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Front Cover photograph: ‘Owl’ carved by Tommy Craggs at the Summer Spectacular 2012.

Swearing in photographs taken by Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne Offi cial Photographer, Steve Brock Photography:

www.stevebrock.co.uk Tel: 0191 2863430

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These are to say the least, the most challenging of times from the perspective of the national economy and the consequential impact on our city.

The Freemen can and are making a positive contribution from the environmental and heritage perspective, perhaps more now than in living memory.

Our close working relationship with Newcastle City Council has served to facilitate and engender confi dence that we are not simply a social artefact of history that has managed to survive since time and immemorial. We are demonstrating trust in the public realm as the catalyst for many aspects of well being through the guardianship of the Town Moors. It is with pride that we set about these commitments and in the good name of Newcastle upon Tyne.

May we commend Newcastle City Council and residents for such unequivocal support in 2012.

We shall use every endeavour to be even better in all that we do in 2013.

Sir Leonard Fenwick CBEChairman, Stewards Committee

Magazine Editor:Jim JohnsonTanners Company, Stewards CommitteeIan MillerShipwrights Company, Stewards Committee

The Newcastle upon Tyne Freemen Magazine, Moor Bank Lodge, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4NL

E-mail magazine@freemenofnewcastle.org

Foreword ContentsEditorial 4

‘Open’ and ‘Closed’ Company 4

Exhibition Park Clock Tower 5

Superintendent’s report 6-7

Michaelmas Guild 8-9

Changing Role of theStewards Committee 10

Moor Bank Botanic Gardens 11

Stewards Committee supportsthe Environment 12

Shipwrights tour ofNorth Shields Fish Quay 13

Hoppings 2012 14-15

Summer Spectacular 16-17

Gruesome and Hard Timesin Newcastle 18-19

The Mansion House 20

Mayor’s Gilded State Barge 21

Diary dates 22

Notice Board 23

As reported in Issue 12 the restoration of the Exhibition Park clock tower to commemorate the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee was completed which included the replacement of the old workings with a modern electronic clock mechanism and lighting.

To inform that the restoration was funded by the Freemen of Newcastle, a plaque has been placed to mark the commitment.

Exhibition Park Clock Tower

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EditorialWelcome to the 7th year of the publication of our Magazine. In issue 13 we again cover the activities of the Stewards Committee providing an insight into the management of the 1200 plus acres of Moors as well as related affairs, although it is not possible to cover much of the behind the scenes work which the committee undertakes.

Many readers commented how they enjoy reading about the lesser known and at times rather gruesome side of our past, so in our look back into the History of our fair City we include a couple of rather grotesque incidents

(which are not for the squeamish) if you are then best skip page 18/19.

As ever the editors are keen to hear your comments and ideas to improve the content of the Magazine, or learn more about the activities of your Company.

We are still receiving a number of Magazines returned with the message ‘addressee has moved away’, hence please keep the Administration Offi ce at Moor Bank Lodge informed of any change of circumstance either within your family or Company.

A question is often asked what the difference is between a Closed and Open Company in this day and age.

In essence term ‘Closed’ Company covers several scenarios.

Historically it would indicate a Company where only members who hail through the Company and hold an Oath paper for their Trade would be admitted, ‘Closed Company’.

The majority of ‘Closed’ Companies whilst retaining their closed status welcome in, or indeed actively engage in seeking out and admitting Freemen to the Company who were sworn as a Freemen of the City through their Guild but were not for whatever reason admitted into the Company

at the time they became a Freemen. A ‘Closed’ Company will not accept as a member any Freemen sworn in through another Guild.

In respect to an ‘Open’ Company

An ‘Open’ Company will not only admit members who hold an Oath paper for the parent Guild through whom they hail, but will also accept a Freemen of the City from other Guilds into their Company, either by invitation or by proposal of Company Keepers at the Head meeting. This has provided an opportunity where the number of Company Keepers are such that the Company may cease to exist, if not bolstered by a more proactive membership.

