WCIT MONITOR Issue 67 Feb 2016 | 页面 7

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philanthropy and the honour that it is to be welcomed into the fellowship.
She expressed the joy of joining a particularly unique and giving
membership.
We were fortunate to have Alderman Keaveny talk about the Civic City
before he gave the third toast, the civic toast. Afterwards he commented
“It was all done with such humour and lightness of touch that it is very
entertaining.”

Contributed by Assistant Clerk, Lillie Jamieson

46F (Kensington) Squadron, Air Training Corps

PAUL DAVID JAGGER

@cityandlivery

©Sharp Photography
©Sharp Photography
©Sharp Photography
Above from Left: Court
Assistant Kerri Mansfield;
Junior Warden Wendy Parmley
& Past Master Jo Connell OBE

Miniature missives drawn from the
twitter account of WCIT Court Liveryman
Paul Jagger who tweets under the
sobriquet @CityandLivery employing the
hashtags #CityFact and #LiveryFact
This month’s motley bunch of miniature
missives are on military matters and are
drawn from a speech that Paul gave at
the Pattenmakers’ civic banquet in
January:

#CityFact: The City of London is the
only place in Her Majesty’s realms
where her troops may not enter without
the Lord Mayor’s permission

Right: The Master’s speech
flanked by Alderman Vincent
Keaveny (left) and WCIT
Freeman James Allen (right)

#CityFact: Freemen of the City of
London are exempt from the clutches of
the Royal Navy Press Gang

#CityFact: It is illegal for HM
Forces to recruit in the City of London

#LiveryFact: The City of London’s
110 Livery Companies have affiliations
with over 216 Regiments, Ships,
Squadrons and Shore Stations of HM
Armed Forces

#CityFact: Until 1871 The
Commission of Lieutenancy in the City
of London, headed by the Lord Mayor,
awarded its own commissions to
military officers in the reserve forces
©Sharp Photography
From Left: Court Assistant Alistair Fulton with wife and guests

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