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November 2015
from the
MASTER &
WARDENS
The newsletter of The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
THE ONLY
CONSTANT
IS CHANGE
2015 may seem to have passed in the blink of an eye – but for
the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, this has been
a significant period of change. In May, a new chapter began
when the Company signed an agreement with the Association
of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) and ABDO College,
transferring the administration of WCSM examinations to ABDO
with effect from 1 September 2015. Workshops and training
courses previously organised by the WCSM Education Trust will
now be delivered by ABDO College.
support the Master and Wardens and to execute administrative
and ceremonial functions, in the words of the 1629 Charter,
“according to [the Clerk’s] best skill and knowledge”.
“Change is inevitable, change is constant” said Disraeli in the
19th Century. JF Kennedy said something similar in the 1960s.
But so did Heraclitus in ancient Greece, c 500 BC.
However, WCSM still remains as the awarding body and
we retain responsibility for the qualifications. We will issue
certificates to successful students and we will maintain our
direct link with our craft. So, although there is change, there is
also continuity.
Moving onwards is nothing unusual for us. Each year a
new Master and Wardens make their declaration and each
generation admits Freemen and Liverymen with new ways
of thinking. In vision science, in diagnostic techniques and
treatments, in research, in manufacturing and in practice, each
day can bring a discovery. We use the best of the past and add
something new.
And the same is true of the 24th (known) Clerkship. The
appointment of Helen Perkins to succeed Lt. Col. John Salmon
was a 21st Century choice in many ways, but the role remains
the same as it has been since the foundation of the Company – to
So on with the change
and on to the future.
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In this edition
From the Master(s)..................................................................... 2
The Agreement with ABDO ...................................................... 18
Installation of the New Master and Wardens .............................. 6
Presentation of Certificates and Awards................................... 19
A Learned and Gallant Clerk ...................................................... 8
Bronze Medals ........................................................................ 21
The Court ................................................................................ 10
From the Archives.................................................................... 23
Livery News ............................................................................. 11
The Spectacle Makers’ Charity ................................................ 24
The Livery Album ..................................................................... 12
WCSM 100 Club ..................................................................... 27
The Livery Dinner ..................................................................... 15
The Spectacle Makers’ Society................................................ 28
The Chaplain 2015-16 ............................................................. 17
Dates for 2016 ........................................................................ 32
SO LONG AND THANKS
FOR ALL THE FISH
So runs the title of the 4th book of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy” trilogy (yes, trilogy) written by Douglas Adams. It is the
message left by the dolphins when they departed planet earth,
and I use it now as I depart the astonishing cosmos inhabited
by Masters of Livery Companies.
He noted that: “It is only the optical dealer who has no optical
knowledge, or the quack, who encroaches on the ground of the
surgeon or physician…and the very fact of having a Spectacle
Makers’ Company’s certificate will be a sufficient guarantee that
the holder will not be of that kind”.
It has been an annus mirabilis in which I have felt like a cross
between Mae West and her “too much of a good thing is
wonderful” and a Chinaman who “lives in interesting times”.
But it hasn’t been all beer, skittles and interesting talks. The
important business of this Livery Company has been proceeding
actively. We have met a number of challenges, and addressed
them to secure the health and strength of the Spectacle Makers’
Company for the future.
There has been a great deal of eating, including lots of fish,
and drinking excellent wines with most interesting and convivial
companions in some of the most beautiful places in the City of
London. All this, you might say, is “so far, so expected” for the
Master of a Livery Company, but what may be less obvious is
quite how much erudition a Master is privileged to access. I
have heard from the experts on topics as varied as “the Temple
and the Magna Carta” to “the Farrell Review (of architecture
and the built environment) and its application in practice” and
have learnt surprising things like how to shoot a live rifle and
parachute jump (if only from a box), courtesy of the 16th Medical
Regiment in Colchester.
A particular highlight for me, and I hope for everyone there, was
the Livery Dinner on 23rd April when our guest speaker, Sir
Mark Walport, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, replied
for the guests in a most entertaining and informative manner.
Sir Mark even managed to find a link between the Spectacle
Makers’ Company and the Medical Defence Union (for whom I
work). To quote Sir Mark:
“In 1899 we find the Master’s predecessor, William Thornthwaite,
writing to the BMJ to defend the certificates issued by the
Company to opticians: “It is far from the intention of the
Spectacle Makers’ Company to deprive the oculists of a single
patient”.
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The most obvious change was the retirement of our learned
and gallant Clerk of more than 17 years, John Salmon. I shall
always be grateful to John for holding off retirement until he had
seen in my installation. He was a terrific support and source
of wise counsel and advice. He helped me immeasurably in
understanding and dealing with the operational, managerial and
strategic challenges facing the Company, as well as making
sure I turned up at the right place, at the right time, correctly
attired and knowing what was expected of me.
His retirement raised the question of finding a worthy successor.
The recruitment process brought an avalanche of applications
and, with the help of the Upper Warden, Renter Warden, Felicity
Harding, John Fried and John McGregor, I think we have found
the perfect person in our new Clerk, Helen Perkins.
Helen joined us on 2 June and really had to hit the ground
running to implement the agreement reached in May between
the Livery Company, the Educational Trust, ABDO and ABDO
College for a joint education scheme for optical technicians and
optical practice support staff.
This strategic alliance maintains our direct relationship with “the
Craft” as WCSM will remain the regulated awarding body and
will work with ABDO College who will deliver training leading to
our qualifications.
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The signing of the agreement was only the start, and the
practical issues arising from it have all had to be dealt with on
a tight timescale. Aside from that, there have been the day to
day operational matters to attend to, including IT improvements,
support for the Committees and the Court, maintaining
relationships with the Livery and the Freedom and with the City
and last, but certainly not least, supporting the work of our
Charitable Trust.
Finally, my thanks go to my Upper Warden, Edward Middleton,
and Renter Warden, Don Grocott. I owe them a great debt
of gratitude. We have, as Master and Wardens, worked as a
good, effective team. We have concentrated on making sure
the interests of this Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
come first, and that this Company can go forward stronger
than ever. I wish every success to Edward as he takes up the
Mastership, supported by Don and Felicity as his Wardens. I
leave you in very safe hands.
