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Inter-Livery Real Tennis Tournament

Court Assistants Mark Kermack and Richard Lucas participated, representing the Turners Company in the annual Inter-Livery Real Tennis Tournament at the Queens Club, London against 23 teams from across the Livery. Winning 11/20 games the team lost to the eventual finalists. Real Tennis is a sport with a 900 year

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REME Corps Guest Dinner

On 17th October 2024, the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers held their annual Corps Guest dinner night at their headquarters in MOD Lyneham. This dinner is the premier event in the Corps Officers Mess diary and seeks to thank those senior Officers, members of industry and local dignitaries that support

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Remembrance day at St Paul’s Cathedral

It was a solemn occasion for Livery Masters outside St Paul’s Cathedral when we planted crosses of remembrance as part of the City’s commemoration of those who fell on active service. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs led the ceremony and the St Paul’s Chapter with combined choirs, military cadets and

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Weekend turning at Max Carey

Graham, Matthew and Mark were part of a group of enthusiastic hobby turners from the Company who went for a weekend’s tuition in October at the Max Carey Woodturning Trust in Portishead. Our thanks to the instructors at the Trust for their welcome and knowledge!

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Turners’ Golf Society

On October 17th the Turners’ Golf Society entered a team for the 15th anniversary edition of the Dowgate Challenge, a golf competition held at Worplesdon Golf Club for livery companies who have (or had) a Dowgate Hill connection. Competing against a field of Innholders, Tallow Chandlers, Fan Makers and Fuellers,

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Liveryman Fred Bain receives the Company Gold Medal

Within weeks of becoming a Freeman in 2004, Fred joined the first Wizardry in Wood Committee and undertook to provide Event Security through Reveal Services Limited, the Company he had founded on retiring as a Detective Inspector from the Metropolitan Police, and has provided security to every event since at

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