strong> the work <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Lieutenancy in Greater London where<br />
any <strong>of</strong> the 32 Deputy Lieutenants might<br />
be as busy as the Lord Lieutenants in<br />
one <strong>of</strong> the shires. <strong>The</strong>re were over 120<br />
Royal visits within Greater London last<br />
year, requiring support from the<br />
Lieutenancy. Dressing up was an<br />
essential part <strong>of</strong> being both Lord Mayor<br />
and Lord Lieutenant and Sir David<br />
noted that the one item <strong>of</strong> dress he had<br />
managed to use for both appointments<br />
was the pair <strong>of</strong> white kid gloves which<br />
the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong> had presented<br />
during his year as Lord Mayor. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />
still admired whenever they were worn.<br />
Category 2 winning designs<br />
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With some trepidation a party <strong>of</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong><br />
and guests set out for the South Coast<br />
for the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ Croquet Day. But<br />
despite fears about the weather, the sun<br />
shone throughout on the Master, the<br />
Mistress and twenty-two other<br />
attendees. Jonathan Isaacs, President <strong>of</strong><br />
Sussex County Croquet Club greeted us<br />
and provided a brief history <strong>of</strong> the Club<br />
(a mere 120 years old!) and an<br />
explanation <strong>of</strong> the rules <strong>of</strong> the game.<br />
Battle then commenced with players<br />
being paired to play doubles in two<br />
leagues culminating in a grand final<br />
between the winners <strong>of</strong> the two leagues,<br />
which was watched by all. A wide<br />
variety <strong>of</strong> playing styles was exhibited<br />
with the majority <strong>of</strong> players being new to<br />
the game. Despite the varied levels <strong>of</strong><br />
croquet experience all quickly came to<br />
terms with the nuances <strong>of</strong> the game and<br />
the competitive spirit was roused. It<br />
would be inappropriate to name names,<br />
but suffice it to say that a certain Warden<br />
had the temerity to knock the Master’s<br />
ball <strong>of</strong>f the lawn; readers will be<br />
comforted to learn that the Master<br />
reciprocated appropriately later in<br />
the game. <strong>The</strong> Mistress displayed her<br />
customary grace and style, combined<br />
with an accurate eye and some<br />
determined play.<br />
Eighteen<br />
A DAY AT <strong>THE</strong> SUSSEX COUNTY CROQUET CLUB Saturday 9 July<br />
A contrast in styles,<br />
the Renter Warden and the Master<br />
Harmony and good humour prevailed<br />
throughout the day, even when spouses<br />
faced each other on opposing sides<br />
battling over a crucial hoop. Sustained<br />
by morning c<strong>of</strong>fee, a light but splendid<br />
lunch and afternoon tea and cakes the<br />
standard <strong>of</strong> play continued to improve<br />
during the day. A closely contested final<br />
was played between Tim Roe & Rowena<br />
Seth-Smith (two new stars in the<br />
Croquet firmament) v Keith Ebsworth &<br />
Rita Atkinson. Congratulations go to<br />
Tim and Rowena for taking the honours.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master concluded the day by<br />
presenting prizes to the winners and<br />
gave our thanks to the Club for making<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Glovers</strong> Group with (on the right) Jonathan Isaacs, President <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Sussex County Croquet Club<br />
us so welcome. Those that stayed<br />
overnight joined Julian Pelling for a<br />
most enjoyable supper in one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
many restaurants in Hove. It proved to<br />
be a most enjoyable day many hope<br />
that it may become a regular item in the<br />
<strong>Glovers</strong>’ calendar.<br />
Daphne Cave<br />
<strong>The</strong> Master presents prizes to the winning<br />
pair, Rowena Seth-Smith and Tim Roe<br />
ADMITTED TO<br />
<strong>THE</strong> LIVERY<br />
JULY COURT<br />
Greg Murray<br />
Greg was born in London and<br />
after studying biochemistry and<br />
physiology went into marketing in the<br />
pharmaceutical industry. He moved<br />
from there into consumer marketing<br />
where he crossed paths with Leslie<br />
Blustin. Together they set up BM Polyco<br />
Ltd, which was initially involved in<br />
developing the market for household<br />
rubber gloves through supermarkets.<br />
Later the <strong>Company</strong> expanded into<br />
industrial and medical gloves and it now<br />
enjoys market leadership in all three<br />
sectors. Leslie and Greg are still involved<br />
with the business as Joint Chairmen.<br />
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Greg is married to Anne-Marie and they<br />
have two children. He enjoys cooking,<br />
travel, the theatre, driving his classic<br />
Jaguar, keeping fit and playing squash.<br />
Anne-Marie and Greg can <strong>of</strong>ten be seen<br />
riding around London on their bright<br />
yellow tandem.<br />
Robin Tilbrook<br />
Robin Tilbrook was educated at Elstree<br />
