37. Michaelmas Court & Lunch

Our Michaelmas Court and Lunch was held at the splendid Trinity House, near the Tower of London on Monday 19th September. At the Court Meeting, amongst other duties and agenda items, I had the pleasure of installing one new Freeman and six new Liverymen to our Company.

At the lunch we were well supported by Masters from the Paviors, the Environmental Cleaner’s, the Plumbers, the Constructor’s and the Hackney Carriage Drivers. My principal guest was Lord Tim Bell, erstwhile PR advisor to Baroness Margaret Thatcher. Mark Lane (Walbrook Warden) proposed the toast to the guests and Lord Bell responded, in an amusing speech full of anecdotal stories, on behalf of the guests.

A retiring collection managed by my Bailiff, Dylan Barker, raised £874 for our charity, The Water Conservation Trust.

Photographs show the “welcoming line for guests”, guests chatting before lunch and Lord Bell addressing us all.