At the outset of my year as Master, I expressed the wish that our
collective effort to raise charitable funds would mean the
Spectacle Makers’ Charity became an even stronger
and more effective force for good. I know that this is
something which is also close to Edward Middleton’s
heart and I hope that the Charity will continue to
gather support from all members during his year as
Master.
May I close by offering a heartfelt thank you
to every one of you for your company and
support. It has been great fun because of
you. My special thanks go to both the
Clerks I have been lucky enough to serve
with and our wonderful Beadle, Peter
Thompson, who has looked
after me assiduously and with
great kindness. Thanks too to
my lovely Chaplain, Father Peter
Harris, who always managed to
get some optical reference into
his prayers, which hit the spot
and lifted the spirits.
As always, our Stewards have
made sure our guests have been
properly looked after and I thank
them and all the hardworking
members of Committees and
Committee Chairmen whose
work is perhaps sometimes
hidden from view, but without
whom we could not function.
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EDWARD MIDDLETON, FCA
MASTER 2015 - 2016
Firstly, I must say how much of an honour
it is for me to become Master of the
Company. Back in 2004, when I became
a Freeman, little did I think that I would
one day become Master. Not being
directly from the optical world, it is an
enormous privilege for me to be next in
a long line of Masters who have each
contributed to the vision and purpose of
the Company, in their own ways.
I will indeed be “standing on the
shoulders of giants” and it is very
apposite that I am following Christine
Tomkins as Master, as Christine
originally introduced me to the
Company.
As Master, she led both the
appointment of the 24th Clerk and the
negotiations towards the agreement
with ABDO with great success; it is
difficult to think of two more important
and time consuming events that have
happened in the Company’s life for
many years.
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Christine has attracted much respect and admiration within the
City for the way in which she has represented the Company
and I pay tribute to her for her hard work and dedication over
the past year.
The agreement with ABDO represents a step change in how
the Company operates, with educational activity being more
focused on encouraging, rather than delivering, training. The
implementation of the agreement has meant that one person
in particular, the new Clerk, has had a very rapid introduction to
this part of the world of optics. I know I speak for the Wardens,
as well as myself, when I say that we look forward to working
with Helen Perkins and supporting her in her role.
But we will not forget the service of her predecessor, John
Salmon. John’s reputation for knowing what was what, and
how things should be done, benefited not just members of the
Company but was also much lauded among other Clerks and
Masters. I am pleased to take this opportunity to record here
the Company’s thanks and best wishes to John and, of course,
to his wife Cheryl.
One of the areas we will be focusing on over the next year is how
we communicate with our 400 Liverymen and 750 Freemen,
and with the outside world. You may already have noticed the
new format for emails and the Company is developing its use
of social media so we can communicate with a larger group of
people at once. Not everyone will use email but please make
sure that we have your current address and telephone number
at least. I ask all Freemen to complete and send back the form
you will find with this Newsletter.
The founder spectacle makers would have traded from a shop.
In the 21st Century, the Company’s “shop window” is its website.
A number of developments are already underway and we hope
that, by the end of 2016, our IT developments will enable us to
share what we do, maintain the links between the Company
and all its members, and ensure records are accessible for both
current and future generations.
We are grateful to Liveryman Angus Bankes for his support and
guidance to date and we are very fortunate to have been offered
the services of a website designer, thanks to the generosity of
another member of the Company.
We hope that members and will be able to find the information
they need much more easily on the new website but for those
who prefer to speak to a person, the Clerk will still very gladly
talk to members on the phone.
During my year as Master, I am also looking forward to talking to
people and making new friends as well as seeing many of you
that I already know, so I wanted to encourage you to put some
dates in your diaries now!
The Livery Dinner will be held on Tuesday 19 April 2016, in
Drapers’ Hall, surrounded by the collection of Royal paintings
and under the magnificent ceiling paintings depicting
Shakespearean scenes. The Livery Dinner is always a very
special evening and this is a wonderful setting. Do please start
to think about your guest list now!
Another exciting event will be a Gregorie Dinner, to be held on
Saturday 3 September 2016 in the beautiful Hall of Downing
College, Cambridge, during the Master’s Weekend. The
full splendour of the Livery will be translated from London
to Cambridge for one night. While there are plenty of
accommodation options in Cambridge, one will be to stay in the
College, facilitating an easy move from the bar to bed! I hasten
to add that the en-suite rooms are of a very high standard
and a far cry from what is normally thought of as “student
accommodation”! However, to see for yourself, take a look at
the website www.downing-conferences-cambridge.com.
Formal dinners are, of course, not the only socialising
opportunities planned for the year and I will enjoy being with
Liverymen and Freemen at events being organised by the
Society and at informal gatherings too.
But we have to do more to fulfil the Spectacle Makers’ real
purpose of assisting the visually impaired.
I ask you all this year to think about what more you can do
or say to you’re your commitment to that purpose. Could you
encourage a local practice to sponsor their employees to take
WCSM qualifications? Could you make an introduction at a
Court luncheon which really helps a younger colleague in their
career, or in their optical research? Could you visit and help an
individual known to you who is dealing with visual impairment in
their everyday life? We can all do something.
I urge you, in particular, to consider if you could make, or
increase, a regular donation to the Spectacle Makers’ Charity.
The Charity continues to fund some wonderful projects, both in
the UK and in countries where eye care is still in an early stage
of development, but we could do so much more.
All new members joining the Livery now undertake to give a
regular amount each year and it would be wonderful to see
more people making the same commitment. You will find a
standing order form and a Gift Aid declaration enclosed with this
Newsletter. The forms are also available from the Clerk and on
the website. If 250 people who are not yet contributing donated
£15 a month, the Charity would be able to give £45,000 more,
each year, to help fund vital research and improve everyday
living for people whose vision is impaired.
I undertake to do everything I can as Master to pursue the
objects for which our Company was founded and to build on
the achievements of the Spectacle Makers before me. I thank
you all in advance for your support.
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INSTALLATION OF THE NEW
MASTER AND WARDENS
The Annual Service of Thanksgiving, Remembrance and
Rededication took place on Wednesday 7 October 2015 at
St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street with the kind permission of its
Rector, The Reverend Canon Dr Alison Joyce.
