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Words and Music for the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund

The Old Bailey Choir put on two concerts a year in aid of the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund.  This was an evening of music and poetry read by Larry Lamb in the Old Bailey “By the waters’ edge”.  With a water theme, we had to attend! There was a full…...

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Water Conservation Trust sponsored walk

To raise funds for the Water Conservation Trust school’s programme, members of the Trust and Water Conservators Company took part in a sponsored walk on Sunday 5 October 2025 along the Tring Summit of the Grand Union Canal. The walk started outside Tring Railway Station then followed the route of…...

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Celebrating 1350 years

All Hallows by the Tower serves those who live and work in the City of London and nearby Tower Hamlets, visitors from all around the world and is the Livery Church for the Water Conservators. It is the oldest parish church in the City, founded in 675AD. The remains of…...

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Can we afford Sustainable Cities?

Retrofitting the UK’s housing stock to make it sustainable could cost up to £200 billion, according to one leading expert, and it’s not clear where the money will come from. Studies have shown it might be possible to reduce the bill to £58 billion, but it remains a huge number.…...

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St Paul’s Evensong

Livery Companies were invited to join the Worshipful Company of Musicians for Evensong in the Cathedral.  The service was led by the Chaplain, the Reverend Paula Hollingsworth, and included very impressive singing by the cathedral choir and the Royal College of Music String Orchestra. Masters, Clerks, Livery and friends gathered…...

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Election of the Lady Mayor

Congratulations to Dame Susan Langley on her election as the Lady Mayor of London.  She will be the 697th and only third female Mayor; we expect and look forward to a different and exciting year. The election of the Lord Mayor is one of the most important days in the…...

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Official – We are the Trendy Livery Company

“The Trendy Livery Company tackling the most important issues we face today” The Lady Mayor of London elect, Dame Susan Langley, declared that the Water Conservators are the Trendy Livery Company, at our Michaelmas Court Lunch on HMS Wellington.  She praised our work on water conservation and water management as…...

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Save the date – Tudor Pull – 26 April 2026

Join the handover ceremony at Hampton Court in the morning at about 09.30, watch the boats arrive and depart Richmond at mid-day, and/or watch the ceremony at the Tower of London at 16.00.  Rowing opportunities!  More details nearer the date....

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Great River Race

The Company’s cutter, Water Forget-Me-Knot, was entered in the Great River Race, 2025, which took place on 20 September. A last-minute substitution meant that I, as Master’s Consort, stood in as passenger for the Master herself, who was indisposed. An annual event since 1988, the Great River Race is the…...

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Sheriffs’ Ball, Guildhall

Many Livery Companies and friends gathered in a completely changed 1920’s Guildhall for the ninth annual Sheriffs’ Ball. This year’s Great Gatsby Ball captured the glamour of the 1920s while raising funds for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal and The Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund. It was hosted by the Sheriffs of…...

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