The GLASS SELLERNewsletter of The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London

Issue Thirty One October 2013

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The aim – global competitiveness

In the previous issue of The Glass Seller,The Glass Academy project was briefly

discussed in one of the articles. Theinitiative is headed by Dave Dalton, CEO atBritish Glass Manufacturers’Confederation, along with DeliveryDirector and Liveryman, Richard Katz,Operations Director, Alistair Wallace and adedicated team working across the areas ofeducation and training.

The Glass Sellers are involved with theAcademy through the Glass Committee,chaired by Richard Katz, partnering inspecific areas such as the educationalprogrammes, Apprentice of the Year Awards

and Women in Manufacturing initiative,working towards achieving the commonaim of inspiring the next generation intocareers in the glass industry.

The Glass Academy is a £5.5millionindustry-led initiative, co-funded by the UKGovernment’s Employer Ownership ofSkills Pilot and the glass industry. It isaimed at reinvigorating the UK glassmanufacturing sector to ensure theindustry’s existing and future workforce hasthe skills required to compete inmanufacturing markets on a global scale.

One of the key objectives of the projectis to provide the highest quality trainingand skills development across the industry,working closely with employers, schools,colleges and training partners. The keyobjectives are to boost apprenticeships andup-skill the current workforce to achievetrue global competitiveness, securing thefuture of and expanding an industrycurrently worth an estimated £2.5billion inthe UK annually.

Given the widespread industry concernover the anticipated skills gap which could

hamper the UK’s competitive capabilities,it is critically important that employerscontinue to develop the skills of theexisting workforce and facilitateknowledge transfer when youngeremployees join their organisations.

The glass industry needs a workforcethat is properly trained and highly skilled

Mind The Gap: New Partnership Addresses the Skills Shortage in the Glass Industry

Glass Academy Ambassadors from All Saints School in Sheffield

Dave Dalton, CEO at British Glass

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u in all aspects of manufacture, not just withthe appropriate technical skills, but alsowith specialist commercial, managementand leadership skills. We also need tobroaden the skills and advance theprofessional development of existingemployees and trainers to drive industrygrowth, competitive advantage andemployment opportunities.

Working with schools and other learningestablishments across the UK, will helpensure that the glass industry has a steadysupply of young people with the rightskills and behaviours necessary to build along-term, fulfilling career. The Academywill be working closely with The GlassSellers to build on and expand the verysuccessful ‘Glass in Society’ initiative,rolling it out on a broader scale,developing links with educationalinstitutions and encouraging more youngpeople into this thriving industry.

The Glass in Society project aims tointroduce teachers and school children toglass, glass technology, its uses andbehaviour, as well as to bring anunderstanding of composite technology intotheir education for the first time. This is inline with The Glass Academy’s aims to takean innovative programme to young peopleand their parents at an age when they arestarting to think about their future.

The Glass Academy and The Glass Sellersare also working in partnership to developtraining in all aspects of glass, beginningwith school students, instilling interest andcuriosity for careers in glass and progressingthrough higher vocational and academiceducation and beyond into R&D.

This leads on to the Women inManufacturing initiative which the twoorganisations are working on together

ahead of an official Parliamentary Launchon 21st January 2014. The purpose is tobring together the UK manufacturingcommunity to support, attract and retainwomen into manufacturing, including theglass industry, by encouraging diversity andincreasing the UK talent pool, contributingto the growth of the UK manufacturingsector as a whole.

The aim is to engage with the youngergeneration in education and NEETs (ayoung person not in education,employment or training) throughprograms to create awareness aroundsector employment opportunities,encouraging the study of STEM(science, technology, engineering andmaths) related subjects and changingcurrent perceptions of work inmanufacturing industries.

Our education program will begin tofeed the talent pipeline by inspiring andencouraging female students at all levelsto go on to further study or take upapprenticeships within manufacturingroles. We will do this by promoting theopportunities available by linking withschools to deliver talks, site tours,careers fairs, creating resources forstudents and parents, working withSTEM groups and facilitating workexperience placements.

This project is not just for women andgirls, we plan to encourage both gendersto become actively involved to help raisethe profile.

Working together, our organisations areboth driven to succeed in promoting theimportance of retaining skills within theindustry and the continuous training anddevelopment of the current and futureworkforce. Investing now will reaprewards for our industry in the future andensure that the glass industry in the UKwill retain its world-class status.

If you have any questions about TheGlass Academy or how they are workingwith The Glass Sellers, please contact thewriter, Charley Hurley oncharley@theglassacademy.org.

School visit to Quinn Glass

Tristram Hunt MP [L] and Dave Dalton, CEO of British Glass [R] visit students at Sheffield UniversityTechnical College [UTC]

Left: Tristram Hunt, MP and David Dalton, second from right with lecturering staff members at UTC

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It has been a summer of change for ourChaplain, Philip Need who this year,

after seventeen years in his north EssexParish of Bocking, has moved to a centralDiocesan post as Director of Ordinands.