A congregation of over 120 witnessed the installation of the
new Master and Wardens before returning to Apothecaries’
Hall for a celebratory drink and lunch. The Master’s first duty
after lunch, as always, was to bestow on his predecessor the
Deputy Master’s badge, to the apparent delight of both parties!
The Rector welcomes Spectacle Makers to St Bride’s
The Master arrives at St Bride’s, resplendent in the Bonnet
presented by her consort, Simon Bartley OBE, at the Court
dinner the night before the service.
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The Master and Wardens
The Chaplain, Father Peter Harris, challenges the
congregation to “be open”
The new Master and Deputy Master
The new Master receives the ceremonial
badge and chain from the Beadle
The Master welcomes family,
friends and guests
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A LEARNED AND
GALLANT CLERK
A tribute on the retirement of the 23rd known
Clerk, Lt. Col. John Salmon OBE, LLB
It is therefore perhaps no surprise that John’s love of history
will be continued in the form of a Master’s degree, covering the
history of Britain during the First World War.
Between student life, enjoying time with his grandchildren and
watching cricket and (Cheryl hopes) spending some hours
sorting out the boxes that accompanied their house move,
John will keep busy. The Court records its thanks to John and
sends very best wishes to him and to Cheryl for good health
and happiness in North Yorkshire.
John Salmon arrived in 1998 and immediately made an impact.
As Past Master Bob Chappell remembers:
‘My abiding memory of the arrival of
John and his introduction as our new
Clerk was, I will have to do something
about those spectacles! Indeed I did
try but despite managing to improve
his sartorial elegance he never did get
used to those ‘new fangled varifocals’
The Master and The Clerk at St Paul’s
However, John did build up considerable knowledge both of the
Company and of the world of optics. He established a reputation
for running Livery functions with the utmost precision, panache
and due attention to protocol, attributes he had gained during a
distinguished period of military service.
“JABS” receives a parting gift
from Professor John Marshall
By the time of his retirement on 2 June 2015, John had
supported no less than 17 Masters and had built up the Livery
to its maximum strength of 400 members.
In his years as Clerk and as Honorary Secretary of the Spectacle
Makers’ Society, John, together with his wife Cheryl, enjoyed
fun and friendship over many interesting visits and expeditions.
For many members of the Society, a visit to the Western Front in
2008 and the “Return to the Trenches” trip led by John in 2011
were unforgettable experiences.
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And an introduction to his successor…..
Helen Perkins was born and brought up in St Helens, the home
of glass, before taking her degree in Modern History at Corpus
Christi College, Oxford.
Until her appointment as Clerk, her career was spent as a
Company Secretary in various businesses, including five years
in investment management in the City. She is a Fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a
Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.
Helen is married to Jonathan and they have two children,
Catherine (15) and James (13).
Clerk in Office
The transfer from the 23rd to the 24th known Clerk is
completed with the Ceremony of working out which key
operates which door!
History is made with the first
photograph of three successive
Clerks all together
at a Court lunch
on 2 June 2015.
Left to right
John Salmon (23)
Helen Perkins (24)
Colin Eldridge (22)
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THE COURT
2015-16
THE MASTER AND THE WARDENS
The Master
Mr Edward Middleton
The Upper Warden
Mr Don Grocott
The Renter Warden
Mrs Felicity Harding
THE DEPUTY MASTER
Dr Christine Tomkins
PAST MASTER ASSISTANTS
Mr Bob Chappell
Mr John Fried
Professor John Marshall Mr Chris Hunt
SENIOR ASSISTANTS
Mr John McGregor
Mr Huntly Taylor
Mr Robert Brant
Mr David Baker
Mr Brad Parkes
ASSISTANTS
Professor David Gartry
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Mr Bob Hutchinson
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Mr Andy Buss
Ms Melina Joy
LIVERY
NEWS
The following were clothed as of the Livery on 3rd March
and 2nd June 2015.
Mr Michael George
Hawkins
Dr Ali Aijaz Hussain
Mr John Andrew
Stewart-Robinson
Mr Edward Julian Kettell
Mr Ian Davies
Dr Scott Watson Mackie
Mr Ian Humphreys
Miss Lucia Pelosini
Mr Peter Hurst
The Company celebrates the Freedom anniversaries of
the following members:
25 YEARS
Judith Rosemary Arnold
Josephine Anne Bankes
Frances Florence Bradshaw
Richard Charles Brignall
David Jeffrey Burt
Carl Mark Chadwick
Stella Devine
Jane Catherine Dexter
Jonathan Mark Foreman
Richard John Howlett
Graham Miller Kyle
Darren Fraser Leigh
Professor John Marshall
David William Shepherd
Edwin Roy Shermer
40 YEARS
Jennifer Anne Falk
John Albert Frances Flynn
Paul Simon Levene
50 YEARS
Simon Richard Stephen Adlam
James Christopher Barrie
Judith Boulton Booth
Peter Frank Booth
Robert William Chappell
Peter William Chilton
Stephen Charles Daniels
Alan Excoffen Duchemin
Nigel Robert Gethin
Anthony Sidney Jenkins
John Anthony Paxon
Eric Smith
60 YEARS
RIP
The deaths of the following Liverymen
have been recorded in the period March
to November 2015:
Arnold Adler
Peter Brian Bentley
Rev Michael Richard Moore Jaggs
Hugh Robert Draper
John Anthony Rawling
Roy Trayton Styles
Ian Tebbutt
Peter Maurice Braddy
Morris Samuel Conway
Richard Henry Jeffery
David Kear
John Roger Leech
Gillian Edna Whitby
Michael Wolfe
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LIVERY
ALBUM
The Principal Guest at the Court Luncheon on 3 March was
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, a former Chief of the General
Staff, and prime mover behind the recent publication of a book
detailing the history of all the Reserve Force units raised from
within Greater London, and the support that they have received
over the years from the livery companies.
On 19 May, the Spectacle Makers hosted the Four Liveries’
Lecture at Scientific Instrument Makers’ Hall. Professor John
Tyrer of Loughborough University delivered the lecture
entitled “Making Light work for your Livery”, bringing together
examples of advanced laser technology in the work of each of
the livery companies present. The evening was chaired by Past
Master Professor John Marshall, Chairman of the Professorial
Committee, seen here presenting a gift to Professor John Tyrer.