What is the difference between an ‘Open’ and ‘Closed’ Company

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Superintendent’s Report

Standing fi rmly together with the City Council and the members of the Showman’s Guild of Great Britain we met the challenge head on, with all parties agreed that “the show had to go on” we commenced to pull into position every single ride and attraction that had applied to attend this year’s event, a fi rst in the history of the Hoppings. I will not dwell on this too much as it will be covered further on in the Magazine, but needless to say what was pulled in had to be pulled out leaving behind a reinstatement nightmare and beyond anything we have had to tackle before.

The weather again played its part as we couldn’t get anywhere near the site to reinstate until early September, now the seed is sewn it’s had all

the elements thrown at it that may hamper its germination, the site will be monitored through to the spring and any outstanding reinstatement will be carried out then “if the weather allows”.

The weather has had an impact on all of our Summer tasks that were scheduled to be undertaken. For example the spraying programme was hampered as some 350 acres that were requiring attention due to creeping thistle and buttercup infestation had to be split into two treatments, the second a little late in the season but still fi t for purpose.

The Summer topping task was delayed by almost 6 weeks as the moors were so saturated with the very high water

table the plant would have made more mess than was worth risking, so boundary work such as strimming and rubbish clearing was undertaken.

The Elizabethan metal fencing programme continued with the inner boundary of Nuns Moor Central, our staff worked with our contractors Scott Fencing to dismantle the old wooden fence and remove all spoil from site. As ever the prevailing wet weather hampered this work with staff having to pull Scott Fencing trucks into place each day and also decant their concrete into the tractor bucket and deliver it to site where it could be used to set the metal posts into position as some 54 cattle were still grazing this moor.

The fenceline is now complete and has improved the boundary security of this moor. We have now moved the metal fence programme across to Walter Terrace, where we have several acres of grass land which are used for

recreation by the residents of Fenham and the Arthur’s Hill area. This fence line is being installed as part of the contribution to the ‘Greening Wingrove’ project and does also serve to more distinctly identify this particular parcel of land as Town Moor.

As Winter approaches the staff assist the graziers with the removal of their cattle, as well as continuing with the installation of the metal fencing at Walter Terrace. Our drainage programme will hopefully commence in late November as the cattle will have gone, with general maintenance and key environmental improvements to the moors continuing through the Winter months.

May I take the opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Kevin BateyTown Moor Superintendent.

I may have tempted fate with the last sentence of my June report as we suffered the wettest June for 100 years, weather and ground conditions we have ever experienced during the Hoppings before arose to test our resolve.

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There were 14 nominations for the 12 positions and with the following elected: F.H. Alder, Butchers: H. Alder, Butchers: P.Anderson, Bricklayers: C. Atkinson, Ropemakers: A.R. Bainbridge, Goldsmiths: Sir L.R. Fenwick, Shipwrights: W.G. Frizzle, Goldsmiths: R.M. Grey, Hostmen: K. Hall, Colliers: J. Johnson, Tanners: I.F. Miller, Shipwrights: H.D. Wilson, Ropemakers.

Sir Leonard Fenwick, was re-elected Chairman of the Stewards Committee, and David Wilson, re-elected Vice Chairman. Michael Grey was re-appointed as Honorary Treasurer.

The Open Guild, which is open to all Freemen of Newcastle commenced at 12 noon and presided over by Lord Mayor Councillor Jackie Slesenger.

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Michaelmas Guild

Sir Leonard welcomed the Lord Mayor to the fi rst of the 3 Guilds she will preside over. The Chairman then welcomed John Sofl ey, recently appointed Head of Law at Newcastle City Council to his fi rst ever Guild, referred to by tradition as the ‘Town Clerk’, also Ian Humphries Principal Secretary to the Lord Mayor. Following responses from the Lord Mayor and the Town Clerk, Ian Humphries read the callings of those who claimed their right to be sworn in as Freemen of

Newcastle, there were thirty six callings. (It is at this juncture that any Freemen may call a ‘Stop’ to anyone being called whom they believe do not qualify or as in ancient times an unfi t person to be come a Freeman. The stop if stated shall be entered into the ‘Stop’ book).