This means that Philip, who is nowmore closely linked with ChelmsfordCathedral, is heading up the departmentwhich deals with the recruitment,selection and training of priests fortomorrow’s church. Numbers comingforward for ordination are very good atthe moment but the national Church isexpecting a surge of retirements in abouttwelve years’ time and a lot more peoplemust be encouraged to offer themselves aspriests in order for the Church to do itswork at every level of our society.

Currently Philip has about 120 peopleon his books from a wide range of parishesand churches across the huge county of

Essex and he is very much lookingforward to visiting Churches and otherinstitutions to speak about the nature ofGod’s calling. The process then continueswith a fairly detailed interview, ordiscernment, process before candidates goforward for National Selection. Philip willthen be involved with mapping our thetraining needs of successful “futureclergy” and, eventually assisting them infinding the right place to work, or, as hecalls is “letting them loose on theparishes”.

From now on then, Philip will have hisDDO hat on, even at Glass Sellers’Dinners and, when he is looking for clergy– it could be you!!Editor

Chaplain, Philip Need

IT COULD BE YOU!

HMS Artful was officially named in anevent to mark the end of its building

process at the Devonshire Dock Hall inBarrow in Furness.

Artful is the third of seven Astute Classsubmarines. HMS Astute and HMSAmbush are in service, Artful will follow

and thenAudacious,Anson, Agamemnonand Ajax in due course.

Artful is jointly affiliated toour own Livery and the GloversCompany.

A number of Glass Sellers and Glovershave visited Barrow in Furness during thesubmarine’s construction and our Master,Guy Harrison, attended the namingceremony.

The ceremony was performed by LadyZambellas, wife of Admiral Sir GeorgeZambellas, the First Sea Lord. Followingtradition, Lady Zambellas used a bottle ofbeer for the ceremony – not Champagne!

Rear Admiral Frank Grenier is anHonorary Liveryman of the Glass Sellers’Company. He was commissioned by LadyZambellas to produce an engraved plate,which will be displayed in a showcaseaboard the boat to mark the ceremony.

Subsequentto this event, the

Captain of HMS Artful,Commander Scott Bower and his wifeBeverley attended our Annual Banquet atthe Mansion House in October. They wereboth warmly welcomed.Editor

Submarine

ARTFULofficiallynamed20 September 2013

Submarine

ARTFULofficiallynamed20 September 2013

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In early November, the Renter Wardenenjoyed one of the most amazing

experiences of her life, which despite startingin silence, ended with a bang. She wrote:

“At the 11th hour, and with interventionfrom the Prime Warden, I was honoured toattend the Silent Ceremony for theinstallation of the new Lord Mayor. Like allCity occasions it is steeped in tradition andatmosphere, but this year one thing wasdifferent – for the first time this century, andfor the second time only in nearly 700 years,the Lord Mayor is female – Alderman FionaWoolf CBE.

Held entirely in silence, save for the short

declaration made by the in-coming LordMayor, the Silent Ceremony takes place inthe Great Hall, Guildhall. The lights aredimmed and there is truly a sense of awe inthe building.

This was followed later with a muchnoisier affair, when the Lord Mayor wasenthroned as a Pilier in the order of PiliersChablisiens. The ceremony was conducted inFrench and English, although, I have to say,it was sometimes difficult to tell which waswhich. One thing we were all sure of andthoroughly enjoyed was the Chablis and thecelebration.

The next day, I was fortunate to receive an

invitation to watch the Lord Mayor’s Showfrom the balcony of Mansion House. Whatan experience! Even the torrential raindidn’t dampen our spirits and the weathercleared up sufficiently well for us to be ableto stand on the deck of HQS Wellington towatch the firework display. Again the LordMayor was in attendance before her nextengagement at the Albert Hall forRemembrance Day.

As my special experience came to an end,the Lord Mayor’s was just beginning and Iwish our 686th Lord Mayor much successduring her year.”Gwen Rhys

Great Hall, Guildhall

STARTED IN SILENCE – ENDED WITH A BANG

On the 19 July 2013, our AssistantClerk, Kerry Hamer-Nel, attended the

Guildhall for her Freedom of the City ofLondon Ceremony.

She was accompanied by members ofher family and members of the GlassSellers’ Company and the Clock Makers’Company.

She is seen in the photograph flanked bythe Masters of both Liveries, GuyHarrison and Professor Paul Jarrett. Kerryis proudly holding her impressively sealedcertificate.

She said “I thought the Ceremony waswonderful and full of interest” beforeleaving for a celebratory lunch.Editor

Freedom of the City of London

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It really is a tremendousprivilege being your

Master this year and it’s sointeresting to represent youat various eventsthroughout the city andbeyond. I thought I knewquite a bit about the City,when I started as Master,but how wrong I was!

There have been manyBanquets, the first of whichwas that of the SpectacleMakers in ApothecariesHall. Quite one of the finestHalls in the city I always feel and what anexcellent way to start my year.

