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INTER-LIVERY CHESS CHALLENGE 2022 he first Inter-Livery Chess Challenge took place on 14th July in the palatial surroundings of the Lansdowne Club in London’s Mayfair. The event was originally planned for 2020 but had to be cancelled due to Covid. After some hard fought games, against the clock, the eventual winners were WCOTA Team 2 […]
A City walk has become one of the regular fixtures in the WCOTA social calendar, and is an event which has, so far, usually been blessed with good weather. This year’s walk, which was held on 5 July, was no exception, and a group of us gathered in the late afternoon sun for a pre-walk drink outside The […]
Several members of the WCoTA and their guests enjoyed a wonderful guided tour of the Chelsea Physic Garden on Thursday 19 May, organised by Bob Harland. The garden is reputed to be one of the oldest botanical gardens in the UK. Since 1673, when Chelsea was a village outside of London, Chelsea Physic Garden has occupied four […]
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Attached is an update from the Commanding officer of HMS Bangor 20220322-Crew 8s Newsletter
From The Master. In February Ian and I attended the World Traders Tacitus lecture at Guildhall. A truly scholarly and gripping lecture was given by Professor David Olusoga. After dinner we were privileged to attend a small group for dinner with him and other Livery Masters, together with the sponsors.
This is the email and photograph that the Master has received from the Commanding Officer of HMS Bangor thanking the Company for the Port that we presented to the ship. Dear Master, I hope this email finds you and the Company well. I’m getting in touch to say that I took Command of HMS Bangor […]
The Company will be entering a team for the Pancake Races to be held at Guildhall Yard on 1 March 2022. The Master will be competing and leading the team but we also need two liverymen (One male and one female) to take part as well as a novelty runner in fancy dress! All those […]
The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers 25th Anniversary Playing Cards In support of the Tax Advisers’ Charitable Trust (TACT), as part of The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers 25th Anniversary Appeal, The Charities Committee of The Company has sourced the design and production of a commemorative twinset of playing cards. There is still time to […]
In January 2021, Past Master Erica Stary published her paper – Women in the Livery and High Civic Office in the City.