The swearing in ceremony was convened directly after the proceedings with six new Freemen being sworn in.

Jackie Slesenger, John Softley and Sir Leonard Fenwick

The Michaelmas Close Guild which is restricted to Company Stewards only, commenced at 10:30am, following the welcome by the Chairman of the Stewards Committee. The election of the Stewards Committee was a key task.

Late News Items . . . . .

Moor Bank University Botanic GardensVolunteers under the auspices of Friends of Moorbank’ have set up a campaigning group ‘Growing Moorbank’ with a view to a charitable Trust being set up to take responsibility for and run the facility. An open letter to Senior Stewards has been circulated by this campaign group.

The University have stated that it is their intension to re-house any valuable or rare plants at one of their other local facilities as part of the transition of the site.

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Changing Role of the Stewards Committee

Over recent years there have been many changes, the positions of Secretary and Administrator being discontinued, and the role of Town Moor Superintendent reinstated.

The Town Moor Superintendent has overall responsibility for the day to day management of the Town Moors and is the first contact for City officers, graziers, contractors, and the public.

The Committee has evolved to become much more involved in day to day affairs, with members taking on specific areas of responsibility where they have professional expertise,

financial, business, administrative, land management, and much more, all of the facilitating occupies a vast amount of their personal time attending extraordinary meetings in addition to working from home. There are also many Freemen who make themselves available for specific tasks and commitments where they have knowledge, expertise and networks that ensure the Newcastle Freemen meet the needs of a modern organisation.

We will continue to embrace change as and when called for.

The affairs of the Freemen of Newcastle are overseen by the Stewards Committee i.e. twelve members who are elected at Michaelmas Guild by Stewards of the 28 Guilds, and meet on the first Wednesday of the month.

Newcastle University leases the four-acre Moor Bank botanic garden from the Freemen of Newcastle. They have informed us they will not be renewing their lease as the botanic garden no longer meets the University’s educational or research needs.

The garden has two large ‘hot houses’, A Tropical House, rainforest habitat contains a unique collection of rare and endangered plant species including cycads, strangling figs, tree ferns and orchids. One area is dedicated to economically important plants that include rice, coffee, banana and sugar cane. The Desert House contains cactus and succulent collection

Across the outside garden there are Rhododendron and rare species of Alchemilla whilst the Primula and Meconopsis bed contains species grown from wild seed collected from China and Nepal. There is also a

Viburnum and Corylopsis collection.

In addition there is a large building containing offices, education rooms, and a soil sterilisation plant, the plants and the hot houses along with the outbuildings will be removed over the next 12 months with the land being returned to grassland if the decision goes ahead, although dialogue is on-going in this regard.

During the Summer Spectacular many Freemen and guests would have visited the gardens.

Moor Bank Botanic GardensThe Newcastle University botanic garden is to close in what is its 90th year!

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The previously reported fence line improvements are continuing with the Elizabethan metal fence replacing the wooden ranch style fences is being installed. A new metal fence on the perimeter of Nuns Moor South the site of the former Benwell Cricket Club. This is our contribution to improve the area for local residents as part of the Greening Wingrove initiative.

The Greening Wingrove is a partnership of local Councillors, residents, community organisations and Newcastle City Council and aims to create a sustainable, inner city garden suburb in an ethnically and socially

diverse area of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Newcastle Freemen supported their bid which culminated in the BIG Lottery awarding Greening Wingrove almost a million pounds to spend over the next five years under the Communities Living Sustainability scheme.

It also aims to tackle the problems of climate change and urban grime through a ‘green lens’.