This year’s Livery Schools Link Showcase event was held at
Barber-Surgeons’ Hall on 4 March and the Spectacle Makers
provided a real “insight” for participants. Here, Assistant Melina
Joy explains more about contact lenses and the wide range of
roles and opportunities in optical practice.
Professor John Tyrer and the Masters
at the Four Liveries’ Lecture
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The enthusiasm of the Worshipful Company of Scientific
Instrument Makers for more knowledge about the optical world
drew them on a private visit to the British Optical Association
Museum which is housed at the College of Optometrists in
Craven Street in London. The curator, Liveryman Neil Handley,
proudly displayed the museum’s first edition of Newton’s
Opticks, initialled by Newton himself at the top right hand corner.
For the first time this year, the Livery world transported itself
outside the City, with the establishment of a new group, the
“Brigantes”, for Liverymen living in the North (defined broadly as
the area from Lincolnshire/Shropshire to the Scottish border).
Spectacle Makers Geoffrey and Frances Watson and Annesley
Wright participated in the first Brigantes’ Breakfast held in
Manchester on 29 May 2015. 230 Liverymen and spouses/
partners attended, representing 73 Livery Companies. The next
Brigantes meetings will be in Ripon in December 2015 and in
the Cutlers’ Hall in Sheffield in May 2016.
The traditional gifts from the Spectacle Makers’ Company to
the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress were duly delivered and
personally fitted by Liverymen Ivan and Hayley Wainer at the
Mansion House in May.
Master at Ironbridge
Hayley Wainer fits the Lady Mayoress
Liveryman Neil Handley
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LIVERY
The Clerk
received an
unexpected gift
from The Lord
Mayor
The then Lord Mayor, now Alderman, Alan Yarrow, was
witnessed putting his spectacles to good use only a day or
two later when delivering a speech at a spectacular dinner in
Guildhall and has continued to benefit from them, most recently
wearing them to read the lesson at a Service in Westminster
Abbey on 29 October, commemorating the 600th anniversary
of victory at the Battle of Agincourt.
But the prize for the most modern frame of the year goes
to Christine Tomkins who was first in line to try out a pair of
spectacles printed out in front of her very eyes on a 3D printer
during the annual visit of the Livery Company Masters to
Ironbridge Gorge in June.
The Master at Ironbridge
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THE 2015
LIVERY DINNER
On 23rd April, the Livery dined in Haberdashers’ Hall, a modern
but traditional Hall opened in 2002.
As ever the Stewards were on hand to help the Clerk run the
evening which was hosted by the Master and her Wardens.
The Principal Guest was Sir Mark Walport, the Government’s
Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, seen below with the
Master and the Master Brewer.
The Master with the Master Barber
Stewards Ron Gosling, Valerie Boud, The Rev. Richard Allen and
Christine McLaren
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LIVERY
Also present were the Master Barber and the Master Apothecary,
and a contingent from 16 Medical Regiment and the Officer
Commanding 31 (Middlesex Yeomanry and Princess Louise’s)
Signal Squadron.
The Dinner also provided the opportunity to wish Liveryman
Christine McLaren and her fiancé, Liveryman Michael Hawkins,
many years of happiness together, and to hear “Clerk 23”
propose the Clerk’s Toast for the last time
The Master greets the Master Apothecary
The 2016
Livery Dinner
will take
place on
Tuesday
19 April
2016 at
Drapers’ Hall
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CANON
STEPHEN FIELDING
The Master, Edward Middleton, is delighted to introduce
Reverend Stephen Fielding, Canon Treasurer of Coventry
Cathedral, as his Chaplain for 2015/2016.
From 2011-4 he was a vicar in the Much Hadham team of
parishes where he met Edward and Rosemary Middleton, and
had the pleasure of baptising two of their grandchildren.
Canon Fielding is no stranger to City life. He was educated
at the City of London School and, having read law at Christ
Church, Oxford, was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple. He
worked as a banking lawyer in the City in the 1980s and then
qualified as a banker, working for 10 years at private bankers
Coutts & Co, where he was a partner and client group head
until 2003.
As Canon Treasurer at Coventry, Stephen is now primarily
responsible for fund raising and the long term development of
the Cathedral, alongside his vocational role as a residentiary
canon.
Stephen was ordained in 2007, first into a 4 year non-stipendiary
curacy in the Welwyn team of churches in Hertfordshire. During
this time, he was on the staff at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, a
leading Anglican theological college, as Appeal Director, raising
£7m for much needed new buildings.
Stephen also has an active practice as a mediator - assisting
parties in commercial or family disputes to get a settlement
– with a special focus on inheritance disputes. He is a door
tenant in Pump Court Chambers, in the Inner Temple, and on
the CEDR Solve Panel of Mediators.
Stephen is married to Angela and they have four grown up
children – two boys and two girls all working in London –
and one granddaughter. When he does have any spare time,
Stephen’s hobbies include cricket, playing the piano and the
organ, and languages. He will enjoy conversation at Court
Luncheons, whether in English, or (as he says) ‘increasingly
rusty’ French or Italian!
Chaplain Stephen Fielding
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SUPPORTING OPTICAL
EDUCATION
The strategic agreement with ABDO
We hope that courses will start in 2016, so we may see the first
SMC (OA) Diplomas being awarded in 2018.
The agreement with ABDO and ABDO College signed in May
marks a new stage in the Company’s history of supporting
training in optics.
The examinations in December 2015 will be the last directly
organised and administered from the Company’s offices.
ABDO has been approved as an examination centre for WCSM
qualifications and ABDO’s experienced administration team
will now register candidates for WCSM examinations, as well
as their own. ABDO College will develop and market training
courses leading to WCSM qualifications.
The Level 4 SMC (Tech) course itself remains unchanged, as
does the Company’s accreditation as an Awarding Organisation
for examinations and assessments. WCSM retains full
responsibility for all regulated qualifications and assessment
activity.
Continuing to support those working in optics, at all levels, is
as important to the Company as ever. Implementation of the
new arrangements will be a key area of activity in the coming
months. There is much to do, so watch this space!
This strategic agreement brings together
WCSM’s heritage and ABDO’s resources,
in the hope that more people will take up
training towards qualification, extending
understanding of WCSM not just across the
UK but potentially overseas. WCSM and
ABDO have many members in common
and at the heart of both organisations is a
fundamental concern for improving eyecare
- so there are synergies.
