The Myddelton Lunch, held at the Drapers’ Hall is a special occasion for two reasons. It celebrates our granting of Livery in 2000 and it is our opportunity to entertain the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mountevans, and the Lady Mayoress. We actively support the Mayor’s Appeal which, this year, includes research on cures for Type 1 Diabetes and the Sea Cadet Movement. Here, Past Master Peter Matthews introduces the Lord Mayor to our Guard of Honour provided by Maidstone Sea Cadets led by PO Sam Stevens, their CO. We support Maidstone Sea Cadets and are trying to find other donors to help pay for a replacement pier.
The procession: Master and Mistress, Wardens, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and other principal guests: Alderman Andrew Parmley, Doug Barrow (Prime Warden Shipwrights) and Wendy Hyde (Master World Traders). After Lunch and a warm welcome, the Lord Mayor spoke of the importance of his year and the support he is giving to the City and his charities. Thanking him for his speech, I explained a little about our own charitable giving and said that the collection after Lunch was to support an earlier Lord Mayor’s charity, Sir William Treloar, who founded a hospital and school for sick children. Treloar today is a leading school for physically handicapped children. The collection raised £1,000 which was presented to Treloar on 10 February. 
Our lunches provide a place for networking and reminiscing. They say that Past Masters never…… Here in good spirits is our own Past Master, Ivor Richards, with Past Masters from the Glass Sellers’ and Plaisterers’ Companies.
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