Amongst other events, I have muchenjoyed lunch with the Glovers Companyand it really is good news that we aresharing an affiliation with them with‘Artful’, the nuclear submarine of theAstute class, which was recently named atBarrow in Furness. I understand that therewill be another opportunity to visit Barrowin Furness in the spring of 2014 and Iwould strongly recommend this to you.

Each year Masters are invited to theLord Mayor’s State Banquet at theMansion House and what an experiencethat was with State Trumpeters andexcellent food and wine, but there wereso many people there, you could say,there was hardly room to swing a catbut, thinking of Dick Whittington,maybe that is not an appropriatecomment! What an experience!

However, the Banquet with theLaunderers Company that was one of themost impressive events so far. The Deanof Southwark, the Very ReverendAndrew Nunn, kindly permitted the

Cathedral to be clearedand a number of circulartables were then laid outwith silver and whitelinen to host thatCompany’s AnnualBanquet. What aninnovative and sensibleway to use the Cathedraland for Alison, whoaccompanied me thatevening, it was a veryspecial occasion. I dohave to say that I wasn’tthe only one who noticed

the similarities of the scene before us, tothat of the dining hall of Hogwarts schoolof the Harry Potter fame! Sad to relatethe candles were not suspended in midair, the food didn’t magically appear andnot an Owl in sight, but we werehonoured with a visit from the Cathedralcat! A spectacular evening.

We have much enjoyed twoperformances at our dinners this year fromstudents of the Guildhall School of Musicand I and a number of Glass Sellers wentthis May to the Gold Medal Competitionheld at the Barbican. What a wonderfulevening. I was delighted to present theGlass Sellers prize to Joshua Owen Mills.His performance was spectacular and Iwould hate to have been a judge thatevening! I can’t recommend the Goldmedal competition to you all highlyenough and would encourage you all toattend this event in future years.

To be invited to attend The Queen’sGarden Party at Buckingham Palace was agreat honour. It was certainly one of thewarmest, sunniest days of the year and theseven thousand of us attending were

delighted to be there. As well as theexcitement of seeing the Queen and othermembers of the Royal family, it was goodto see the Duke of Edinburgh, who was ontop form and as usual, ignoring theplanned route for him and regularly divinginto the crowd to chat to different people.

It was, therefore, a great shock to learnof his health problems and that he wasadmitted that evening into hospital, but weare delighted to see him back in goodhealth again.

The gardens of the Palace are justincredible and to be given the opportunityto wander around without any restrictionswas a great pleasure.

Another event I would never get toattend if I wasn’t your Master was theGovernor’s Parade at The ChelseaHospital. To see all those ChelseaPensioners, (the average age of those onparade was 82) marching past the salutingpodium was a spectacle not to beforgotten. The bright red tunics, thefaultless marching and timing werespectacular. On the flat roof of theChelsea Hospital eight trumpeters stood,like toy soldiers to perform the fanfares asand when required. The wheel chairbound pensioners were not to be outdoneas they paraded past in formation in theirelectric chairs.

It’s not all fun and games being theMaster and there is much work that has tobe undertaken on the Administration of theCompany and in attending the variouscommittee meetings and I would like toexpress my thanks to the Clerk, AssistantClerk, The Chairmen and Members of allof the Committees, without whom theGlass Sellers just wouldn’t function.Guy Harrison

THE MASTER’S MID-TERM REPORT

On Saturday 5th October 2013 a bandof ringers gathered round the Royal

Jubilee Bells, at St James Garlickhythechurch, with the aim of ringing the longestpeal of bells ever to take place.

The band consisted of 8 ringers, one perbell, who had to ring non-stop as the rulesof peal ringing do not permit breaks ormemory aids. To ensure that the ringersproduced the correct changes, in themethod called ”Superlative SurpriseMajor”, a team of umpires, from theringing community, took it in turn tocontinually check the ringing method and

together attested to its accuracy and qualityand that no sequences had been repeated.

The then existing record, of 13,579changes had been rung in 9hrs 19mins inthe City of London in April 2006.

At approximately 8pm on 5th October,after 10hrs 17 minutes of non-stopringing, the band of 8 ringers hadcompleted 18,432 changes, breaking notonly the world record for the longestlength in the method, but also breakingthe record for the longest ever piece ofringing in the City of London.John Hitch

Royal Jubilee Bells beat World and City of London records

The eight Royal Jubilee bells that were castfor the Church of St James Garlickhythe

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Perhaps one of the most enduring andsentimental images of 18th Century

England is the multi-paned window withoccasional frames containing a dense andlargely opaque swirl of glass. It would be easyto conclude that these unusual panes wereonly intended to be decorative, and to someextent they were and even today reproductionsof similar glass panes are added to modernwindows to add a period touch.

