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WCF Newsletter Summer 2006 13282_WCF 21/7/06 09:12 Page 1 Silver Corn Dolly Lord Mayor’s Show Diary 2006 The Worshipful Company of Farmers PAST MASTER (2000-01) Richard Brooks joined ON 11 NOVEMBER the Company will again be join- Wednesday 16 August the Farmers Company as an Apprentice in March ing the Modern Livery Companies’ Float for the Lord Visit to Surry Docks Farm 1956 and was Clothed in 1962. He celebrated his Mayor’s Show. Any Liverymen wishing to take part in this interesting and very enjoyable day are invited fiftieth anniversary as a member by presenting the to notify the Clerk. Three places are available to join Friday 29 September July 2006 Company, via current Master Lord Plumb, with his The Master. Election of Lord Mayor and Lunch in Hall The procession usually assembles at London Newsletter own hand-made corn dolly, which he had specially silvered. Wall at 10am, follows a two mile route and finishes Tuesday 3 October about 3pm. There is a break near the Aldwych for a Installation Service and Lunch in Butchers Hall Richard - of Melton Constable, free picnic lunch and drinks. Norfolk - learned how to make The Grand Firework Display in the early evening Wednesday 8 November corn dollies as a child and is also well worthwhile watching. Joint visit to the Magic Circle found a West Country silver- smith who was able to spray Saturday 11 November Master hosts a stream of on the molten metal in a Talking turkey! Lord Mayor’s Show and Lunch in Hall vacuum to prevent the straw The Master paid a visit to the Berkshire farm of Tuesday 5 December catching fire. Junior Warden Tom Copas, famed for its production superb Company events of Copas Traditional Turkeys. Needless to say, a “I’m very proud Livery Lunch in Hall great deal of their time together was spent talking THE MASTER, Lord Plumb, has had a busy year to date, held at the Hall in late March, organised jointly by of the silvered corn turkey! Tuesday 19 December hosting and attending a stream of superbly successful the Company and The Farmers Club, and with dolly and hope it will Carols followed by Refreshments in Hall events and functions on behalf of the Worshipful HRH The Princess Royal as keynote speaker. hang in the Livery Hall Company of Farmers. Alas, space here does not allow detailed cabinet,” he said. “It’s The visit to Surrey Docks Farm on Wednesday Most memorable of these Company occasions have reports about the events and the talks given. As probably the only silvered 16 August will start at 11am and be followed by been, undoubtedly, in order of occurrence, the Annual Lord Plumb says: “It’s up to Liverymen, where at Banquet at the Skinners’ Hall in February, addressed by all possible, to attend these functions and see and corn dolly in the world at the lunch costing about £5 a head. moment… but not for long, as I’ve Lord Rix (former actor Brian Rix); the Agricultural hear for themselves”. been asked to make two more after Email Tim Calcutt at [email protected] for Dinner at the Farmers Fletchers Hall in April, with Henry Lord Rix - as one would expect from an actor Fell as guest speaker; the Ladies Court Dinner at the who brought such humour to stage and screen - this year’s harvest.” details of how to get to the farm by road or by river. House of Lords in May, for an enthralling talk by Black gave an hilarious account, much dotted with Rod, Lt Gen Sir Michael Willcocks; and the Livery amusing stories and anecdotes, of his early life in 7 March 2006: Lunch at the Hall in June, addressed by former Prime Yorkshire, his wartime service in the RAF, and Obituaries Liverymen and Freemen Minister The Rt Hon Sir John Major. how he later became and spent his “first career” Denis Parton The following were clothed as Liverymen at Court Proposed by G P Carson Lord Plumb also hosted the second very successful as an actor, principally in the much-loved meetings on the dates shown: It is with sadness and regret we announce the Seconded by J D Courtney Fresh Start Seminar - Responding to the Challenge - Whitehall Farces. He then went on, in serious death of the following: Stuart John Burgess vein, to describe his second, ongoing, 6 December 2005 Proposed by I A Stockley career in aid of the mentally disabled as Liveryman Geoffrey Howard Edmunds of Mill Seconded by Lord Carter Secretary General and Chairman of Baroness Hazel Byford DBE Mencap. Farmhouse, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Died 14 The Lord Stafford DL 6 June 2006: Henry Fell spoke passionately about September 2005. Clothed 14 June 1965. Peter Cook Anne Kelaart the changing face of farming, where, today, Proposed by J A Sayers 7 March 2006 ”nothing is fair and there is no such thing Freeman David Laurie Ritchie of Hall Farm, Seconded by R S N Carne as a level playing field… and nor will there Ludham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Died 18 Christopher John French James Charles Tyrer Forsyth be”. Farmers, he added, instead of Lord Rix gave an hilarious account of his career as an actor and, Proposed by T H Wheatley-Hubbard December 2005. Admitted 2 October 2001. 