WCSM qualifications are already well
recognised as providing a firm foundation
for the development of essential optical
skills. Now, there is the possibility for able
individuals to build up credits, to move from
a Certificate to a Diploma, and, for some, to
go onwards to gain exemptions from a DO
course and build their career.
As part of the changes, the qualifications
at Levels 2 and 3 have been reformatted
and revitalised. Students enrolling to sit
examinations from June 2016 onwards will
be able to choose options which are directly
relevant to the work they do every day, as well
as covering the essential knowledge which an
optical employer would expect in mandatory
units. Students must pass all the mandatory
units, plus one optional unit, to achieve a
minimum of 26 credits for a Certificate, but
may go on to study further units and build up
37 credits for the award of a Diploma. The
range of options available within these lower
level qualifications provides greater flexibility
for both employees and employers.
One of the most exciting tasks over the
coming months will be development of a
proposed Diploma qualification for Optical
Assistants. The new qualification is aimed
at those in optical practice and is intended
as an equivalent to the “gold standard” SMC
(Tech) qualification in manufacturing.
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A link to the new course prospectus issued in September 2015 is available
from ABDO College and from the Company’s own website
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PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES
AND AWARDS 2015
The annual presentation of WCSM certificates and diplomas
took place at Apothecaries’ Hall on Monday 19 October. 36
people received certificates and diplomas, there were 4 prize
winners and 6 people were admitted as Freemen of the
Company.
Members of the Court and Past Masters were joined by friends
and colleagues of the successful students and leading figures
from the optical world for a celebration of the achievements of
the past year and a very sociable buffet lunch.
The Master and Sir Anthony Garrett
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EDUCATION
The Wiseman Memorial Prize for the highest marks in the SMC
(Tech) practical examination was awarded by Janice English,
Chairman of the Wiseman Memorial Trust, to Dawid Czolba.
Dawid went on to take up Freedom of the Company, alongside
three other newly qualified technicians, a vision scientist
conducting research in Cambridge and an ophthalmic surgeon
based at Moorfields.
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Among others celebrating success were a party of apprentices
sponsored by Leightons Opticians and James Carey, one of
the first Spectacle Maker apprentices funded under the Livery
Companies Apprenticeship Scheme, who received certificates in
Spectacle Manufacturing, Spectacle Glazing, Lens Treatments
and Spectacle Production.
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BRONZE MEDALS
2015
On Wednesday 7 October 2015, the
Company awarded its prestigious
Bronze Medals for research to this
year’s winners.
Written submissions for the Bronze
Medals are judged by a panel of
professors from UK optical schools and
competition this year was the strongest
ever, with 21 submissions presented
for the Ruskell Medal and 6 for the
Master’s Medal.
The Ruskell Medal is awarded to the
first-named author of the best paper
in the fields of ophthalmology or visual
science for studies undertaken within
the United Kingdom and published
during the qualifying period (1 July
2014 - 30 June 2015).
The Ruskell Medal for 2015 was
awarded
to
Professor
James
Bainbridge MA PhD FRCOphth, of
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, for
his work on the long term effect of
gene therapy on Leber’s Congenital
Amaurosis. Professor Bainbridge is
a surgeon-scientist whose aim is to
help people with sight impairment by
developing effective new therapies for
retinal disease.
Laura McKernan Ward receives The Master’s Medal
The Master’s Medal is intended
for those making their initial “first
author” published contribution to
the advancement of optometry or
physiological optics.
Entries are
encouraged from people who hold a first
degree, diploma or other acceptable
qualification obtained within the last
three years and who are engaged in
current research.
The Master’s Medal for 2015 was
awarded to Laura McKernan Ward MSc
of Glasgow Caldedonian University.
Mrs McKernan Ward is in the 3rd year
of her PhD which aims to investigate
the impact healthy ageing has on the
visual cortex.
The Ruskell Medal is awarded to Professor James Bainbridge
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SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2015
MEDALS
The Ruskell Medal
Name
University
Title
1
Sara Ajina
Oxford
Abnormal Contrast Responses in the Extrastriate Cortex of Blindsight Patients
2
Nada Hussein Aldahlawi
Cardiff
Standard versus accelerated riboflavin/ultraviolet corneal cross-linking: Resistance against
enzymatic digestion
3
James Bainbridge
UCL Institute of
Ophthalmology
Long term effect of gene therapy on Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis
4
Paramdeep Singh Bilkhu
Aston
Randomised masked clinical trial of the MGDRx eyebag for the treatment of meibomian gland
dysfunction-related evaporative dry eye
5
Richard Blanch
Birmingham
Caspase-9 mediates photoreceptor death after blunt ocular trauma
6
Shyamanga Borooah
Edinburgh
Real-time quantitative monitoring of hiPSC-based model of macular degenerationon Electric Cellsubstrate Impedance Sensing microelectrodes
7
Alex Day
UCL Institute of
Ophthalmology
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ National Ophthalmology Database study of
cataract surgery: report 1, visual outcomes and complications
8
Gregory S. Fincham
Addenbrooke’s/UCL
Prevention of Retinal Detachment in Stickler Syndrome The Cambridge
Prophylactic Cryotherapy Protocol
9
David F Garway-Heath
Moorfields/Institute of
Ophthalmology
Latanoprost for open-angle glaucoma (UKGTS): a randomised, multicentre,
placebo-controlled trial
10
Rachel L. Gillespie
Manchester
Personalized Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Cataract by
Next-Generation Sequencing
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David Hammond
Sheffield
High-Resolution Array CGH Analysis Identifies Regional Deletions and
Amplifications of Chromosome 8 in Uveal Melanoma
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Mark Lane
Birmingham
Social deprivation as a risk factor for late presentation of proliferative
diabetic retinopathy
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Helena Lee
Leicester
Retinal Development in Infants and Young Children with Achromatopsia
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Vito Romano
Liverpool
Influence of graft size on graft survival following Descemet stripping
automated endothelial keratoplasty
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Nele Schwarz
UCL Institute of
Ophthalmology