However these window panes were in factmainly the result of the only window panemanufacturing process available at the time– crown glass. Since the 15th Century thebasic method employed to create glasswindow panes involved blowing a largeglobe of molten glass which was thenflattened on an anvil of polished iron knownas a marver. A solid iron rod called a pontilwas welded to the centre of the glass globe.The globe was then reheated until soft andspun on the pontil as it cooled. When therate of rotation was increased the glasssuddenly flowed outwards by centrifugalforce to create a broad and relatively flat

circular sheet. At its centre where the pontilhad been attached the glass was marked byconcentric circular waves. The best clearwindow panes were cut from the flat outerparts of the circular sheet. These were themost valuable panes. However the centrepane always contained the ‘nub’ or bullseye.

Picturesque as they are to us now, thenubs were the least expensive panes and sowent to properties owned by householderson a budget. And budget was a veryimportant factor in the specification ofglass in the 18th Century. So much so thatit was common for people moving houseto take their windows with them.

The constraints of this manufacturingprocess also accounts for the small panesand sector shaped fanlights in earlyEnglish Georgian houses. Eventuallycrown glass gave way to cylinder glass. Inthis process a cylinder of glass was blownand then split lengthwise into two halfcylinders. Each half cylinder was then re-heated and flattened on a marver. Thisproduced a much flatter and clearer sheetof glass. It also lent itself to the installationof evenly curved bow windows soreminiscent of early 19th Century Englishhouses. The crowning glory in thisrevolution in window pane manufacturecame in Victorian times with the CrystalPalace in Hyde Park, made from 300,000sheets of cylinder blown glass. Todaymodern processes such as ‘float glass’have entirely superseded these earlymethods. So it is an irony that in our timesthe most carefully designed ‘period’ pubwith its Dickensian bay windows with‘nub’ panes is actually reproducing thefenestration that would have been mostcommonly found in the mostunpretentious of ale-houses.William Parker

An early example of crown glass from Germany.Photo courtesy of Böringer Friedrich.

Only wealthy householders could afford glazingwithout ‘nubs’

Spinning the glass on a pontil.16th Century engraving.

A modern reproduction of crown glass

The nub ofthe matterin glass

The nub ofthe matterin glass

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The Master’s Jolly 9 –12 May 2013

It is a tradition of The Glass SellersCompany that the Master should entertain

Glass Sellers to a short break in a location ofhis choice. This year some sixty GlassSellers descended upon Kent and werewelcomed on the first evening with aChampagne reception and formal dinner atthe Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells.

The following morning the Masterensured that his guests were well fed andwatered before he led them to Hever Castle,where Henry VIII had led his Court manyyears earlier, in order for him to endeavourprimarily to persuade the Lady AnneBoleyn to become his mistress, but failingthat to become his Queen. A turbulent timein our history and one that carriesimplications for us all even today. It waspointed out that when Henry VIII led hisCourt to Hever a number of them, includingLady Anne herself were to be imprisonedand even to lose their heads. I am delightedto confirm that no Glass Seller was injuredor decapitated on this Jolly. The beauty andelegance of this small Castle with its ‘worldheritage’ Italian Gardens, were a joy tobehold and one forgets that the Castle wasalso the home of two of Henry VIII’sQueens during his reign, being his firstQueen Catherine of Aragon and his fourthQueen Anne of Cleves. Whilst havingfallen into poor repair in later years theestate was purchased by William WaldorfAstor and is now one of the most populartourist attractions in the South East.

After lunch the Master was to show usTudeley Church, which is a small villagechurch well known for the fact that all ofthe stained glass windows werecommissioned from Marc Chagall, thestained glass artist.

Tudeley is the only church in the world tohave all its twelve windows decorated byChagall, and the east window is a memorialtribute to Sarah d’Avigdor-Goldsmid, whodied aged just 21 in a sailing accident offRye. Chagall came to stained glass workrelatively late in his long career and wasreluctant to take on the commission, but waseventually persuaded and when in 1967 hearrived for the installation of the eastwindow and saw the church, he said, 'It'smagnificent. I will do them all.' And over thenext 15 years, Chagall designed all theremaining eleven. The beauty, the simplicityand colours of these windows left us all so

impressed. Without a doubt this was ahighlight of the Jolly.

With no time to waste we all enjoyed apleasant dinner at the Hotel du Vin in themiddle of Tunbridge Wells and felt obligedto enjoy some of the bottles from their cellar– very good they were too.

Leaping into our time machine (KingsFerry Coaches) we arrived at Chartwell,the home of Sir Winston and LadyChurchill. This charming house, renovatedabout 10 years ago, is preserved as it wasfollowing the death of Lady Churchill.The museum of Churchill memorabilia isunrivalled and it is nice to see a propertywhich feels as if the family have justpopped out and could return at any time.Highlights included so many of his wellexecuted paintings and we were allreminded of what a tremendous man hewas and how, without his strength andforesight, things may have been somewhatdifferent for us all today.

That evening we returned to HeverCastle, this time for dinner in the Privatewing of the Castle, known as ‘the Village’,where the Astor family created a Tudorwing, as the family home. Since the sale ofthe Castle by the Astor family, the Tudorwing has become an entertainment suiteand there we dined in great style on whathad been the old Billiard room.

