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NEWSLETTER of the WORSHIPFUL COMPANY of TURNERS of LONDON June 2012 THE TURNER NEWSLETTER OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF TURNERS OF LONDON June 2012 I am delighted that it is my privilege to be Master of the Worshipful Company of Turners for the coming year. I am conscious of the responsibilities I carry, but I have the assistance of two outstanding Wardens to ensure that I don’t go too far wrong. However, it will be critical for me to have the support of the Court, Past Masters and the whole Livery as well, if I am to match the successes of my predecessors. I am incredibly fortunate to be Master in, possibly, one of the most interesting and exciting years of this century. The Company will share in the celebrations for Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee by assisting with the manufacture of some parts of the Royal Barge and by our inclusion in a lunch with The Queen and senior members of the Royal Family in Westminster Hall on 5th June. We will all be able to enjoy the Summer Olympics either by being there or through the media. As a Company we will hold the third Wizardry in Wood exhibition in October. To ensure the success of this event every Company member living within travelling distance of London should plan on being involved in one way or another. For my part, I will also be attending functions, within the City and beyond, the prime purpose of which is to promote the work of our Company through the Livery network. While the day-to-day business of running the Company is the responsibility of our Clerk, our committees undertake much vital work. The responsibilities of Committee Chairmen are considerable and time-consuming. I shall endeavour to give them all the support they need to carry forward the work of the Court. Any Livery member interested in assisting with the work of the Company by joining a committee should contact the ASM Committee (through the Clerk). We are all aware of the three ‘C’s, our principal pillars of Craft, City and Charity, which underpin the existence of the Company. Whilst strong support of both the City and Charities is a fundamental function, we must remember that we are fortunate to have a living, flourishing Craft – particularly in the amateur sector - and must not overlook the fact that without the Craft the Company would not exist. Another “C” leads me to our Communications Committee that, amongst other activities, is responsible for the website, the annual Newsletter and the bi-monthly Issue 37 E-Newsletter. Without contributions from Company members, these publications In memoriam, Alan Mitchell cannot be produced. Please submit articles of interest about the Company, the City and the Craft – or indeed, yourself. Peter Ellis’ Sentiment at the 2012 Gardner Williams dinner Held in conjunction with Wizardry in Wood will be our 2012 Turning Competitions. This year, every entry will remain an exhibit throughout Wizardry. Changing Places: Edward Windsor Recently and sadly, the number of entries from Company members has reduced. I Clive on the Clerk’s Tale. Andrew therefore send a plea to all ‘turning Turners’ to enter the Company-only Robertson is our new Clerk competitions. Golf To finish, I welcome our new clerk, Alex Robertson. He took over the reins from Get ready for Wizardry in Wood in Edward Windsor Clive at the Election Court and comes to us from a senior October, says Nick Edwards position within the City of London Police. The Charity Committee and its During my first few months as Master, Alex and I will be learning the ropes many activities together. We will do our utmost to ensure that the Company continues to run like the well-oiled Ilan Krieger’s year as Master. machine that you have all been used to. The City’s Common Hall Finials fit for the Queen Alan Mitchell Many people in the world of British Another project was the re-use of wood crafting regarded Alan Mitchell timber from the Norwegian Tree in as The Governor. Trafalgar Square, after Christmas, to The respect and affection that came to make turned items for sale in aid of him were based on the firm and fair ‘Children in Need’. way in which, over many years, he Alan gained his Freedom in 1998 and edited woodworking magazines and was raised to the Livery in 2000. He supervised woodworking shows. was asked to join the Howe Committee He tackled both these activities with a in 2002, in good time to guide the high degree of enthusiasm and Company in creating the great and competence. Verbally, his ideas were memorable show in 2004 to celebrate expressed in crisp English tones. His the 400 years since the grant of our editorials, mini-sermons for the wood- Royal Warrant. worker, are still