Following on
from the Tudor Pull David, my bailiff and I attended the 360th
festival of the Sons and Friends of the Clergy at St Paul’s on Tuesday last
week followed by dinner at Merchant Taylors’ Hall. St Paul’s was well filled. The service was attended by the Lord Mayor
Locum Tenens along with the majority of Masters. I enjoyed the music and singing. The choir of St Paul’s was joined by the
choirs of Peterborough and Wakefield Cathedrals. The dinner was exceptional in that there were
bishops and other senior clerics seated at close centres among the guests. The dinner itself was fine too.
On the
following Saturday David and I were guests of the Master Glass Seller Andrew
Parmley at a dinner to mark the completion of the Glass Sellers company visit
to South Wales. We share our beadle with
the Glass sellers, and continuing from demonstrating his linguistic prowess at
my events, Tony introduced Andrew in Welsh; we had practised it a few times
beforehand. Andrew began his response to
the toast with a very passable Welsh introduction. It was a very pleasant evening.
Some of us
will miss Tony’s introductions at next year’s Conservator events when I guess
that we will revert to a Barbarian tongue.
The Clerk returns from two week’s holiday today!
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