On the final day we attended MorningPrayer at the Church of King Charles theMartyr in Tunbridge Wells at which serviceour Chaplain, The Very Reverend PhilipNeed, The Dean of Bocking preached athought provoking sermon.

It was an excellent Jolly. It was made so, bythose Glass Sellers who took time to join theMaster, who was delighted to show the GlassSellers his part of Kent and the treasures thatcan be found within that County.Guy HarrisonHever Castle

Marc Chagall stained glass in Tudeley Church, Kent

The Health Service Journal has namedDoctor Emma Stanton one of the top

50 innovators in health.This list celebrates the individuals who

have found new ways of tacklingchallenges in health care, and takeninnovative approaches that make atangible difference to patients, healthcare colleagues, or widersociety.

She is both a Psychiatrist at

South London andMaudsley FoundationTrust, and ChiefExecutive of Beacon UK.Her organisation works

with Commissioners andProviders to improve

outcomes for patients with amental illness. Emma

was an advisor toEngland’s former Chief

Medical Officer, Professor Sir LiamDonaldson, and co-founded the clinicalleadership social enterprise Diagnosis.

Dr Stanton was elected a Freeman of ourCompany in March 2012 and was clothedas a Liveryman in the following December.

The Members of the Court and Liverywish to acknowledge her outstandingachievement, and wish her every success inher on-going career. Editor

Liveryman Dr Emma Stanton

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Mansion House Banquet – 29th October 2013

The installation of the Glass Sellers’new Master takes place in December

each year. In the succeeding year, inOctober, the approach of the end of theMaster’s Year of Office is heralded by theAnnual Banquet at the Mansion House.

It is always a glistening event but thisyear seemed to have an extra sparkle to it.Partly due to the venue, of course, – theEgyptian Hall always impresses regularvisitors, but most first comers just standand stare!

Another contributory factor was havinga company of approximately 230attendees. The old adage of ‘the more themerrier’ certainly seemed to apply.

The atmosphere steadily developed

during the evening, following the Beadle’sstentorian announcement of each person’sname to the Master and Wardens.

After leaving the Reception Line, theGuests and Liverymen, Civic Dignitaries,Masters and Clerks (from no less thanseven Livery Companies) mingled in theSalon and Drawing Rooms seeking eachother in a bubble of background chatter.

The Photographers moved through theassembled gathering, spotting those whowished to be photographed, andrecognising those who would ‘rather not,thank you’!

A fanfare of trumpets, adding to thepomp of the event, preceded the Beadle’sannouncement that “Dinner is served”,and focused attention on the entrance tothe Egyptian Hall.

Once inside, the Diners awaited theMaster and other Dignitaries as theyentered, in time to the traditional slowhand clap and took their places at the toptable. Our Honorary Chaplain, The Very

Reverend Canon Philip Need, delivered arhyming Grace (another tradition) afterwhich our Banquet began.

A Guard of Honour was provided byThe Rifles, ACF. They were inspected bythe Representative Lord Mayor, AldermanSir David Wootton and Lay Sheriff AdrianWaddingham prior to the reception.

Each year a Cadet is pronounced ‘TheChosen Man’ for his or her outstandingperformance during the preceding twelvemonths. Sir David was delighted to

present the Glass Seller’s Trophy to CadetBeulah Amponsa of 24 Detachment whowas equally delighted to receive it.

Annually, the Glass Sellers Companyand the British Glass ManufacturersConfederation select the ‘Best Apprenticeof the Year’ and two Runners Up.

Following the Loyal Toasts, The Masterannounced that the Winner was MikeCrotty of Quinn Glass, in Elton, Chester.The Runners Up were Reuben Allonbyfrom Cumbria Crystal, and NathanHerring from Saint-Gobain Glass.

All three received their Trophies fromAlderman Sir David Wootton,Representative Lord Mayor. In addition,Mike Crotty was awarded £1,000 towardsthe cost of visiting overseas glassfactories. Each of the runners up received

Sir David Wooton and Cadet Beulah Amponsa

Lay Sheriff Adrian Waddingham with The Rifles

Gwen Rhys with her guests

(l to r) Andrew Parmley, Prime Warden; GuyHarrison, The Master; Gwen Rhys, Renter Warden

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£250 for the same purpose.Following the Apprentices presentation,

The Master proposed the toast to ‘TheLord Mayor, The City of LondonCorporation and the Sheriffs’.

The Master thanked Sir DavidWootton for representing the LordMayor who was absent due to othercommitments. He wondered what anormal day was for a Lord Mayor andsuggested that a quick survey of SirDavid’s web site, who was Lord Mayorin 2012/13, would give some idea of theenormous span of responsibilities andthe demands made, to be a successfulLord Mayor of London.

He presented a cheque to Sir David forthe Lord Mayor’s Charities.