Translational read-through of the RP2 Arg120stop mutation in patient iPSC-derived
retinal pigment epithelium cells
16
Irene Sisó-Fuertes
Manchester
Corneal changes with accommodation using dual Scheimpflug
photography
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Bernhard Steger
Liverpool
Angiographic and in vivo confocal microscopic characterization of human corneal blood
and presumed lymphatic neovascularization: a pilot study
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Geraint Williams
Birmingham
Cytokine Production and Antigen Recognition by Human Mucosal Homing Conjunctival
Effector Memory CD8+ T Cells
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Jiahui Wu
Bristol
TLR9 Agonist Regulates Angiogenesis and Inhibits Corneal Neovascularization
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Sohraab Yadav
Liverpool
Treatment of age-related distance esotropia with unilateral lateral rectus resection
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Camille Yvon
London Vision Clinic
Comparison of Higher-Order Aberration Induction Between Manual Microkeratome and
Femtosecond Laser Flap Creation
Laura E Sweeney
Glasgow Caledonian
University
Quantifying interactions between accommodation and vergence in a binocularly
normal population
Neelam I Patel
Aston University
Customer loyalty among daily disposable contact lens wearers
Laura McKernan Ward
Glasgow Caledonian
University
Reduced haemodynamic response in the ageing visual cortex measured by absolute fNIRS
Akash Singh Chima
Anglia Ruskin University
Investigation of inter-ocular blur suppression using luminance-modulated and
contrast-modulated noise stimuli
Edward Bloch
Department of
Ophthalmology, Royal
Free London NHS
Foundation Trust
The effects of absence of stereopsis on performance of a simulated surgical task
in two-dimensional and three-dimensional viewing conditions
Andrew Logan
Glasgow Caledonian
University
Face Perception: an investigation into the underlying mechanisms and
development of a clinical test
The Master’s Medal
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EDWARD LLOYD,
SPECTACLE MAKER JOURNALIST
Lloyd’s genius was to see the market for cheap (in the sense
of affordable) fiction brought about by rising literacy and the
innovations in printing, in particular the steam press. He hit
gold when he started publishing penny versions of the works
of Dickens such as “The Penny Pickwick” and “Oliver Twiss”,
selling as many as 50,000 a week.
In 1837, Dickens’s publishers Chapman & Hall sued Lloyd for
stealing their readership and thus their profits with his cheap
imitations. They lost the case and Dickens reputedly said “I
was made to feel like the robber instead of the robbed”. Lloyd’s
defence was that his books were so bad that no one could
mistake them for the real thing.
The Dickens versions were just a small part of his output.
Lloyd also published a huge number of ‘romances’ featuring
highwaymen, pirates and vampires, later termed ‘Penny
Dreadfuls’ or ‘Penny Bloods.’ The most famous are “String of
Pearls” that introduced Sweeney Todd to the world and “Varney
the Vampyre.” Many of his books were targeted at a female
readership.
At this time the stringent taxation levied on newspapers
effectively put them out of the reach of the poor. Seeing the
success of The Illustrated London News launched in May 1842
(cost 6d), Lloyd decided to bring out a cheap version, inserting
the name Lloyd’s and calling it Lloyd’s Illustrated London News
(he even used the same backdrop at the masthead.) It was
launched in the Autumn of 1842.
Joy Vick, the author of this article, consulted Past Clerk and
Archivist Colin Eldridge for information about Edward Lloyd,
as part of a collaborative research project on Lloyd’s life and
legacy.
Everyone’s heard of Lord Northcliffe. He published the first
popular newspaper, the Daily Mail in July 1896. What’s not so
well known is the history of the newspapers that paved the
way for Northcliffe’s success. Lloyd’s Weekly, the most popular
newspaper in Victorian Britain, barely gets a mention in press
history and there is currently no mention anywhere on Fleet
Street of Edward Lloyd or the names of his two popular papers,
Lloyd’s Weekly and The Daily Chronicle. Neither the history of
printing in Magpie Alley, nor the exhibition in St Bride’s Crypt,
mention him.
Yet in February 1896 Lloyd’s Weekly was the first newspaper
printed on Fleet Street to sell over a million copies.
Edward Lloyd (1815-1890) was a Victorian publisher who
became a member of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle
Makers in 1841, at the age of 26. He registered as a bookseller,
one of 34 booksellers and 14 publishers that joined around this
time when the WCSM opened its doors to those from other
trades. Booksellers were clearly in a brilliant position to advise
customers of their need for spectacles but why Lloyd chose
to join the Company is not entirely clear. However, it certainly
appears to have helped him in his career. Lloyd had been
publishing since at least 1835 but it was in 1841, the year he
joined WCSM, that his publishing really took off.
To keep the price down and avoid the ‘tax on knowledge’
sometimes called the ‘tax on seditious literature’, the newspaper
contained no news. It was purely a work of fiction – or news
from centuries before. But after just 6 editions Lloyd was told
he had to pay the tax or shut down his newspaper. He opted to
pay the tax and struggled to keep his Sunday edition of Lloyd’s
Weekly going. It wasn’t until 1855 that the newspaper tax was
finally repealed.
Edward Lloyd died in 1890 but circulation of Lloyd’s Weekly
continued to rise. Two of his sons, Frank and Arthur, took over
the business and on 16 February 1896 Lloyd’s Weekly finally
broke the million mark. It was the first Fleet Street newspaper
to do so.
In 1918, just before the end of the war, Frank Lloyd sold both and
Lloyd’s Weekly and its sister newspaper, The Daily Chronicle,
for £1.6 million. Ironically, the man who was effectively its new
owner also had the name Lloyd: David Lloyd George – but that,
as they say, is another story.
Edward Lloyd has a blue plaque on Water House, Walthamstow,
which he shares with Wiliam Morris. Morris might now be world
renowned but Edward Lloyd was more popular during his life
time. Thousands of people attended his funeral at St Margaret’s
Westminster in 1890, where a plaque commemorates his life,
though not his connection with the Spectacle Makers. He is
buried with his wife Maria at Highgate Cemetery West.
For more information visit www.edwardlloyd.org
© Joy Vick
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THE SPECTACLE MAKERS’
CHARITY
Each new Liveryman is asked to commit financial support to the
Spectacle Makers’ Charity and the Charity Trustees are grateful
to all those who have donated funds in the last six months. In
the last financial year the Charity gave almost than £65,000 to
good causes, principally to fund research projects and support
activities to improve the quality of life of people suffering from
visual impairment.
