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,
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
A big welcome to Darren Breeze
A big welcome to Darren Breeze, professional turner and now a Freeman of the Turners Company, pictured here with the Master Christopher Scott, Upper Warden Col Andrew Ewens, and the Clerk Niall Macnaughton. Thank you to the Cordwainers for the use of their room, providing the impressive trophy backdrop in
Young turners at the AWGB Seminar
The Turners’ Company were proud to help sponsor young turners at the weekend seminar run by the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain. Joining the many delegates at the Staffordshire venue were Eddie, Niklas, Dejay and Nathanael, who learned new skills from several professional turners, including Freeman of the Company
Consorts lunch in memory of Past Mistress Liz Sindall
The second annual lunch in memory of Past Mistress Liz Sindall took place on Tuesday 3 September at the Army & Navy Club, Pall Mall. Hosted by the current Mistress Turner, Angela Scott, the lunch was attended by 21 past and future Consorts, PM Sindall, and his and Liz’s two
Turners at the Sheep Drive
The Master welcomes the Lord Mayor of London and the Lady Mayoress to the Turners’ stall at the Sheep Drive on Southwark Bridge, while pole lathe turner John Burbage shows the public how turners produced tools and implements in the City in the days before electric lathes. The stall was