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FIRE LECTURE
The Fire Lecture 2012 Fire: Cost & Consequence
This event was held at the Insurance Hall on Wednesday 30th May, in partnership with BRE Global Ltd, and was a resounding success for the Firefighters' Company.
Following a warm welcome by The Master, Peter Cowland, Alderman Sir Robert Finch, the Representative Lord Mayor, gave an opening address, followed by Past Master Jeremy Beech, who introduced the speakers – Carol Atkinson and Dr Debbie Smith for BRE, Nick Starling for ABI, Lee Howell for CFOA, James Landale, Deputy Political Editor at BBC News, who managed the presentations and the open forum; and guests.
An almost capacity audience enjoyed the presentations and posed challenging questions of the speakers and Sir Ken Knight, HM Government's Chief Fire & Rescue Adviser, who joined the speakers at an open forum which followed. Bob Neil MP, the Fire Minister at the Department of Communities & Local Government gave an enthusiastic closing address.
Following a presentation of gifts the Master invited the speakers, guests and members of the audience to join him and the Wardens for a buffet reception before the close.
There are links on our web-site to all the papers. Visit this website again later this year for an announcement about The Fire Lecture 2013. to be a very social occasion.
SWAN-UPPING
The photo below shows new Master, Michael Harper and his wife Judith at the recent Swan- Upping event held at Henley-on -Thames on 18th July. This was organised for the WCoFF members by Alan Wood. Although the ceremony of Swan-Upping, organised by two of the City Livery companies, had to be cancelled due to fast river rates, an enjoyable time was had by all anyway with a lovely trip on the river Thames.”
MEMBERS DECLARING THEIR FREEDOM
The photographs below (kindly identified by Ron Murray) relate to those who declared their freedom and were clothed in the Company's livery on the 16th July 2012 Court luncheon and Freedom and Clothing Ceremony.
Jeffrey Borsack
Roger Gentle
Stuart McEwan
Micheal Skilleter
Andrew Hentschel
ST FLORIAN'S DAY AND PARTNERS’ LUNCH
The St Florian's Day and Partners’ lunch was held on 4th May at Il Bordello's Italian restaurant in Wapping. The food was superb and the company jovial.
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