It was lovely to see our new Master, Jenny Rolls, her Upper Warden, Alan Dodd and Renter Warden, David White together with our Silver Steward and Hon. Secretary of our Charitable Trusts Martin Reading, at the Lord Mayor's Show on Saturday 9th November.

 

 

The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the best-known annual events in London as well as one of the longest-established, dating back to the 13th century.

 

A new Lord Mayor is appointed every year, and the public parade that takes place as their inauguration ceremony reflects that this was once one of the most prominent offices in England and subsequently the United Kingdom. The Tyers and Bricklayers are proud to be part of this tradition.

 

The show is named after the Lord Mayor of the City of London. In this 2024/25 year the new Lord Mayor is Alistair King who replaced Michael Mainelli the Lord Mayor that kindly presented the awards to our wonderful winners at our Triennial Awards in October. The Lord Mayor's Show is centred on a street parade, which in its modern form is a light-hearted combination of traditional British pageantry and elements of carnival. On the day after being sworn in, the Lord Mayor and several others participate in a procession from Guildhall, via Mansion House and St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of the City of London, to the Royal Courts of Justice on the edge of the City of Westminster, where the new Lord Mayor swears allegiance to the Crown. Until 1882, the procession went to Westminster Hall.

 

Keith Aldis - Court Assistant