Any meaningful change for the better in a neighbourhood depends on focussing Council services on neighbourhood needs, and unlocking resident’ enthusiasms.

Stewards Committee supports the Environment

On Saturday morning the 15th September twenty two members of the Shipwrights Company met at the North Shields Fishermen’s Mission for a guided tour of the Fish Quay with guide Alex Hastie. After such an inclement summer we were indeed lucky to have a fine sunny day for a very informative tour which we can recommend wholeheartedly.

During the tour a collection was made from which Alex took his out of pocket expenses and we all had a nice day out while about £40 was raised for a deserving charity, the Fishermen’s Mission.

After thanking our guide, members

did not have far to go for their fish and chips lunch.

Ian MillerSenior Steward, Shipwrights Company

Shipwrights tour of North Shields Fish Quay

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On the Saturday we worked with all agencies including the Showmen laying tons of bark chippings and straw enabling the fair to open on Sunday 24th, although ground conditions were poor the public turned out in their thousands to support the event and for which we are grateful.

Thursday 28th witnessed the worst storm in living memory totally fl ooding the site preventing once again the opening of the fairground. On the Friday many attractions were unable to open for the fi nal two days, and once the fair closed at 11pm on the 30th the pull down commenced.

Four specialist tracked vehicles were deployed to assist the removal of the equipment many weighing up to 80 tons, leaving the turf resembling a bomb site. Due to extensive fl ooding around the City and overstretched demands on manpower the City Council were unable to fully clear the site of litter so we took control and cleared the site with our staff which enabled us to arrange for our specialist contractor to begin the site clearance thereby ensuring the commencement of re-

instatement, no less than 324 tons of materials were removed to land fi ll. Disappointedly much of the rubbish had been left around the site by Showmen, including bags of household rubbish, lorry wheels, diesel drums and tank, wooden and plastic boards.

Unfortunately following the re-instatement and seeding the weather turned very wet, and due to the high water table level preventing drainage the site soon resembled a paddy fi eld.

We are understandably anxious as to whether or not the site will be fi t for purpose by June 2013.

We continue to meet with Showmen from around the country at our consultative meetings which we hold at the Guildhall. These meetings are an opportunity for our Event Group to keep the travelling fairground industry informed of the site condition and to put ideas for improving the fairground offer to the people directly involved with the event. We have a long standing, generation on generation relationship with the Showmen and share cultural values.

a year to forget!Hoppings 2012

The Hoppings 9 day event was reduced to 6 days as a consequence of the most challenging weather and persistent torrential rain leading up to the planned opening day on Friday 22nd June to be deferred for safety reasons.

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The 2nd Freemen Summer event, according to the majority of my feedback, can be described as a success.

The weather of course makes a big difference to attitudes and the way people view any organised event and this summer in particular has seen lots of disappointment with events not just in Newcastle, but around the country that were cancelled or modifi ed to everyone’s dismay.

Organising such an important event as the Summer Spectacular you cannot rely on bright sunshine to come to your aid and make the day a success, as we proved the previous year.

2012 however proved to be totally different from 2011 with sunshine prevailing throughout the afternoon.

There were well over 350 Pork and Lamb sandwiches consumed which gives an indication of how popular the event has become in a very

short period. At times the queue for food was snaking around the tarmac area with people drooling when they got close to their choice of meat; reinforcements had to be drafted onto the catering team in the shape of a Steward to cope with demand.

Throughout the afternoon the drinks table was busy dispensing a whole range of beverages which helped wash down the Pork and Lamb rolls, my thanks must go to the ladies who worked so hard during the event.

All the attractions were very popular. The Birds of Prey were the most glorious when they were fl ying around the grounds of Moor bank, the animals proved to be a delight to young and old with several visitors experiencing a rather large spider walking over their arm, and snakes slithering across the table - a truly scary experience.

