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STONEMASONRY TRAINING CONTINUES UNDER COVID19 ‘LOCKDOWN’ Court Assistant Cdre Adrian Munns OBE RN
- July 9, 2020
- Posted by: Giles Clapp
- Category: News
No CommentsStonemasonry training has continued in spite of Covid19 restrictions. Examples of work undertaken in the past few months by two students from Moulton College and one from City & Guilds of London Art School, working from home, illustrates the determination of craft students – at different levels of development – to succeed and progress their
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Annual Exhibition of Stonemasonry and Stone Carving 2020
- June 7, 2020
- Posted by: Roger Adcock
- Category: Charity, News
Annual Exhibition of Stonemasonry and Stone Carving 2020 SAVE THE DATE 20.08.07 – EXHIBITION OF STONEMASONRY AND STONE CARVING 2019 saw the inaugural exhibition of work by stone masons and stone carvers held at Gallery Different, a contemporary fine art gallery in the heart of the West End. (Gallery Different Website) It was a great
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Prince Arthur Cup 16 May 2019
- May 27, 2019
- Posted by: Roger Adcock
- Category: News
Forty eight Livery company teams assembled at Walton Heath Golf Club for the annual Livery Companies Golfing Society competition. We were greeted with almost ideal conditions of sunshine and a gentle summer breeze. Walton Heath G C founded in 1903 has been the venue for many prestigious events too many to mention but include the
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The Master writes to The Times about the fire Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
- April 18, 2019
- Posted by: Roger Adcock
- Category: News
The Master respond to the tragic fire on 15th April at The Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris by writing to The Times on 17th April which was published, with headlines on the 18th April. The letter:- Dear Sir, Notre Dame The tragedy of Notre Dame is deeply upsetting. The restoration that is promised by President Macron
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ROYAL ENGINEERS’ OBLISK
- November 13, 2018
- Posted by: Jolanta Glas
- Category: News
ROYAL ENGINEERS’ OBLISK By Yeoman Mason Ayako Furuno I was fortunate enough to be commissioned by the Royal Engineers to design, carve and fix some additional plaques to the Kitchener Obelisk at the Headquarters of the Royal Engineers in Chatham, Kent. The additional plaques show the theatres of war in which a member of
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Liverymen of The Masons Company who fell in WW1
- November 4, 2018
- Posted by: Roger Adcock
- Category: News
The 1917-18 Livery List records the names of 34 people (Liverymen or their sons/daughters) who were serving or had served in the Royal Navy or Army (the Royal Air Force had yet to be formed). Poignantly, it also lists the 5 who had lost their lives – a sobering figure when one realises that the
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LONDON STONE RETURNS TO ITS TRADITIONAL LOCATION
- October 5, 2018
- Posted by: Jolanta Glas
- Category: News
At 1130 hrs on Thursday 05 October, the Masons’ Company was honoured to host the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor at the unveiling of London Stone on its return to its traditional location at 111 Cannon Street. The building’s owners, Messrs Adrian and Nicholas Fu, who had flown in from Hong Kong for the
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A NEW SIGN IN MASONS’ AVENUE By The Clerk
- July 12, 2018
- Posted by: Giles Clapp
- Category: News
Between 1483 and 1865 the Masons’ Company Halls (both the pre and post Great Fire) stood on the site of what is now 12 Mason’s Avenue. A certain amount is known about both buildings, and although lost in the Great Fire, in his book of 1894, Edward Conder writes of the 1st (mediaeval) hall:
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WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL FESTIVAL 17 JUNE 2018 By Liveryman Eric Bignell
- June 19, 2018
- Posted by: Giles Clapp
- Category: News
Judging in progress during the Winchester Cathedral Stone Festival on 17 June. The judges were led by Mr Andrew Bowles, the new Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons, just four days into the role. The Masons’ Company charities provided the prizes. The other judges were Freeman Commodore Adrian Munns, Administrator of the Cathedrals
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CHARITABLE TRUST VISIT TO CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL 18 April 2018 By Past Master Bill Gloyn,
- April 26, 2018
- Posted by: Giles Clapp
- Category: News
The Masons’ Company charities have given support to Canterbury Cathedral for many years. As well as providing financial assistance for a number of apprentices in the stonemasonry team, via the Craft Fund, the Charitable Trust gives ongoing support to the outreach scheme that brings school children into the Cathedral to learn about the building, its