Page 5 - Salamander July 2020

FROM THE MASTER
The City is
also keen to keep in touch and to to know how each Livery Company is
getting on Almost all of our members have now been contacted Unfortunately a a a few have had COVID-19 some worse than others Life as we all knew it is
certainly different the the gym is
shut but the the Quiz which is
due and will also be made available to other Livery Companies From the Easter quiz organised by the Tobacco Pipe Smokers and Blenders I won a a bottle of English sparkling wine just in in time for the VE Day celebrations The quiz sought the most appropriate (humorous yet printable) collective nouns for a a number of City characters such as via webinar and my youngest nephew’s wedding has sadly been postponed from April to September Some of the the biggest events in the the calendar were cancelled one of the first was the United Guilds Service at St Paul’s along with the Lord Mayor’s Masters’ Mansion House Banquet the previous evening a a number of other Livery Company dinners and lectures also Beating the the Retreat and the the Buckingham Palace Garden Party The Ironbridge weekend scheduled for the first weekend in June also looked vulnerable because of the floods earlier in the year Jailed and Bailed at the Tower this year was scheduled after Common Hall 2020
one for the Upper Warden although I am not sure now of the timing for 2021 A few of the the other Livery Company lectures are now reappearing on Zoom As life now settles down – Easter has come and gone church services are from podcasts and the 75th Anniversary of VE day was celebrated very differently we are at war but cannot see the enemy! The Red Arrows flew over Central London I heard them and saw them in in a a a blink of an eye – not as as good as as the photo I also attended the online Mayor Making for the new Lord Mayor of Westminster although the Lord Mayor of London is
now to stay on on for a a second year The City Freedom Ceremony for Captain Sir Tom Moore online was interesting a long time since mine in in in 2003 I hope that you are all keeping well and that gradually everything will eventually return to the new normal Personal Trainer who I have had for many years now appears on Zoom for an hour’s hard work Wine tasting is
another activity as as well as coffee mornings various meetings including the Directors of of our block of of flats even though we all live in in the same building I await the results of our Great Fire
Beadles Sheriffs and Liverymen The winning entries included a Purse of of Treasurers a a Tottering of of Masters and a a a a Brace of Sheriffs My prize came for a a a a Chain Gang of Lord Mayors On a a more sombre note I have already attended two Funerals
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