THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS
main hall the select group in the Court room did not go
unheard - cheering and clapping that little bit louder
creating a vibrant and energetic atmosphere.
While it was an exciting and interesting experience
using the two rooms, we will endeavour to be seated
together at future dinners!
PAUL DAVID JAGGER
@cityandlivery
Miniature missives drawn from the
twitter account of WCIT Liveryman Paul
Jagger who tweets under the sobriquet
@CityandLivery employing the hashtags
#CityFact and #LiveryFact
The Lord Mayor’s Show is the world’s
oldest, unrehearsed street pageant. This
year WCIT has a float named ‘Talent
Unleashed’ in the Show - it showcases
the Company’s role in coaching over
450 Royal Signallers from uniformed to
civilian life. This issue of MONITOR
includes some of the less well known
facts about the Show:
The 2015 Installation dinner at Habadashers’ Hall (Court Room)
#CityFact: This year is the 800th
anniversary of the Lord Mayor’s Show,
although it has been cancelled once for
Wellington’s funeral, so perhaps next
year is the real 800th.
Past Master Jonathan Soar
and Court Assistant
Kerri Mansfield
#CityFact: The Lord Mayor’s Show
fulfils a legal requirement that the
newly elected Lord Mayor must ‘Show’
himself to the people and then swear
allegiance to the Monarch.
#LiveryFact: The Lord Mayor’s
‘mother’ Livery Company is always the
first Company to process in the Show,
irrespective of its position in the order
of precedence.
#LiveryFact: In times past it was the
Lord Mayor’s Livery Company that
paid for the organisation and
entertainment during the Show.
Our Beadle, Alan O’Connor, leading
the procession to the Church
Installation
Service at St
Bartholomew
the Great
#CityFact: The current
Pageantmaster, Dominic Reid OBE,
took over the role from his father who
died in office. This year is Dominic’s
24th Show, the most of any
Pageantmaster.
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