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THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BARBERS

Barber-Surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Square, Wood Street, London EC2Y 5BL

Clerk:  Colonel Peter J Durrant MBE  BA
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Summer visit to Corpus Christi, Cambridge - 29 July

Forty Barbers and Guests toured the College and enjoyed a presentation of the magnificent early
volumes in the possession of the College.
Corpus Christie group Library presentation
The death of Becket Morning coffee in the Hall

 

Civic Dinner

Held on 2nd June, following the speech of the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor, Alderman Nick Anstee, the company was entertained by our Guildhall Bursary holder, Máire Flavin.

Grant and Sheriff  Lord Mayor The Master 
Deputy Master & William Shand The Lord Mayor  Singer
The Company Croquet team

The Barbers won the Inter-Livery Croquet Championships on Mon 14 June, against stiff competition!   The event was held at Surbiton Croquet Club. The Master offers congratulations to Ian Burn (Captain), Oliver Brettle, Paul Hunter and Richard Pearson who made up the winning team.  The (rather amazing) trophy that was won will be on the table at future Livery Dinners!

 The Barbers Team
The Barbers’ Cutter and crew taking a well earned rest at Teddington Lock, whilst taking part in a ceremonial row up the Thames from Richmond to Hampton Court on Saturday 24 July, in honour of Henry VIII’s honeymoon! Henry VIII pageant  Teddington lock

Admissions Day

Admissions Day - new Barbers

The Master, Wardens, and newly admitted Barbers

Twelve new Freemen were admitted to the Company on Tuesday 2 March 2010.   After a ceremony at Barber-Surgeons' Hall, the new members, together with members of Court, processed to Guildhall where several were admitted to the Freedom of the City of London.  This was followed by the Admission Day Dinner where the new Freemen were dined into the Company in the presence of other members.

The Barbers Historical Society

At a meeting on 2nd March the name of the Historical Group was changed to the Barbers' Historical Society, in recognition of the group's achievements over many years.  All Barbers can join, and others with an interest in City history can contact the officers of the society should they wish to join.

February 2010

Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland

The Master and Mistress Barber, together with Past Master and Mrs Sprague, Liveryman and Mrs Earnshaw and Liveryman and Mrs Wheatley visited Basle, Switzerland from 26-28 January as guests of our affiliated guild, the Zunft zum Goldenen Stern, to attend the Vogel Gryff celebrations.    This annual event, which dates back to the 16th century, involves a raft floating down the River Rhine bearing a masked man (Wilder Mann) carrying an uprooted pine tree who then meets with a lion (Leu) and a griffin (Vogel Gryff).  These  are traditional, symbolic figures of three Kleinbasel societies.  In the past, the ceremony had a military and political purpose; today it is part of the social life of the city.  Needless to say it involves a lot of celebrations, over several days.  Needless to say, the party from the Barbers loved every minute of it all!

 

 

The Company has close links with the Royal College of Surgeons of England.  Indeed until the two organisations split, in the Eighteenth Century, the two were united.  Hence the Company's Hall is Barber-Surgeons' Hall.  Our site contains information about the Company, past and present, its Master, Wardens, Court of Assistants and Officers, and its programme.  It covers our hall and its treasures, and links to other sites.  Although this is the official site of the Company, not all the information will have been cleared by the Company though much has been derived from its official publications. 

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