27
Apr
2015
Ringing the Bells of St Pauls
The trip was well attended and all present seemed to enjoy the itinerary. The cathedral went out of their way to welcome us, and we were escorted both by Mr David Bassford the secretary to the bellringers and Martin their Bell Captain.
27
Apr
2015
Livery Briefing from the City of London Corporation’s Livery Committee
From the Chairman of the Livery Committee, herewith the latest edition of the bi-monthly Livery Briefing, which you can download in PDF format.
2
Mar
2015
Charity Committee Visit Grately House School
On 26 February the Master Turner, John Bridgeman, master turner Stuart Mortimer and Charity Committee Chairman, Colin Field visited Grateley House School in Hampshire.
22
Feb
2015
Turning Competitions 2014
From the artistic to the incredible, the complex to the classic, The Turners Company held a unique one day exhibition, combining entries to the 2014 competitions of the Turners' Company with curated collections of contemporary and historical woodturning.
10
Feb
2015
Livery Dinner 2014
The Company’s Livery Dinner was held at Apothecaries Hall on Tuesday 16th December 2014.
27
Oct
2014
St Catherine’s Lodge No 3743, 99 not out
In October 2015 St Catherine’s Lodge will be celebrating the centenary of its foundation in the dark days of 1915. As a Lodge it occupies a special place among Freemasons as one of the Sister City Livery Lodges all of which are associated with particular Livery Companies.
27
Oct
2014
Turners’ Golf Society
The golf season to date has been very successful for the Company. The Company golf day was held on a glorious June day at Woodcote Park Golf Club with Bill O’Leary putting in an impressive performance to take first place and a beautifully turned bowl by Mark Baker.
27
Oct
2014
The Max Carey Woodturning Trust Visit
Following the very popular visit to The Max Carey Woodturning Trust in Portishead by members of the Court last year, we are planning a return visit for Company members and their partners/guests (if they wish to come) next March.
27
Oct
2014
Loose ends — Cockpit Turners Award Article
Cockpit Arts and The Worshipful Company of Turners joined forces in 2011 to create the first Cockpit Arts Turners Award. Lasting for one year, the award helps creative individuals with drive, an entrepreneurial spirit and the necessary craft skills to build a viable business from turing.
27
Oct
2014
How did Matthew Corbishley turn this slab of African Mahogany into the St Marylebone Church Candle?
How did this slab of African Mahogany became the St Marylebone Church Candle? Look out for future news on Matthew's current project - a bowl using rare bog oak burr that is 14,000 years old!
27
Oct
2014
The Children’s Magical Taxi Tour
The Children’s Magical Taxi Tour was created to give sick children a break from their world of treatment and therapy by going on a trip of a lifetime to Disneyland Paris in a convoy of London taxis.
26
Jun
2014
The City of London Historical Society – Ypres 2014
The City of London Historical Society is organising a battlefield visit to Ypres next August 29,30 and 31st and on behalf of the organising committee, I am writing to seek expressions of interest.
10
Mar
2014
Turners News February — March 2014
How wonderful that Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE accepted our invitation to become an Honorary Liveryman in time for a Turner to be Lord Mayor of London in 2013 - 2014. In support of our Lord Mayor the Company mounted a float in the Lord Mayor's Show - not just any old float but the longest and heaviest in the biggest parade in modern times.
6
Mar
2014
East Herts Woodturners Host Youth Training Day
Since 2010, the East Herts Club has been organising hands-on woodturning taster sessions to raise awareness of woodturning amongst young people. We understand that, subsequently, a few of these youngsters have attended clubs around the country. Following on from a successful taster session for about 30 scouts last year it was agreed to host a teaching day under the AWGB/Worshipful Company of Turners Youth Training Programme.
6
Mar
2014
Master Traces Turning in Sweden
It is a truth universally recognised that a man in possession of a powerful and shiny new car is in want of a fulfilling journey on open roads. And so it was, dear reader, that your Master embarked upon a 2,000 mile return trip by road from London to Stockholm for his summer holiday. Experiencing the sheer delight of his red Jaguar sweeping effortlessly through the un-crowded landscape of the Mistress’s native Sweden was a dream fulfilled, with much to interest followers of our craft as well.
6
Mar
2014
City Livery Concert — Sunday 22nd June 2014 — Barbican
I am writing as Sheriff and as the Sponsoring Alderman for the 2014 City Livery Concert to ask you to invite your Liverymen and Freemen and their families/associates to join in this key event in the City of London calendar.
19
Sep
2013
The Turners’ Company has two masters!
Most unusually, there are presently two Masters on our Court. The day before our own Election Court, Assistant Nic Somers became Master of the Company of Arts Scholars. The Deputy Master (on that day, still the Master Turner) represented the Turners’ Company at the Arts Scholars installation dinner that was held, overlooking the Tower of London, in the splendid surroundings of Trinity House. The Company of Arts Scholars are expected to become a Livery Company during 2014. The Master Turner has the greatest pleasure in congratulating the Master Arts Scholar on his appointment but reminds him that despite his exalted status he still remains the Master’s Steward of the Turners’ Company!
19
Sep
2013
Court visit to No 4 School of Technical Training RAF at St Athan
While the Company’s major Armed Forces association is with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), we also have close ties with the Royal Naval Defence School of Marine Engineering (HMS SULTAN) and the RAF’s No 4 School of Technical Training at St Athan, near Cardiff.
19
Sep
2013
The Lord Mayor’s Tree Party and Liveries Wood Group
On the afternoon of June 24th, people walking past the Mansion House were astonished to see a lorry pull up and disgorge eight huge round containers each bearing a leafy tree five metres high. With much heaving and groaning, members of the Lord Mayor’s staff carried them into the Mansion House, put them in a lift and installed them in the magnificent Egyptian Room.
18
Sep
2013
London Green Wood report to the Worshipful Company of Turners
In 2012 we ran a total of 109 events, which is an average of more than two per week. That included: 12 Saturday meetings of the Association of Pole-lathe Turners and Green Woodworkers (APTGW), 88 midweek workshops (mainly on Wednesdays and Thursdays), 7 days of courses, and 2 demos. We registered 73 new participants in 2012.