“Heartbeat” a local group led by Doug Tate an active Freeman,

produced music that was a joy to listen to, providing a great rhythm to the afternoon activities and their period costumes reminded some of us of our youth. I was convinced that the guitarist was wearing one of my old jackets.

The Pipe and Drum band of the 101 Regiment of the Royal Artillery was a delight to watch and listen to. The marching skills they demonstrated were of the highest order. Their performance culminated with Sir Leonard Fenwick taking the salute which was quite moving for lots of visitors as it reminded them of their own experiences under the colours.

Our thanks must go to both to Drum Major Ian Alexander, another active Freeman, who was responsible for the way the soldiers turned out together with Pipe Major Cameron who is responsible for the music that was played.

Lots of visitors wandered through the Botanic Gardens just to have a look

as many did not know that such an interesting and informative place existed in Newcastle. The visit inevitably turned to purchasing with many visitors staggering back to their cars overloaded with green bundles.

One of the amazing attractions was the wood carver Tommy Craggs who took a huge chunk of timber and with great skill and talent using only chain saws carved an owl.. There were several Freeman who were mesmerised, including myself, by the skill with which he wielded the chain saws.

The owl which was carved will be donated to the Great North Children’s Hospital at the Royal Victoria Infi rmary where it will be mounted and on display for the children, parents visitors and staff to admire.

If any reader has any ideas that would fi t into the Summer Spectacular for future years please email me at bainbridge9@talktalk.net

Summer Spectacular August 2012

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1703 a horrid suicide was committed in the suburbs of Newcastle The following particulars are given by Brand from the MS. Life of Barnes:—”Elizabeth Sharper was well respected by all her neighbours, and lived with her sister to a great age unmarried, only it was whispered she bore a child to another woman’s husband in her younger years. When she had reached her 80th year of age, she fell at once into a deep despair: there was no outward cause by losses or other calamities, that could be assigned as the occasion of it:—most, if not all the parish clergy of Newcastle visited her, but no comfort they could offer ever staid with her. She confessed her bearing a bastard, which was taken from her body, and she believed was murdered. She ripped up her belly with a pair of scissors, and pulled her bowels out with her hand. A surgeon put them in their place again, and sewed up her belly. She had her reason and senses perfectly, and lived and died in a house that belonged to Mr. Barnes.”

“I was myself,” continues Brand, “an eye-witness of the deplorable effects of a similar paroxysm of despair in Susannah Nicholson, an inoffensive old laundress, who lived in the Back Row in Newcastle upon Tyne, and who on Sunday evening, October 23, 1763, maimed herself deliberately in the most dreadful manner, by cutting off her breasts, her lips, ears, and nose, and yet lived for some days afterward.—An account of this suicide (as a gentleman with whom I then corresponded at Paris informed me) had found its way into the Paris Alamain, soon after it

happened, and excited the horror and commiseration of all Europe.”

During the severe winter of 1739–40, the poor in Newcastle suffered severely; and numbers must have perished with the excessive cold, had not Alderman Ridley permitted them to carry away as much as they pleased from his heaps of small coal. The corporation also gave £50 to the four parishes of the town, and Walter Blackett, Esq. 200 guineas, besides £50 to Gateshead parish.

On the 9th of June, this year, an alarming riot commenced at Newcastle, in consequence of the dearness of provisions. The militia of the town was instantly raised; and a promise being given that corn should be sold at a much lower rate, the mob was pacified. On the following day, Alderman Ridley, at the head of the militia, announced that the corn-factors had set a certain fixed price on their grain, which information was received by the multitude with satisfaction and applause.