Here is a round-up from some of the charities who have recently
benefited from donations:
The Amber Trust
“The Amber Trust’s aim is to support and enhance the lives of
the 25,000 blind and partially sighted children in the UK.
The Spectacle Makers’ grant has made a significant difference
to the number of children we have been able to support – 159
this year, aged between 18 months and 19 years.
Amber Music Awards provide financial grants to individual
children to fund music lessons, music therapy sessions, the
purchase of musical instruments or specialist software and
technology.
An example is Joseph, who has blurred vision, cannot see
colours, and has a dislike of bright light. He wanted to learn the
drums from an early age and an Amber Music Award paid for
a drum kit and lessons”. He says: “My drum kit is cool and my
teacher says I am ready to play in a band!”
Luke (below) and Robbie (above right) can now make the most
of their keyboards.
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This year, digital sheet music stands have been bought for a
number of partially sighted children. With this technology, their
music can be enlarged and use different colour combinations
or reduced contrast to improve clarity for children. The machine
is operated with their feet.
The Amber Trust is extremely grateful for the support given by
the Spectacle Makers’ Charity”.
Vision for a Nation
“The Spectacle Makers’ Charity gave £5,000 this year to Vision
for a Nation, a small UK charity which is helping to build an
integrated, self-sustaining local eye care service in Rwanda that
is accessible to everyone and will help up to 10.5 million people
over the long term. Glasses are dispensed by nurses at health
centres for just $1.50 per pair; and are
provided free to the poorest 20% of
the population. The charity intends
to apply the same model to
help people in other countries
around the world where the
need is most acute”.
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CHARITY
The Old Vic
The Imperial War Museum
“The Old Vic Theatre in London is committed to providing high
quality facilities and events to enable visually impaired theatre
goers to have a wonderful experience.
“In November 2014, The Worshipful Company of Spectacle
Makers generously pledged the sum of £2,500 to fund handheld
devices for blind and partially sighted visitors to conduct selfguided tours. By March 2015, the handsets had already
enabled 23 blind or partially-sighted visitors (of whom 6 were
children) to conduct their own self-guided audio tour of IWM’s
ground-breaking new First World War galleries.
We offer at least one audio described performance of each
production and actively promote them through a range of
marketing initiatives including the Society of London Theatres
and Vocaleyes. We offer touch tours where patrons handle
props and costumes and free braille programmes are provided
for every production.
In March 2015 we received a generous donation from the
Spectacle Makers’ Charity towards the cost of installing new
audio facilities for the hearing and visually impaired.
We remain extremely grateful to the Trustees of The Worshipful
Company of Spectacle Makers for their support in ensuring that
the legacy of the First World War is accessible to the broadest
possible audience and remains relevant to today’s and future
generations”.
On average, 15 people book for touch tours and audio
described performances for each production. On top of this,
we have an average of 5 people per performance not already
known to us who use the new equipment, so we fully expect
that our improved facilities will benefit more than 1,000 people
each season.
We are incredibly proud that we can ensure our productions are
made available to a much wider section of the population and
we would like to thank the Spectacle Makers’ Charity sincerely
for their help and support”.
photograph by IWM
photograph by Matt Humphrey
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CHARITY
Seeability
World Sight Foundation
“Most parents wouldn’t think twice about taking their child to
the local opticians for a sight test. Yet for parents of children
with disabilities this can be far from straightforward. Many
children may not realise or be able to communicate that they do
not see well. Unfamiliar places or people can be overwhelming
and stressful.
This charity, established by Past Master Anthony Chignell in
2012, works to establish ophthalmic education programmes
in the developing world. Nurses in Lesotho who passed optical
exams in 2014/15 are now out at work in the local districts.
Thanks to your support, we have been able to conduct 257
sight tests with children aged 3-19 years old in special schools
as part of our Children in Focus Campaign.
Worryingly, there were children whose sight problems would be
serious enough to be classified as low vision, but had never
been identified as having any deficit or had no previous eye care
of any kind. Our optometrists have worked with some children
for whom it was too late to take action to correct their sight.
Our vision is to complete 4,650 sight tests in every region of
the country over the next three years. This will enable others to
reproduce our tried and tested methods and will provide a basis
for services to be commissioned locally”.
Nathaniel with new spectacles
The Spectacle Makers’ Charity can, and does make a difference.
Please think carefully about what you can do to help people like
these.
Conducting a sight test
Our sponsorship of a taxi funds a
trip of a lifetime for a terminally ill
child and his mother
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WCSM 100
CLUB
One way of supporting the Spectacle Makers’ Charity is to
take a share in the WCSM 100 Club. Initially limited to 100
shares of £100, membership is paid for by bank standing
order, automatically renewed annually until the unlikely event
that you cancel. Membership is restricted to Liverymen,
Freemen and their immediate families but each shareholder
who must be 18 years of age or over.
The first draw took place in June 2015 (see below) and the
next lucky winners will receive their prizes after the Court
Lunch on 8 December. In June each year there will be six
prizes of £250 each, in December one star prize of £1000 and
six of £250.
You not only get great rewards, you get peace of mind too that
you are truly backing the charity you have pledged to support,
which has the objective of preventing and treating visual loss.
For further information and a standing order form, please
contact the Clerk: [email protected]
From Ros and David Kirk, promoters of the WCSM 100 Club
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SPECTACLE
MAKERS’ SOCIETY
As always, the Spectacle Makers’ Society has had a busy few months – blessed by
plenty of sunshine! Intrepid Freemen and Liverymen have enjoyed new experiences,
fun and friendship. All Freeman and Liverymen are automatically members of the
Society so why not come along to an event?
Here’s a selection of some of our best moments!
Sheila Hope reports: “In June, 30 Spectacle Makers and friends travelled from all points of
the UK to gather in Newcastle upon Tyne for a weekend brilliantly organised by Sue Rees.
We had cocktails and supper at the top of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, we
went back in time to Hadrian’s Wall and Hexham Abbey and we enjoyed fantastic views
of Anthony Gormley’s iconic sculpture “The Angel of the North”.
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“29 for Supper, 25 at The Premier Inn and
37 on the Tour” remained indelibly etched
on my mind as I ushered a disparate
group of Spectacle Makers around the
fair town of Stoke on Trent in July (reports
Simon Adlam).
