Our Year starts with a Private Visit and Lunch at the iconic, Mark Mason’s Hall, 86 St James’s, London SW1A 1PL Our Tour will be conducted by Past Master, Hackney Carriage Driver, Dan Heath Tuesday 13th January 2026 10.45 Tour 12.15 Drinks in the Bar 13.00 hours Three Course Lunch (Cash Drinks & Wines)
5 King William Street is a listed Building in the heart of the City. Until 1984, it was the Headquarters of Phoenix Assurance, a pioneering Insurance Company.
It was built during the First World War and was partially demolished and reconstructed between 1984 and 1987. Liveryman Ann Reed was part of the architectural design team at the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership, and James Armitage was the site manager for Trollope and Colls, the building Contractor. It was the first Project for which James was wholly responsible from beginning to end.
Transforming Glass with See-through Graphics
Designing and developing the world’s first squash court with four unobstructed, one-way vision walls, led to over twenty see-through graphics inventions. These are typically printed on, applied to, or laminated within the windows of buildings and vehicles. Most provide a strong image visible from outside but a clear view from the inside. They include other vision control options, several production technologies, including the separate invention of exact registration printing, and are adopted in 4 principal market segments, Advertising, Architecture,
The First Court & Livery Dinner of the Year at Butchers Hall. Our guest speaker H.E. Luxembourg Ambassador, Georges Friden and Glass Artist on Display, Artisan Freeman Deborah Timperley
The United Guilds Service is one of the great annual occasions in the City of London’s civic and livery calendar. Here’s a clear overview:
The United Guilds Service is a joint religious service attended by the Livery Companies, Guilds, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and senior figures of the City of London. It celebrates the fellowship, history, and charitable purpose of the livery movement.
• First held in 1943, during the Second World War, as a way of uniting the City’s guilds and companies in a time of hardship - and it has continued ever since.
Purpose
• To give thanks for the work of the City’s Guilds and Livery Companies
• To reinforce unity and shared purpose
• To reflect on service, charity, education, and the City’s role today
