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£5 CART MARKING GUILDHALL YARD WEDNESDAY _ CITY OF _ 15TH JULY 2015 LONDON 10.30 AM #CartMarking2015 City of London Corporation Road Share the space, Danger Reduction Partnership. share the responsibility MAKING THE CITY STREETS A The Square Mile isn’t actually a square SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY. mile - it’s 1.1 square miles. Installation Service - The Master Carmen Carol Service, Mansion House Banquet - The Master with Joint Services Dinner, Guildhall - The Master with Lieutenant Colonel Paul Holder RLC St Michael’s Cornhill - The Master Sheriff Fiona Adler with Mercedes Formula Past Master HRH The Princess Royal, Lord Levene giving Christmas gifts One team, the winners of the Viva Shield of Portsoken, Vice Admiral David Steel Second Sea Lord and Past Master Clive Birch A word from THE MASTER It is with great pleasure that I welcome Sheriff Fiona Adler, together with the many Livery Company Masters and their Clerks, our Liverymen, Freemen, Apprentices and all their guests to Cart Marking this year. DID YOU KNOW? Sixteen years ago, Cart Marking was the statute had to be Liverymen of the Carmen panel, four as chair, Assistant Stephen very first Carmen event I attended. On that Company, to pay 5 shillings for the right to Britt will hand over today, to Assistant Iain occasion, I remember being so struck by ply for hire in the City. It is therefore widely Golder. I would like to go on record with the spectacle of the event and the warm considered, the earliest form of vehicle our unreserved thanks to Stephen. + The Road Danger Reduction Partnership is + All our Large Goods Vehicle driver’s carry out Carmen welcome I received. Like our licensing. Finally, I hope you enjoy your day in friendships within the Livery, the event goes made up of the City of London (CoL), City of Safer Urban Driver courses, where as part of Events of this magnitude require a great Guildhall, and thank you for supporting Cart from strength to strength. After the Lord the course they cycle in the City. deal of complex, multi-agency planning Marking 2015. London Police, Crossrail, London Fire Brigade, Mayor’s Show, Cart Marking is now the and preparation. The Carmen are therefore Greater London Authority and Transport for next largest annual civic event in the City. I extremely grateful to the Cart Marking + All our fleet driver’s are safety assessed am therefore delighted that Sheriff Fiona is Lieutenant Colonel Paul Holder RLC London. Panel, lead by Assistant Stephen Britt. As able join us today – she is a good friend of before using Corporation vehicles. you might imagine, planning for Cart The Master the Worshipful Company of Carmen, so it Marking 2016 is already underway, with + We are amongst the first local authorities to really is an honour that she joins us today. The Worshipful Company of Carmen + The CoL Considerate Contractors Scheme the Panel always having the challenge of be trialling vehicle safety equipment on our The Marking of Carts re-enacts the providing different, interesting, and relevant now has as part of the Annual Awards a TRADITIONS, SERVICE AND THE FUTURE refuse fleet. obligation placed on carters, who by vehicles each year. After six years on the category for Road Danger Reduction. + We are the first local authority to be + The City of London has been a 20mph zone accredited and are awarded FORS (Fleet since 20th July 2014. Operators Recognition Scheme) Gold for Acknowledgements Grateful Thanks to: being 100% driver & vehicle compliant. • All advertisers and contributors for their support. THE CART MARKING PANEL 2015 • All volunteer Marshals and Stewards for their help on the day. This year, our Parade Marshals + The CoL are CLOCS Champions (Construction Assistant Stephen Britt - Panel Chairman, Liveryman Chris Hales - Vice Chairman, Past Master and Yard Stewards are being directed by “28 Logistics & Cycle Safety). Graham Westcott, Liveryman Angela Mitchell, Liveryman David Sanderson, Liveryman Chris Squadron, 10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Salaman, Liveryman Mike Stone, Assistant Chris Parlane, Assistant Iain Golder, Liveryman Regiment” based in Aldershot. This year is the Nigel Grainger, Walter Gill – Clerk, Helen Ashworth – Assistant Clerk. 