He also noted the absence of Lady

Wootton explaining that she was inCanada awaiting the birth of a fifthgrandchild, which was imminent. Hethen gave a neatly wrapped package tothe Representative Lord Mayor which,when opened, revealed an assortment ofbaby clothes.

Sir David was clearly delighted toreceive the gift, which came as a pleasing

surprise to everyone present. The Master duly proposed the toast.The Representative Lord Mayor

responded to the Civic Toast, explainingthat the Lord Mayor was at the CharterHouse launching an exhibition aboutPhilanthropy in the City of London.

Many of the City’s greatest phil -anthropists have passed through the doorsof Mansion House, some as Lord Mayor,William Treloar and Dick Whittingtonbeing two of the most famous.

Research shows that the Culture Sectoralone generates £225 million supporting6,700 jobs.

He went on to explain that a newCharity, The City Music Foundation, willbe the primary beneficiary of this year’sLord Mayor’s Appeal.

The Representative Lord Mayor closedhis speech, presenting the Master with aBook about the Harold SamuelCollection, which hangs in the MansionHouse, and to the Clerk some HaroldSamuel Playing Cards.

Following the Representative LordMayor’s gracious reply, the toast to ‘TheGuests’ was proposed by Past MasterMichael Nathan, Father of the Company.He opened his remarks saying “theessence of hospitality is to make one’sguests feel at home. We Glass Sellers hopethat we have achieved this, in part with theceremony of the Loving Cup, which bidsall our guests a hearty welcome.”

In turn he welcomed Alderman CharlesBowman, recently elected to represent

Lime Street Ward, the Masters of sevenLivery Companies, and in several casestheir Clerks. Past Master Nathan wasMaster of the Glass Sellers forty yearsago, and he commented since that timeClerks increasingly accompanied theirMasters to functions. He wondered if itwas something to do with the Health andSafety Act – a Master not being allowedout alone at night!

His toast encompassed a large numberof guests, too numerous to mention byname, and was clear, amusing, informativeand gracious.

In response, ‘The Glass Sellers’ Company’was proposed by The Very ReverendAndrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark.

During the Representative LordMayor’s Speech he referred to AndrewNunn, saying :

“Andrew has brought new dynamism tothe Cathedral, and it is a real pleasure towork with him in support of theCathedral’s Projects.”

The Dean’s speech was certainlydynamic, and enlivened our proceedingswith his references to glass, and mirrors inChurches.

The Master brought the evening to itstraditional end by proposing theimmemorial toast ‘To Glass’.Editor

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(l to r) Nathan Herring, Runner up; Mike Crotty,Best Apprentice of the Year; Reuben Allonby,Runner Up

The Master proposing the Civic Toast

Sir David Wootton, Representative Lord Mayor

Father of the Company, Michael Nathan

The Dean of Southwark proposing ‘The Glass Sellers’ Company’

“Joy unbounded”

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John Spencer, the current Editor of“The Glass Seller” magazine, is

stepping down at the end of 2013. TheLivery Committee is therefore lookingfor an exceptional individual to takeresponsibility for editing “The GlassSeller”.

No prior editing experience required. Essential requirements: a good

organiser and planner with a great senseof humour, who is computer literate.

The Glass Seller Magazine and theweb site are the two main sources ofinformation for the Livery. The Editorhas been a key member of the LiveryCommittee ensuring that Liverymen arekept abreast of Company activities,plans and developments.

Two issues of the magazine arepublished each year – Summer andWinter. The layout is produced by anexternal designer.

This is an excellent opportunity to getto know your fellow Liverymen, get abetter understanding of how theCompany is run and be involved in andinfluence the future direction of the

Company. Will you accept thechallenge?

All enquiries from Liverymen andFreemen of the Company or their familymembers will be warmly welcomed.

For more information, please contact,The Editor, John Spencer or Chairmanof the Livery Committee, MariaChanmugam.

The Glass Sellers’ Company needs

YOUTHE GLASS SELLERS’ COMPANY NEEDS

YOUThe Charity Fund is looking for a new

Secretary to the Trustees to join usfrom the end of 2014. Liveryman JackieTheobald is stepping down after 10 yearsof exceptional service in the role.

The Worshipful Company of GlassSellers Charity Fund is an independentCharity, registered with the CharityCommission. We support projects acrossthe wider glass industries, education, theCity of London and the needy in andaround the City. We are looking forsomeone to support the Chairman andTrustees in this work. The trustees meet 4times per year, but much of the business isconducted by email.

Essential qualities: Excellent computer/IT skills, and goodorganising ability.This is an ideal opportunity to get

involved in some of our exciting projectsand to learn more about our work. Formore information contact John Whiteman,the Chairman of the Charity Fund;john.whiteman@brunel.ac.uk

Would you like to beinvolved with the GlassSellers Charity Fund?

WANTED: Editor for the Glass Seller.

