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5
THE CITY
COMES TO
CORNWALL
Past Master Alan Wells
The
Lord Mayor, Alderman
David Brewer,
a Cornishman,
sought
to
develop
a
link
between
the City of
London
and Cornwall
at The Royal Cornwall
Show
held
near Wadebridge
during
June 2006.
In
support were 66 Livery Companies with
some
50 Masters
and
their partners
among
them,
including
the
former Master Alan Wells
and
Christine,
former Renter Warden Viv
Jones
and
Judith,
and Liveryman Harry Paviour
and Doreen.
The City
guests were welcomed
at
a dinner
hosted by The Lady Mary Holborrow,
JP, Lord-
Lieutenant of Cornwall,
held
in
a
transparent
marquee on
the
floodlit
lawns
at Cabilla Manor
overlooking Bodmin Moor,
the
home of Robin
and Louella Hanbury-Tennison
(High
Sheriff Elect
of Cornwall).
At
the
Show Ground
the
next day,
a
few Livery
Companies
set out
stalls of
their
trade,
among
them
the Pewterers
and
the
Ironmongers. The
Lord Mayor
in
a Britzka
horse-drawn
carriage
led
a
show-ring parade of Livery Companies, which
included
the Drapers’ Barge.
Later
the
same month, 19 Cornish
trades-people
attended
a Day
in
the City
at Leadenhall Market
to promote Cornwall. The Helston Brass Band
entertained
the
crowds
as
the Lord Mayor
accompanied by HRH The Prince of Wales
and
The Duchess of Cornwall
toured
the market
and
greeted
guests. The Day
in
the City
closed with
a
reception
given by
the Lord Mayor
at
the
Mansion House
for
the
visitors
and
supporting
Livery.
A
long-gone
fire
service
training
routine
from before
the days of
health &
safety
and
risk
assessments.
Jumping
sheets were
carried by most
city
fire brigades
up
to
the
Second World War
and weekly drill
in
their
use was
a
regular
feature. Here
a London
Fire Brigade
crew demonstrate
the
correct
technique
with
a
jumping
sheet
as
an LFB
fireman
acts
as
the
‘jumper’
from
the
third
floor of
the drill
tower
at
Southwark,
c1931.
(London
Fire Brigade)