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The Salamander
The Worshipful Company of Firefighters
The Clerk: Sir Martin Bonham Bt
The Insurance Hall, 20 Aldermanbury
London EC2V 7GF
T: 0207 600 1666 F: 0207 600 1666
E:
The Worshipful Company of Firefighters
Service, Fellowship, Harmony and Honour
FROM THE
MASTER’S DESK
Michael Harper
As I write this piece at the start of the New Year
and hopefully spring around the corner, I can say
that we find the Company in good heart for the
year ahead. We now have a satisfactory financial
position, membership is on an upward trend and
we have a strong programme of events coming
up. I hope that many of you will be able to enjoy
these as the year progresses.
The PR group is making good progress with a
new web-site now up and running which will not
only present a stronger outward image to our
communities, but will also be able to allow livery
members to access information on the Company
securely and for us to be able to transact
bookings and purchase memorabilia more
efficiently.
A highlight for me in raising our profile was the
City Dinner which featured our work in the
Education and Training field and is featured in this
newsletter. We look forward to seeing another
successful Fire Lecture again, which
demonstrates how we can influence the
communities we understand and serve. I
encourage you to attend if you can – details can
be found in this newsletter and on our web-site.
We also enjoyed a memorable Carol Service
which attracted a good attendance and the
Company was present at the annual Livery
Companies’ pancake race.
We need to keep our focus on measures and
events to interest our growing membership and I
would encourage all members to let me,
Wardens, or the Clerk have any ideas for
Company development.
Finally we are very fortunate to have many
people working hard for the Company on
Committees and in many other ways. I should
like to thank them all for their efforts which are
much appreciated.
Firefighters at the fore in the Lord Mayor's livery
company pancake race - pictures show Master
Michael Harper concentrating on tossing his
pancake, Renter-Warden Bryan Spearman ready for
the off and Upper-Warden Beryl Jeffrey in full flight
at the turn. Good fun was had by all and money
was raised for the Lord Mayor's charity.
February 2013
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Exclusive City Dinner 2012 2
Past Master Geoff Morgan 3
Carol Concert & Homily 3
Armistice Day Commemoration 4
Ladies Lunch 4
Recruitment 4
Company Directory 4
Macedonian Firefighter Training 5
Upcoming Events 6
Firefighters News 7
Memorabilia 8
Massey Shaw Dinner,
HQS Wellington
Meet the Firefighters,
Winchester House
United Guilds Service,
St. Paul's
Court of Assistants,
Insurance Hall
Members’ Informal
Luncheon, Old Dr Butler’s
The Fire Lecture 2013,
Insurance Hall
St Florian’s Day Partners
Lunch
Festival of the Sons of the
Clergy, St Paul’s
The Court of Assistants
(Election), Insurance Hall
Members’ Informal
Luncheon, Old Dr Butler’s
Common Hall,
Insurance Hall
Annual Service of
Re-dedication, St Mary-le-Bow