Court and Livery Dinner 26 September 2013 – Stationer’s Hall

There was a distinct buzz in the airwhen the Master, Guy Harrison, in his

speech after dinner, spoke of howhonoured he was to preside over the firstGlass Dinner, which brought togetherguests from the countrywide glassindustry, the newly-formed GlassAcademy, as well as Liverymen and theirpersonal guests.

At a reception before the dinner,Liveryman Richard Katz, introducedDave Dalton, CEO of the British GlassManufacturers’ Confederation, whooutlined the glass Academy’s aims toup-skill the glass industry, ProfessorPaul Morrissey, who talked of theimportance of training of apprentices toachieve success, and former MP RichardSmith, who described the impendingskills shortage and the need to take

action by training. The over 100 diners enjoyed an

excellent dinner and afterwards wereentertained by newly clothed Liveryman,Mark Holford, who introduced theguests, including the principal speaker,Sir Alan Rudge when he proposed thetoast “Our Guests”.

Sir Alan is President of ERA Foundation,which contributes to the economic vitalityof the UK by supporting activities that helpbridge the gap between research andcommercialization in engineering.

In his response on behalf of the guests,Sir Alan spoke interestingly about hisexperiences of work with fibre opticcables and telecoms. The evening endedwith the traditional toast by the Master,“To Glass”.Caroline Whiteman Sir Alan Rudge

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The Glass Sellers Music Trophy

The origin of the prize for an outstandingstudent at the Guildhall School of Music

was when, in 1989, a young singer by thename of Bryn Terfel was so clearly going towin the – then – one and only award in anannual competition, and the Glass Sellersinitiated the presentation of a second prize.

This year’s competition took place at theBarbican on May 2nd.

Four singers – chosen by a Panel at apreliminary round in January – competedand provided a memorable evening, thejudges having a difficult task to decide whoshould win the first prize: the Gold Medal,and our Company’s Trophy.

The winner of our Trophy was JoshuaOwen Mills, a graduate with First ClassHonours from the Guildhall School,currently in the first year of his Opera course.Josh comes from Neath, in South Wales, andhad a contingent of Welsh people in theaudience (equipped with a Welsh flag) whogave him a rousing welcome; theirenthusiastic applause later was matched bythe reaction from the audience as a whole.

He explained “I spent a long time withmy teachers, discussing the programme,so there was plenty of variety – in thecomposers, the styles and the genres. Ithought about including something Welsh,but it didn’t fit in!”

Josh said it had been a “wonderful,

wonderful night”. His immediate future willinclude being with the Garsington Opera,which Josh describes as “a big, bigchallenge”. Looking a few years ahead, Joshsaid that “my dream is to be singing for aliving, having principal roles in smallcompanies, and gaining stage experience; Ijust want to be on the stage, really, and learnfrom other people”.

Josh was clearly delighted to win ourCompany’s Trophy; it is going to be placedin his living room – as he put it: “foreveryone to see”.

We wish him every success in what willundoubtedly be a brilliant career.Jane Reynolds

Joshua Owen Mills with The Master

Guildhall’s Photographer – C

live Totman

Glass Sellers Programme 2013(Glass Sellers’ functions are in bold print)

Thursday 12 DecemberEvensong at St James Garlickhythe

and Installation Dinner – Stationers’ Hall

Glass Sellers Programme 2014Tuesday 18 February

Ravenscroft Lecture - Haberdashers’ HallMonday 3 March

Inter-Livery Bridge Competition Drapers’ Hall

Tuesday 11 MarchCourt and Livery Dinner – Pewterers’ Hall

Friday 4 AprilUnited Guilds’ Service – St Paul’s Cathedral

Monday 12 MayGSMD Gold Medal Competition

(instrumentalists) – BarbicanTuesday 13 May

Sons of the Clergy ServiceSt Paul’s Cathedral

15-18 MayMaster’s “Jolly” to Cardiff

Wednesday 21 MayInter-Livery Clay Pigeon Shoot – Northwood

Thursday 12 JuneEvensong and Dinner

St James’s and Vintners’ HallTuesday 24 June

Election of the Sheriffs (Guildhall) and Luncheon

Wednesday 16 July350th Anniversary Service

St Paul’s Cathedralcombined with Needlemakers’ Company

followed by Reception in Guildhall28-31 August

British Glass Biennale – StourbridgeThursday 25 September

Court and Livery Dinner – Stationers’ HallMonday 29 September

Election of the Lord Mayor (Guildhall) and Luncheon

Tuesday 28 OctoberAnnual Banquet – The Mansion House

Friday 7 NovemberSilent Ceremony – Guildhall

Saturday 8 NovemberLord Mayor’s ShowSunday 23 November

Service in St James’s and informal luncheon(to be confirmed)

Thursday 11 DecemberInstallation Dinner – Stationers’ Hall

New to the Glass Sellers’ Company

Freemen:Alexander Millett July 2013Stephen Cahill March 2013

Liverymen:Alistair Wallace February 2013David Dalton December 2012

We bid them a hearty welcome

Sir Eric Dancer

Congratulations to Liveryman EricDancer who has been appointed

Knight Commander of the Royal VictorianOrder in the 2013 Birthday Honours forhis work as Lord-Lieutenant of Devon.