School, Wellington College and Kent<br />
University. His father was an army<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficer in the Queens Royal Irish Hussars<br />
and after school Robin joined the<br />
Brigade Squad in the Coldstream<br />
Guards. He became a solicitor who<br />
specialises in civil litigation with his own<br />
practice, Tilbrook’s and is a past<br />
president <strong>of</strong> the Mid Essex Law Society.<br />
For many years he has been a volunteer<br />
legal adviser at Epping and Brentwood<br />
Citizens Advice Bureaux.<br />
Robin is married with three children<br />
and has been a churchwarden and<br />
the Chairman <strong>of</strong> his church’s Parochial<br />
Church Council. He is also the<br />
Chairman <strong>of</strong> the English Democrats and<br />
a campaigner for devolved English<br />
Parliament. He is “passionate about<br />
England and our rich culture and<br />
heritage <strong>of</strong> which the City <strong>of</strong> London<br />
and the Livery companies are shining<br />
examples!”<br />
Sarah Bridge<br />
Sarah Bridge was born in Liverpool but<br />
brought up in North Wales and speaks<br />
fluent Welsh as a result. She returned to<br />
Liverpool to attend University and take<br />
a Mechanical Engineering degree. Sarah<br />
began work at North Safety Limited and<br />
then ten years ago moved to BM Polyco<br />
to become UK Sales Manager. She is<br />
now Deputy Managing Director and<br />
passionate about the importance <strong>of</strong><br />
product development. She believes<br />
strongly that Personal Protective<br />
Equipment (PPE) should be designed<br />
and developed with the end user in<br />
mind. She is Marketing Director at the<br />
British Safety Industry Federation and is<br />
a heavy supporter <strong>of</strong> its Registered<br />
Safety Supplier Scheme that promotes<br />
suppliers <strong>of</strong> correctly tested and<br />
approved PPE.<br />
Sarah is the proud aunt to six nephews<br />
and nieces. Her interests outside <strong>of</strong> the<br />
work environment include walking,<br />
gardening, cooking and eating.<br />
NOVEMBER COURT<br />
Jonathan Grosvenor<br />
Jonathan Grosvenor was born in Lagos,<br />
Nigeria, where his father was posted as<br />
head <strong>of</strong> a law firm. He took an Oxford<br />
PPE degree at St Benet’s where he was<br />
Captain <strong>of</strong> Boats, JCR President and<br />
also played rugby for St Edmund’s Hall<br />
and Corpus Christi College. Jonathan<br />
joined what was then Peat Marwick<br />
Mitchell in the City and qualified as a<br />
chartered accountant. While still with<br />
what had by then become KPMG, he<br />
set up a publishing company and it grew<br />
so rapidly that he had to choose<br />
between the pr<strong>of</strong>ession and the world <strong>of</strong><br />
books. <strong>The</strong> latter proved irresistible, so<br />
he moved back to Oxford and has been<br />
there ever since, building and selling six<br />
successive businesses.<br />
Along the way, Jonathan served with 21<br />
Artists for eleven years, became a JP,<br />
married and had two children, was<br />
President <strong>of</strong> Oxford Rotary and joined<br />
the several charity boards. He retains his<br />
City links and is also a Member <strong>of</strong><br />
the Chartered Accountants’ Livery<br />
<strong>Company</strong>, where he is a member <strong>of</strong><br />
the Court <strong>of</strong> Assistants. His hobbies are<br />
his children and family, rowing (Leander<br />
Member), skiing, the theatre and<br />
cinema, travel, and military history.<br />
Alex Finnen<br />
Alex Finnen was born in Kent and<br />
joined the Diplomatic Service in 1970,<br />
just a year after he followed his father<br />
into our affiliated Regiment. After ten<br />
years with the FCO he left to take a<br />
degree at Kingston University and then<br />
spent two years in full-time military<br />
service with 1st British Corps in<br />
Germany. From 1984 to 1993 he<br />
was Political Agent and Constituency<br />
Secretary to Sir Ge<strong>of</strong>frey Howe<br />
and Sir George Gardiner before<br />
joining Jonathan Grosvenor, another<br />
new member <strong>of</strong> the Livery, in<br />
various publishing and communications<br />
ventures. He was mobilized for service<br />
in Bosnia in 1995 and after two years<br />
was transferred back to the FCO to work<br />
with the Organization for Security and<br />
Co-Operation in Europe in a number <strong>of</strong><br />
posts in the former Yugoslavia. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
included being Director General for<br />
Elections for Bosnia and Herzegovina,<br />
Head <strong>of</strong> Operations and Deputy<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Mission Resources for Bosnia<br />
and Herzegovina with the OSCE<br />
in Sarajevo and finally Deputy Head<br />
<strong>of</strong> Mission to ‘OSCE Presence in<br />
Albania’ based in Tirana from 2002<br />
to 2009. His PhD on "<strong>The</strong> International<br />
Community's management <strong>of</strong> 'Post<br />
Conflict' with reference to Bosnia" was<br />
accepted by Oxford Brooks University in<br />
<strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Alex is currently a “mobilized” Territorial<br />
Army <strong>of</strong>ficer, managing a small<br />
