WCoFF Company News Desk
Charles Bowman was elected as the next Lord Mayor of the City of London on the 10th November 2017. As the elected head of the City of London Corporation, as well as an Alderman and a senior partner with PwC, he will serve as a global ambassador for the UK-based financial and professional services industry for a one year term. He succeeded Dr Andrew Parmley and has become the 690th person to ho ...
Our Master, John Mansfield, appeared on an edition of the Antiques Roadshow broadcast on October 22, 2017. He was featured showing a brick which was donated to our Company on its formation. The brick came from the bakery in Pudding Lane in which the Great Fire of London started in 1666. The item can be viewed on BBC iPlayer 20 minutes after the start of the programme: View iPlayer lin ...
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2017 supported the LSO Discovery Programme to encourage young organists, Music in Hospitals and St Paul’s Cathedral Music Outreach. Fund raising was achieved by inviting people to participate in a variety of activities. One was a 629ft abseil of the Leadenhall (Cheesegrater) Building in the City, which I and 96 others, took part in on Friday 8th September. H ...
On Sunday September 10th members of the Company participated in the annual Act of Remembrance and Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Firefighters Memorial in London. The memorial, situated to the south of St Paul’s Cathedral, is featured on the front cover of our current issue of Salamander and the plinth contains the names of over 2,300 fire and rescue personnel who have died serving their com ...
It has come to my attention that one of our Liverymen, Marianne Fredericks, CC, is one of the nominations for the vacancy of Alderman in the Tower Ward, due to the unfortunate passing of Sir Paul Judge.As several of you know, Marianne is a Common Councillor for the Ward, and has been extremely active in ensuring that the Ward and its residents / workers are at the forefront of the City’s min ...
2433 (Ramsgate and Manston) Squadron Air Training Corps and Affiliated to the Worshipful Company of Firefghters 1st March 2016. Following extensive preparedness and a successful interim inspection conducted by Group Captain Lewis, Commandant, London & South East Region, on the 26th April; 2433 Sqn were one of only three Squadrons to reach the National Final of the competition for the M ...