He was appointed Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, a Knight of Grace ofthe Order of Saint John, and a Justice ofthe Peace in 1988.

In 1991, he was appointed Commanderof the Order of the British Empire forservices to business and training.

His career has been in industry with overthirty years at Board level – the last twentybeing as Managing Director of DartingtonCrystal.

Sir Eric became a Freeman of thecompany on 23 June 1992 and was swornof the Livery on 10 December following.

The Members of the Court and Livery ofthe Glass Sellers’ Company send theirwarmest best wishes to Sir Eric and hiswife Carole.Editor

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Much progress is being made by ourGlass in Society schools, and whilst

most of the time since the last Glass Sellerhas been occupied by holiday good thingsare happening!

The Kingswinford School have begunwork on the framework of their scale modelsof the Bloodhound World Speed Record Car- the glass fibre fan providing propulsion forthe vehicle, the axle and airbrake mechanismhave all been integrated into the chassis. Thestudents have been split into two teams andare in the process of constructing two other

frameworks so that ultimately there will bethree cars to be tested. The first prototypeshould be completed by the end of 2013,with the other two being tested during theearly months of Spring 2014.

The Trustees’ have agreed to providefurther funding to Cardinal Newman Schoolfor a second project related to heat lossthrough glass and buildings. The school is atypical 1960/70’s design with very littlethought for the environmental considerationsthat we observe today - hence there is a mostinteresting project to assess and understandthe heat loss from each school building,produce a report for the Head Teacher andGovernors' and make recommendations as to

how money can be saved by introducing heatsaving measures for the future.

I was delighted to visit Coundon CourtSchool, which is one of the largestSecondary Schools in the UK with just over1,800 students. A presentation of our chequewas made in the school’s Theatre in front of300 Year 10 students for their GIS projectwhich is to investigate the history of glassuse, making and testing glass, making glassadding transitional metals, testingphotochromatic glass and seeing how thistype of glass affects radiation on plants. Leigh Baildham

Alderman Fiona Woolf has written to allLivery Companies after being installed

as the Lord Mayor of London on the 8th ofNovember 2013. The following is aprécised extract from that letter.

“I am honoured to be promoting the City ofLondon this year as the 686th Lord Mayor(and only the second woman since 1189). I

have been overwhelmed by the support I havereceived from the Livery and am lookingforward to seeing you all in the coming year. Energy to transform lives.

I shall be continuing with the theme of TheCity in Society focussing on “The Energy toTransform Lives”, which reflects my longassociation with the City as an energy lawyerspecialising in global electricity industryreforms to bring cheaper and cleaner energyto more people. The title refers to myconviction that the City of London has theenergy and talent for innovation necessary toserve the needs of society and theenvironment at a time that I call the “newnormal”. All of my mayoral programmes arebased on three themes – Tomorrow’s City,Charity Leadership together with SocialInvestment, Diversity and Inclusion. Theyare critical to our resource-constrainedsociety: sustainability, diversity and charity. A New Approach to the Lord Mayor’sAppeal

We have abolished the “shut down and

start up from scratch approach” to the LordMayor’s Appeal by the creation of apermanent charity to provide a long-runningplatform for the Appeal. This will enable usto accept contributions in cash and in kindover more than one year and to promotegiving to a wider audience. It also enables usto support smaller charities, particularlythose that punch above the weight that theirsize might imply in terms of their impactand outcomes, and that is exactly my plan!

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2014 issupporting four Community-basedCharities that all have the ‘energy totransform lives’ – Beating Bowel Cancer,Princess Alice Hospice, Working Chanceand Raleigh International.

I hope that within these, and other,mayoral programmes there will besomething of interest for everyone. If Ihave a single objective, it would beinclusiveness and Liverymen have somuch to bring to the party”.John Spencer

Glass in Society

Work in progress on the scale models of theBloodhound car being built by Kingswinford School

The Bloodhound car

Court Assistant Leigh Baildham presenting thecheque to the Year 10 STEM Group at CoundonCourt School, Coventry

A message from The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London – Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE.

The Right Hon. Alderman Fiona Woolf

Acknowledgements: October 2013. The Glass Seller wishes to thank those who have contributed articles for this issue. Their names appear at the foot of thearticle or in the body of the text. The Editor is John Spencer and the design and artwork is by Andrew Jones, to whom we owe a great debt of gratitude. TheMagazine is printed and distributed by Crossprint on the Isle of Wight. Photographs were supplied by Gerald Sharp Photography, Andrew Jones, Philip Need andCharlotte Hurley, or are from the public domain. Our thanks go to the Clerk and Assistant Clerk whose active support is greatly appreciated.The Glass Seller is published by The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London. www.glass-sellers.co.uk © The Glass Sellers Company 2013.