6 June 2006 whingeing about this, should fight it, by more seriously, his work with the charity Mencap. Michael Charles Marris Anyan Seconded by R S N Carne exposing such things as the hypocrisy of Freeman Edward James Hann of Melbourne, David John Hargreaves Bolton David John Bright Anne Cuthbertson Chamberlain food miles, the risks of importing disease, Australia. The Company has become aware that he Proposed by J D Courtney Olive Clarke Seconded by C M Rayner the implications of climate change, suscep- died in the 1990s. Admitted 17 October 1973. John Lloyd Evans tibility to terrorist attack and, the biggest The late Ian Duncan Robertson MacNicol danger of all to global food security, the Denis Parton The Master with Sir John Major and Company Clerk David King. Liveryman Sir Richard Cooper Bt of Lower Farm, The following were made Freemen by Servitude by the accelerating shortage of fresh water. “We John Kenneth Reynolds Assent of the Court: Chedington, Beaminster, Dorset. Died 5 March must make the national case for food secu- rity,” he said, going on to explain how indi- 2006. Clothed 15 December 1976. Charles Phillip Harcourt Antrobus The following were made Freemen by Redemption at viduals and the industry generally should Court meetings on the dates shown: Liveryman Philip George Wrixon of The Green George Frederick Fell go about this. Farm, Norton Canon, Hereford. Died 7 March 2006. 6 December 2005: Sir John Major criticised the growing use of ‘spin’ - “a polite term for deception” Clothed 10 September 1979. David Benjamin Gibbons Proposed by P H Gibbons Apprentices - in politics, gave his views on what he saw Past Master The Earl of Lonsdale of Askham Seconded by J H Cossins The following were bound Apprentice at a Court meeting as the dangers of an elected House of on the date shown: Lords, and concluded by stressing the need Hall, Penrith, Cumbria. Died 23 May 2006. Clothed Alexander Fleming Pinkerton for “joined-up, commonsense politics”. 6 June 2006 19 September 1958. Proposed by R R C Bloomfield All in all, it has been a year of Company Seconded by P R Faulkner events which, as well as providing much Liveryman Ian Duncan Robertson MacNicol of Edward William Allen bound to Assistant Michael friendship and enjoyment, have given a Henry Fell called on farmers to stop whingeing and, instead, make Edward Scott Dart the Stody Estate, Melton Constable, Norfolk. Died John Smith Wilson Lord Plumb chats with HRH The Princess Royal and his Chaplain, great deal of food for thought. the case for National Food Security. 11 June 2006. Clothed 6 June 2006. Proposed by G P Carson Thomas Christopher Copas bound to Junior Warden the Rt Rev John Oliver. Seconded by W E Wilson Thomas Arthur Copas Published by The Worshipful Company of Farmers • Red Copse End, Red Copse Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford OX1 5ER Clerk: David King Tel: 01865 321580 Email: [email protected] • Editor: Don Gomery Tel: 01892 611618 Email: [email protected] 13282_WCF 21/7/06 09:12 Page 3 Unfortunately there is not space to mention more A wonderful game called ‘Chicken Boy’ taught us a motivation behind this area of the course is to train Meeting the challenge of a future in farming details of the wide range of lectures we attended. The memorable lesson… Do not panic! the attendees on how to get their positive messages subjects ranged from gene technology to organic Music as a metaphor found us attending a choir about agriculture across to the public. We all agreed LAST NOVEMBER 17 people arrived at the Passage men and women producing computers in a global philosophy, from animal welfare to agricultural bio- practice in the beautiful Buckfast Abbey. We watched that this aspect of the course was excellent and was a House Hotel, Newton Abbott, Devon, to start a 13-day market. We had to make production and marketing fuels and from leadership in the army to generational the leadership that a conductor gives to musicians and leadership challenge in itself, as for most of us it was residential 'Challenge of Rural Leadership Course'. We decisions using the information the computer gave us. leadership. the teamwork necessary in a successful choir. a new experience. were 14 from the UK, one German and two Australians; Miscalculating investment decisions, in some cases, We also visited Lloyd Maunder, an abattoir, butcher Later we stayed for Complin.
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