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UPCOMING
EVENTS
The Fire Lecture 2013
Following on from the successful Fire Lecture
2012 the wheels have started turning to bring
you the Fire Lecture 2013. On Tuesday 23rd
April 2013, 6.30pm - 9.00pm at The Insurance
Hall.
Please keep this date free in your diaries.
In the meantime if you would like to read the
papers of the Fire Lecture 2012 please visit the
WcoFF website where you will find a link to the
papers.
CHRISTMAS CAROL
CONCERT
A FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Members of the Company
Featuring Soprano, Suzanne Wilson
,
Family, friends and guests are invited to attend
Following the Carol Service, members of the congregation are invited to remain
in the church to share light refreshment and good company.
There will be no charge for Members of the Worshipful Company and their
immediate family: but Members are invited to make a donation in respect of
other family members, friends and guests who accompany them as a
contribution towards essential costs.
At the church of
St. Mary-le-Bow
Cheapside, London EC2
Friday 14th December 2012
At 6.30 p.m.
The church of St Mary-le-Bow was
completely destroyed in the Great Fire of
London in 1666. Its successor was built by
Wren between 1670 and 1683. At almost
£15,645 it was then the most expensive but
also the most important Wren church after
St Paul’s Cathedral. Bow bells are probably
the most famous in the world and for many
hundreds of years have been woven into the
folklore of the City of London. In 1392 Dick
Whittington heard Bow bells call him back to
London to become Lord Mayor; to be born
within the sound of Bow bells was the sign
of a true Londoner or Cockney; and Bow
bell's authority ends the medieval nursery
rhyme Oranges and Lemons, 'I do not know
says the Great Bell of Bow'