On the 21st of June, the pitmen, keelmen, and poor of the town, finding that the factors kept their shops shut up, and that most of them had absconded, proceeded to plunder the granaries. A vessel loaded with rye, and about to sail, was also stopped, and the grain sold to the poor at the stipulated price. On the 25th, the militia was imprudently disbanded; when, on the following day, immense numbers of people assembled on the Sand Hill, while the Mayor, Aldermen, and other gentlemen, were consulting in the Guild Hall on the best measures to be adopted during so

Gruesome and Hard Times in Newcastle

pressing an emergency. The mob soon grew extremely unruly; and a gentleman, venturing out to inform them that the ship would be defended until the poor were supplied with the rye in it, was knocked down. Upon this, the rioters were fired upon; and one of them having been killed, and several wounded, they rushed in a body upon the gentlemen assembled in the hall, wounded most of them, and then proceeded to ransack the town-court and chambers. Many of the public writings and accounts were destroyed, and a very large sum of the corporation money was carried off. The mob afterwards traversed the streets, where, finding all the shops shut up, they threatened with horrid execrations to burn and destroy the whole place. In the evening, three companies of Howard’s regiment, under the command of Captain Marmaduke Sowle, who had marched that day from Alnwick, entered the town, and soon dispersed the rioters, forty of whom were seized and committed to prison. At the following assizes, six of this number were convicted and transported, each for seven years. Their names were, Thomas Grey, James Harriot, Thomas Wilson, William Sopit, Robert Hatherick, alias Hatherwick, and

William Keed, alias Kid, alias Keedy. This affray is said to have cost the Corporation £4000.

It appears that the Guild-books of the corporation, from Christmas, 1721, to Michaelmas, 1738, were destroyed in this riot. Those who withheld any of the books, parchments, paper, writings, or other things that were then carried off, were threatened with prosecution; and a generous gratuity was offered for such information as might lead to their recovery. The wood-work in the town-court was greatly damaged, the portraits of Charles II. and James II. spoiled and torn, and all the windows towards the Sand Hill were broken. Some say 12 or 13, and others £1800, was taken from the Hutch. Captain Sowle applied for preferment for his services on this occasion, and his request was seconded by a letter to his Grace the Duke of Richmond from the Corporation of Newcastle. The innkeepers, who had dragoons quartered upon them in consequence of these riots, claimed of the corporation six-pence a day for each man and horse, to the amount of £213, 10s. 6d. The Common Council appointed a committee to settle this account.

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Newcastle was without a Mansion house until No.1 Ellison Place was purchased in 1865 for £3000 plus a further £1700 for furnishings to accommodate visiting judges. However in 1868 it became the second Mansion House and was in use until 1953 when Sir Arthur Sutherland died and bequeathed the present building to the City.

This third Mansion House is conveniently situated on the North side of Fernwood Road, just off Osborne Road, near Jesmond Metro Station. The building had been two houses which Sir Arthur’s father bought in1879 and he lived in Thurso House while renting out Kelso House to business colleagues.

In 1901, after the death of his father, Sir Arthur bought the two properties from the family and in 1910 he started modifi cations to convert the two into one large house, as it is now. In the

1930’s he purchased and demolished two adjacent houses in order to have a larger back garden and more garage space.

Sir Arthur had followed his father into a shipping career and also into local government. His father had been Sheriff of Newcastle in 1891 and Sir Arthur was Sheriff in 1917 becoming Lord Mayor in 1918. He was knighted and took over the Evening Chronicle group in 1920 and subsequently became Sheriff of Northumberland in 1943.

The house has been maintained substantially as it was in Sir Arthur’s time and, in addition to its use for civic functions, from 1993 it has been available for private hire and licensed for civil weddings. Usually during Heritage Open Days in early September free guided tours of the building can be booked and it is well worth a visit.

Barge Day was a grand event in old Newcastle. The whole town turned out to see a gallant show. Barges of the Mayor, the Trinity House, and of the various trades’ companies rowed by men in picturesque costumes, accompanied by a fl otilla of boats moved down river amidst the fi ring of cannon, ringing of bells and cheers from the crowds on shore. They continued to Spar Hawk at the rivers mouth, the proclamation of the jurisdiction of the corporation of Newcastle over the river was read. The procession returned sailing passed Newcastle to the other boundary at Hedwin Streams where the

proclamation was again read. On returning to the Mansion House the rest of the day was spent feasting and merrymaking.

