Visit to Billingsgate
In accordance with the Master’s theme of ‘markets’, 20 World Traders rose before dawn and arrived at…
World Traders’ Company Air Marshal’s Prize 2016 and 2017
- 03 Aug 2017
- Robert Woodthorpe Browne
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Livery Companies have links to all three services, and the World Traders annually give awards and/or help…
Baltic Exchange Visit
On Friday, 21 July 2017 Master Robert Woodthorpe-Browne’s fourth market visit was at the Baltic Exchange. The…
Inge Mitchell Turns 90
One of the longest serving World Traders celebrated her birthday at the Baltic Exchange, to which she…
Cart Marking Ceremony 2017
One of the oldest traditions of the City is the Cart Marking Ceremony, a sort of pre-DVLA…
Visit to Smithfield Market
Thanks to Lars Anderson, World Trader and entrepreneur for the following account of our recent visit to…
Visit to Hamburg
When the Kaiser wished to ennoble a Hamburg merchant, his colleagues were puzzled as no noble had…
Jailed and Bailed for the British Red Cross
It was clearly time that the City’s Livery Masters were locked up! The British Red Cross runs…
World Trader Neil Redcliffe Elected Sheriff
The ceremony at Common Hall in Guildhall was a special one for World Traders in that one…
Visit to New Spitalfields Market
Under the management of the Corporation of the City of London, London’s markets are a crucial cog…