analytical and research team within the<br />
Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defence.<br />
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DONATION TO<br />
WESTMINSTER<br />
BOATING BASE<br />
Although we only started donating to<br />
this charity last year, a second batch <strong>of</strong><br />
canoeing mitts and sailing gloves was<br />
gratefully received by Alan Price, the<br />
Chief Executive, in early October. This<br />
active charity which is located on the<br />
Embankment near Vauxhall Bridge, has<br />
its own jetty which makes it well placed<br />
to provide canoeing and sailing training<br />
for disadvantaged and disabled people,<br />
inner London schools and young<br />
people from deprived areas. <strong>The</strong><br />
Boating Base, which is authorised to run<br />
RYA sailing courses, BCU canoeing<br />
courses and ICC courses for<br />
powerboats, is part <strong>of</strong> the Lord Mayor’s<br />
Sports Legacy Scheme and is now<br />
looking to encourage adult members<br />
(recommended by the Salvation Army<br />
or other similar charities) who might<br />
never get such a chance.<br />
Twenty<br />
Special thanks should go to David<br />
Bennett who provided these gloves<br />
which will be put to regular use over the<br />
coming months as the winter boating<br />
activities get underway.<br />
Liveryman<br />
T. Richard Morris<br />
Presentation to Alan Price<br />
EDITOR: Mr Michael Orr<br />
Hope Bank, 13 Upper Gordon Road,<br />
Camberley, Surrey GU15 2HJ<br />
Tel: 01276 22584 Fax: 01276 502873<br />
Email m.j.orr@ntlworld.com<br />
CLERK: Miss Carole Blackshaw<br />
Oscar Court, 17 Tite Street, London SW3 4JR<br />
Tel: 020 7376 3043 Fax: 020 7622 0316<br />
Email: clerk@thegloverscompany.org<br />
<strong>GLOVER</strong>S’ COMPANY<br />
GOLFING SOCIETY<br />
It is sadly necessary to record that the<br />
membership <strong>of</strong> the Golfing Society has<br />
been shrinking for some time and we<br />
could not survive by ourselves. However<br />
we are able to join the Artists Rifles<br />
Golfing Society for our three meetings<br />
and the Autumn Meeting is also shared<br />
with the Founders’ <strong>Company</strong>. Thus we<br />
can still <strong>of</strong>fer golfing <strong>Glovers</strong> the chance<br />
to play at some <strong>of</strong> the finest courses in<br />
the south <strong>of</strong> England. <strong>The</strong> Summer<br />
Meeting took place at Chart Hills and<br />
Rye Golf Clubs on 18 and 19 July. <strong>The</strong><br />
weather at Chart Hills was hardly<br />
summery, even for <strong>2011</strong>, but we<br />
managed a round on a fine parklands<br />
course. Our normal venue, Royal St<br />
George’s at Sandwich had hosted the<br />
Open Championship which finished the<br />
day before and so was “out <strong>of</strong> bounds”<br />
but we will return there next year. Rye<br />
more than made up for Monday’s<br />
aquatic round and the golf was enjoyed<br />
by all. We are very grateful to Past<br />
Assistant David Spry for once again<br />
arranging these two days. <strong>The</strong> Autumn<br />
meeting was held at Worplesdon Golf<br />
Club on 14 October. Traditionally<br />
we compete against the Founders’<br />
<strong>Company</strong> for “<strong>The</strong> Gauntlet”. <strong>The</strong><br />
Founders were the winners <strong>of</strong> the Inter-<br />
Livery Golf Competition, the Prince<br />
Arthur Cup, this year and so we<br />
considered that we did well to lose to<br />
them by only 0.1 <strong>of</strong> a point. <strong>The</strong> scoring<br />
system for this competition was<br />
reputedly rejected by Duckworth and<br />
Lewis as too complicated but it seems to<br />
guarantee an enjoyable day’s golf and it<br />
was good to meet the Founders again.<br />
<strong>The</strong> dates for our fixtures next year are:<br />
Spring Meeting: Wed 21 March at<br />
Hankley Common GC<br />
Summer Meeting: Mon 23 July at<br />
Royal St George’s GC and Tue 24 July<br />
at Rye GC<br />
Autumn Meeting: Fri 12 October at<br />
Worplesdon<br />
We know there are <strong>Glovers</strong> who play<br />
golf and are not on our mailing list. Why<br />
are you missing the chance to play such<br />
fine courses at very reasonable prices?<br />
Please contact Michael Orr to find out<br />
more about the Society.<br />
Michael Orr, Hon Sec <strong>Glovers</strong>’<br />
<strong>Company</strong> Golfing Society<br />
<strong>The</strong> June 2012 Edition<br />
<strong>The</strong> Editor welcomes articles on the activities <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Glovers</strong>’ <strong>Company</strong>,<br />
its members and the Gloving trade. <strong>The</strong> closing date for submissions is<br />
1st May 2012, though it may be possible to accept material<br />
later by prior arangement. <strong>The</strong> preferred method for submitting copy is by<br />
email, as a MS Word file, single-spaced and unjustified, with a minimum<br />
<strong>of</strong> formatting. However, if this is not possible, articles may be sent to the<br />
Editor on paper. Illustrations are also welcome but please contact the<br />
Editor to discuss how they should be sent.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>GLOVER</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2011</strong>