200th anniversary of The Gurkhas’ association with The British Army. City of London: Donna Fendick – Guildhall Diary Manager, Guildhall Private Events, • Liveryman Nick Laister for his kind donation. Remembrancers Office Paul Roberts – Guildhall Health & Safety Officer, Larry Costa – Highways & Events, City of London Corporation, Matt Beaumont – City of London Police Any ideas how we might improve road safety in the City? We would love to hear your views. For more information The Cart Marking Brochure 2015 was designed Tel: 01422 371633 All photographs of Cart Marking 2015 can be please visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk and produced by Liveryman Angela Mitchell, Email: [email protected] viewed and ordered via the Carmen website Director, DMD Design & Marketing Ltd. Web: www.dmddesign.co.uk www.thecarmen.co.uk City of London Ad.indd 1 24/04/2015 10:17 Cart Marking 2015 Sheriff Fiona Adler Lieutenant Colonel Paul Holder RLC Born in Chelmsford, Essex and educated The Master Carman at New Hall School, before attending University and graduating with a BA Lieutenant Colonel Paul Holder joined (Hons) degree, Fiona emigrated to the Army in 1983; his career has South Africa to train in structural been varied and extraordinary. engineering. Returning to the Early beginnings with tactical UK to work in the Tobacco nuclear missiles and Soviet Trade, she travelled to Europe, forces were soon followed by America, China and other Far operational tours and postings Eastern countries, promoting UK around the globe. His links with manufactured products. After selling the City started in 1999 when her shareholdings in five diversified he was selected for a one off businesses in 2000, Fiona retrained as a appointment as Military Assistant to the Neuro Linguistic Programme (NLP) coach. She now has a coaching Lord Mayor. practice in Hampshire specialising in helping children to overcome Following his time in Mansion House, he joined the Carmen, and was bullying. Fiona became a Liveryman in 1997 and was the first female seconded to Buckingham Palace and the Home Office to work on the in the Company’s History to be a Freeman, Trustee of the Benevolent Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. His London links were reinforced Fund and subsequently Master, of the Worshipful Company of Tobacco when he commandeered Regent’s Park Barracks. Since then he has Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders. She is a Trustee of the Oxford been deployed on a number of operations in Afghanistan and with the and Bermondsey Youth Club, serves on the Mencap Special Events United Nations. Committee and works closely with charities to enable disadvantaged young people in and around London. Fiona is a member of Guild of For the last three years he has commanded the Scottish Transport Freemen, The City Livery Club, Queenhithe Ward Club, The United Regiment (now retitled 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC). His last six months Wards’ Club and also a season ticket holder at Southampton Football in command were particularly busy as he was responsible for logistically Club, although she says that’s more of a guilty secret than a hobby, as delivering the Armed Forces Day 2014 National Event in Stirling and she comes from a family passionate about rugby! the Commonwealth Games. He is a keen sportsman who enjoys Nordic and Alpine skiing, canoeing, hill walking, trekking, mountain biking and running. His greatest passions are travelling, photography and charity work. Ann Esslemont Master Glover Ann Esslemont joined the Glovers’ Billy Dove OBE JP Company in 1997 and became Master Chief Commoner Glover on 14 November, 2014. She is a past Chairman of Walbrook Born and raised in Yorkshire, Billy Dove Ward Club and has enjoyed a long was educated at the village school association with a range of City and then the grammar school organisations including Farringdon and came to London in 1958 Ward Club, United Wards Club, for teacher training. For his first Guild of Freemen, City Livery Club teaching practice in December and the Royal Society of St George. 1958, Billy was sent to the East In 2012, she also became one of the End and thus began a life-long first female Liverymen of the Broderers love affair with that wonderful part Company. of London. Ann’s hobbies include family, fast cars, food, wine and travel, and Billy’s first job was at Sir John Cass School, helping with the upkeep of vestments at Westminster Abbey, particularly EC3 and he lived at Toynbee Hall as a resident the gold embroidery, and the Heralds Tabards for the College of Arms. volunteer. He was appointed MBE for his years there. Ann is a widow with two sons and three grandchildren. In 1993, he was elected to the Common Council for Bishopsgate Ward of which he is now Deputy (Senior Member). He has served on more than thirty committees, the most outstanding of which was as Chairman of the City Bridge Trust Committee for three years during which time £53 million was distributed. He was honoured to be elected as Chief Commoner in October 2014 and took up office on St George’s Day 2015, when local children danced the Flamborough Sword Dance to honour his native village. 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