The Mansion House

The fi rst Mansion House was built in 1692 on the Quayside and used until 1837, the Copthorne Hotel now stands on the site. Mayor’s Gilded State Barge

Behind the old Mansion House on the quayside the Mayor’s Gilded State Barge was moored to receive his Worship and guests for the processions on Ascension Day.

Diary Dates

Christmas Guild - the fi rst Monday after 13th January

Easter Guild - the fi rst Monday after Easter Monday

Michaelmas Guild - the fi rst Monday after Michaelmas Monday

Annual Guild Days

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Monday 14th January 2013

CHRISTMAS GUILDupstairs in the Newcastle Guildhall (On Quayside, bottom of Dean Street)

Close Court of Guild (for Company Stewards only) begins at 10am

Open Court of Guild (for all Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne) commences at 12 noon prompt

You must be seated by 12 noon for the Open Guild in readiness to receive the Lord Mayor.

The meeting concludes with new Freemen being called, and if present sworn in by the Lord Mayor.

Following the proceedings a buffet lunch is served in the Merchant Adventurers Court.

Monday 8th April 2013

EASTER GUILDupstairs in the Newcastle Guildhall (On Quayside, bottom of Dean Street)

Close Court of Guild (for Company Stewards only) begins at 10am

Open Court of Guild (for all Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne) commences at 12 noon prompt

You must be seated by 12 noon for the Open Guild in readiness to receive the Lord Mayor.

The meeting concludes with new Freemen being called, and if present sworn in by the Lord Mayor.

Following the proceedings a buffet lunch is served in the Merchant Adventurers Court.

Sunday 12th May 2013

FREEMEN OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ANNUAL CHURCH PARADEHeld in the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas.

Robing in the Cathedral Refectory at 9.30a.m. for commencement of parade into the Cathedral at 9.45a.m. with the Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.

All Newcastle Freemen are welcome.

Should you need to borrow a robe there will be a small quantity available on the day.

To assist on the day, parking will be available at Moor Bank Lodge and transport at 9:00am to and from the Cathedral will be provided.

New StewardsPhilip Elsdon BellDoreen FaganSmiths Company

Nicole HankinsonIan AndrewsSaddlers Company

Peter BlenkinsopCoopers Company

BereavementsJohn BainbridgeGoldsmiths Company

Joseph ProctorPlumbers Company

Mark StephensonGordon StephensonElizabeth StephensonBarber Surgeons Company

Kenneth Elliot MarshallCordwainers Company

Mary OliverSkinners & GloversCompany

Pat CoatsworthUpholsterers Company

David StephensonButchers Company

James HallGeorge MorrisJoiners Company

Thomas MillerNora WilsonTaylors Company

John French AnnanTanners Company

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The Freemen of Newcastle shop is openFreemen of Newcastle upon Tyne pin badges are available. The 16mm badge depicts the armorial bearings of the City circled by the inscription “Freemen of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne”.

The ever popular multi crested silk ties are back in stock.

And new for the ladies 25mm Charm, Necklace’s are also available complete on a 60mm chain, both depict the armorial bearings of the City circled by the inscription “Freemen of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne”.

Orders to Kevin Batey Town Moor Superintendent at Moor Bank Lodge, Payment with order by cheque payable to Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne’ the address may be found at the rear of the magazine.

Ties - £27.00Pin Badge - £3.00Stick Pin Badge - £4.00Charm - £6.00Necklace - £7.00

Freemen of Newcastle upon TyneSuperintendent and Offi ceMr Kevin Batey,Moor Bank Lodge, Claremont Road,Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4NLTel: 0191 2615970Email: admin@freemenofnewcastle.orgWebsite: www.freemenofnewcastle.org

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