At the crack of 10am, despite the warning
against “strangers”, the flock assembled
in the boardroom of The Middleport
Pottery. The tours which followed allowed
us to talk and interact with the workforce
and their various skills. You could say we
all went a bit “potty”…..
After lunch in Hanley (which is one of
the five towns of Stoke for those that
don’t know!), we enjoyed a talk on the
Staffordshire hoard of Saxon gold coins,
swords and other artefacts and finished
with a “potter” around The Potteries
Museum and Art Gallery (which contains
a real live Spitfire).
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SOCIETY
The Master’s Weekend in September, ably organised by the
Master’s Consort, was based in Kent. A visit to the East Malling
Research Station found participants crossing the male and
female parts of a raspberry, extracting DNA from strawberries
using shampoo and alcohol and tasting varieties of apples
which won’t be seen in the shops for another 20 years! The
weekend‘s highlight was a black tie dinner in Bradbourne
House, home of the Twisden family from the 1650s up to 1937.
Extracting the DNA
Dinner at Bradbourne House
Science with a strawberry
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SOCIETY
And if all that has whetted your appetite for fun, take a peek at the programme for 2016! No forms needed at this stage but please let
the Honorary Secretary (the Clerk) know if something takes your fancy. Call: 020 7236 2932 or email: [email protected]
Date and Time
Location
Event
Wed 20 January, evening
London, East End
“Jack The Ripper” guided walk, followed by East End pub/curry
Wed 17 February, daytime
Covent Garden, London “Behind the scenes” tour of the Royal Opera House including areas
not usually accessible to the publc
Tues 26 April 2016, daytime
Winchester
Guided country walk and light lunch
Wed 1 June 2016
Weybridge, Surrey
Visit to Brooklands Museum. Driving experience opportunities at
Brooklands (extra cost) and free entry to Mercedes Benz World,
next door to the Museum
There will be an excellent family day at Brooklands – the home of racing and aviation – with an opportunity to be driven around the
famous track and for modern day motor enthusiasts to pop in to Mercedes Benz World next door to lust after the latest AMG models.
The trip is timed for half term, so we look forward to seeing some potential future Spectacle Makers alongside parents, grandparents
and friends.
August, evening
Regional
Short notice “pop-up” event eg historic pub walk, picnic in the park
TO BE CONFIRMED
August, late afternoon
Central London
Group visit to the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace
3-4 September
Cambridge
The Master’s Weekend, including a Gregorie dinner on Saturday 3
September
October, daytime
City of London
“Great Fire of London” experience
TO BE CONFIRMED
November - January 2016
London /
Hampton Court
A musical tour of Charterhouse / Theatre Trip /
Hampton Court Ghost Tour
Downing College, Cambridge
A typical double room
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KEY COMPANY DATES FOR 2016
Tuesday 1 March:
Court & Court Luncheon (all Court Luncheons at Apothecaries’ Hall)
Friday 11 March:
United Guilds’ Service at St Paul’s Cathedral
Tuesday 19 April:
Livery Dinner at Drapers’ Hall
Tuesday 7 June:
Court & Court Luncheon
Friday 24 June:
Common Hall (Election of Sheriffs)
Thursday 29 Sept:
Common Hall (Nomination of the next Lord Mayor)
Wednesday 5 Oct:
Annual Service of Thanksgiving, Remembrance and Rededication
at St Bride’s, Fleet Street followed by Court Luncheon
Monday 24 Oct:
Presentation of Certificates at Apothecaries’ Hall
Saturday 12 Nov:
Lord Mayor’s Day
Tuesday 6 Dec:
Court & Court Luncheon
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers’ Society
‘Event of the Year’ was held on Saturday 23th May 2015
at the headquarters of The Magic Circle to mark the
handover of Chairmanship of the Society from Barry Covill
to Sheila Hope.
After a wine and canapé reception in The Clubroom,
Freemen, Liverymen, and their guests, were entertained
in The Magic Circle Theatre by internationally renowned
illusionist Graham Jolley. During a black tie dinner in the
Devant Room Barry Covill presented Sheila Hope with
the Society’s chain of office. Sheila, who retired from
Dispensing Optics last year, will be chairman of the Society
for the next three years.
Sheila, together with her hardworking committee, will be
organising events throughout the year to promote the
fellowship of Freemen and Liverymen of the Company.
She looks forward to meeting you.
A very successful raffle at this Society event made £625
for the Company’s Charity. Adding this to smaller amounts
raised for the Charity by the Society over the last three
years, the Society Chairman presented a cheque for
£4000 for the Charity to the Master at the Court Lunch on
7 October.
Out and About!
The Company will also have a presence at trade shows in 2016
– come and say hello at 100% Optical in London (6-8 February)
and at OptraFair (7-9 April) in Birmingham. More details to
follow in the New Year.
The Sporting Life
Whether it be bridge, swimming, golf, tennis or shooting, there
is an Inter-Livery competition for you. Let us know if you are
interested in a day’s sport, just for fun, or if you would like to
defend the honour of the Spectacle Makers in one of the many
inter-livery matches. Contact the Clerk to be introduced to a
fellow enthusiast:
Golf: Clive Stone, David Kirk
Tennis: Michael Revell
Bridge: Janet Davies
Shooting: Barry Covill, John McGregor
A Note from the Editor
No, you hadn’t missed it! The new Editor brings a new
publication schedule and this Bumper Edition comes to you a
little later than previously.
In future, the Newsletter should appear in November and May
each year, bringing you details of the new Court and all the
glamour of the Livery Dinner plus a mix of news, extracts from
the archives and, of course, as many photos of Freemen and
Liverymen as we can, so you can spot friends and colleagues.
If you have ideas for new features, or can provide interesting
articles or photos, please let the team know – write to us at
Apothecaries’ Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EL, call
020 7236 2932 or send an email to the ever-open mailbox –
[email protected]. We would love to hear from you.
And of course, you can pick up more news from the website
www.spectaclemakers.com and via the regular emails from the
Company. If you don’t have email, just let the Clerk know, so
that you don’t miss out.
The Editor would like to thank John Salmon, Jeff Smorley for his photography and all other contributors.
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