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Stonemasonry 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

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

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

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

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

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

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:  

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

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