a pleasure to read. Essentially a rather shy man, Alan was His obvious joy at being let loose with eminently clubbable, and fellow the power and subtlety of our language Turners will recall how much he was almost Wodehousean. enjoyed their company and friendship In 1957, he married Josephine, and they at banquets and other events. His Instinctively an artist, Alan was advised set up house in St Alban’s. The two by his father, an accountant (and later, were intensely proud of their family, determined attack on the European and company secretary to the Aston-Martin and latterly, Jo has attended, with Alan, Andean wine-lakes was legendary. Lagonda group) that book illustration several Company events, particularly would be a more realistic channel for the Patronal Service. Alan would have his talents. been the first to acknowledge that Jo After a course at the Northampton exerted a profound and necessary School of Art, military service and a stabilising effect on him, with the added spell in the publications department of benefits of lots of good cooking and de Havilland Aircraft (at the time of the fresh vegetables. Comet), he joined George Newnes as a At the Craft Meeting in 1997, Alan gave lay-out artist for their magazines, which the main talk entitled rather ominously included Practical Householder. ‘Confessions of an Editor’. DIY had been almost unknown before In the 1960s, he became editor of WWII, and this magazine, with a print- Practical Householder. He said that the run of about one million, was the main torch-bearer for this new activity. magazine had been responsible for, besides many good features, some regrettable stylistic trends. On seeing one particularly hideous example, one of his sons declared ‘I bet one of your readers lives there, Dad!’. Around 1980, Alan’s sense of whimsy could strike Alan swapped editorial chairs, and without warning. One evening, after a moved to Practical Woodworking, by Company dinner, we were walking this time part of the IPC group. along Victoria Street in St. Alban’s It was seen to be in a parlous condition when the faintest of drizzles started. with sales of only 140,000! There, he Alan stood in the middle of the road initiated Schools Competitions, and bellowed to the heavens (well, Furniture Design Awards and National spoke quite loudly) ‘We are all going to Shows: one for general woodworking at be swept away in a mighty torrent!’. Wembley, and another in 1992 – in its If Alan were to have read this piece, first form specifically for woodturning. after a couple of herrumphs, he might The provision of free stands for the have said ‘Too many ****** words, Company’s Register, and for AWGB, dear boy!’. In this, the Governor would was a significant move to bring these have been wrong. Not ‘too many organisations to the public notice. words’, rather ‘not enough space’. 2 Richard Gardner Williams Sentiment 2012 Richard Gardner Williams, aye he were a lovely lad, Now at the age of forty-nine, ambition was fulfilled, gentle like his mother, serious like his dad. his sponsor, Felix Fighiera, proposed him for t’ posh guild. Born in Cheshire, here in t’ North in 1864, Now Felix, he were t’ Master and in his Master’s year, Lincoln US President, time of Civil War. so Richard was accepted, of that, there was no fear. His grandma weren’t without a bob, fund holder in her time Admitted to the Freedom, by payment of a gurt fine, and dad, he were a railway clerk, his chum the Viscount Wakefield were on t’ Court at time. on t’ Great North Western Line. In fact, there is good evidence, there was a railway clique, Though later to accountancy, for t’ railway, still in t’ north, but it’s likely them there Turners, when Richard, his only son, were born February 24th. were all posh and quite elite. He went to King’s School, Chester, Like Dick Whittington, this red-haired lad, his interest, it were t’ trains. had made the grade at last, Engineering was his aim; he certainly had the brains. but self-made man, amongst them toffs, never forgot his past. He went down t’ railway yard, t’ ask what he could do, Saint Bart’s, the church in Great Barrow, they sent him on t’ apprenticeship, at loco works, in Crewe. he’d attended as a lad, were in receipt of his donations, ensuring roof wu clad. When Apprenticeship were done, he’d served indentured time. His life improved wit Turner mates, ascending like the lark. He moved his home to posher place, at side of Regents Park. Laird Brothers up in Birkenhead, were now the next in line. He never sought to rise in t’ guild or join Assistants Court, The gaffer said, “You’re reight smart, drawing office is for you” though he attended functions and gave t’ guild his support.
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