Some of the entries for the Cart Marking Ceremony held in Guildhall Yard
Seventeen Glovers and their guests gathered at Guildhall to watch the annual Cart Marking on 18th July 2018. The event commenced with a formal display by the Company of Pikeman and Musketeers, the ceremonial guard of the Lord Mayor of London. The key officials arrived including the Master Carman, Patrick Marsland-Roberts TD, The Lord Mayor. Charles Bowman, in his official taxi, and our own Master Glover, Alvan Seth-Smith. As they all prepared for the branding our Master presented protective gloves to The Master Carman which were kindly donated by Past Assistant David Bennett of Bennetts Safetywear.
With a number of interesting vehicles to be branded the Glovers enjoyed four in particular. The Horse Drawn 1920 fresh fruit and vegetable cart, a model Ford TT Hucks Starter to manually start RAF planes – ideal for the RAF 100th anniversary and the Queen of Dunoon six seater omnibus carrying suffragettes marking 100th anniversary of women obtaining the vote. The Purdey pantechnicon received the biggest cheer from the Glovers as term ‘pantechnicon’ was created by ‘Seth Smith’ the Great-Great Grandfather of our current Master.
After an excellent final procession the Glovers and their guests all met at the Anthologist. We enjoyed a splendid two course lunch and discussed the range of vehicles on display and as usual in England a discussion on how long the hot weather could last.
Glovers at play after Cart Marking
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