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Bristol Hub meeting March 2026
Our Bristol Hub arranged to join the Bristol Owners Heritage Club for a dinner on the evening of Friday 27 March with a visit to the Bristol Aerospace museum on Saturday where many Bristol cars were exhibited, lectures were given and lunch served beneath Concord….
Thanks to Liverymen Joanna Migdal and Scott Greenwell and the Owners Club for hosting us at this splendid event.’
If you are interested in joining the Bristol Hub please get in touch with Joanna or Scott.
Deputy Master, Jim Webster
Manchester Hub meeting March 2026
On Thursday 19th March, the Manchester SIM Hub met for another great evening of catch ups, discussions, and great food. We welcomed a new member to the SIM Hub and discussed upcoming SIM events. We also discussed ways to better democratise access to SIM events for those who are based in the North, including suggestions of events that we could host around Lancashire and Yorkshire.
If you are interested in joining the Manchester Hub communication channels to keep up to date with our upcoming activities, get in touch with Freeman Mason Adshead.
Manchester Hub meeting February 2026
Last Thursday, the Manchester SIM Hub welcomed the new year in at their regular spot: The Wharf. The members met from Manchester and the surrounding areas to catch-up and discuss a variety of topics, including ways to engage with people in the north beyond the Hub and generally raise awareness of the WCSIM profile.
If you are interested in joining the Manchester Hub communication channels to keep up to date with our upcoming activities, get in touch with Freeman Mason Adshead.
David Townsley-Hughes Funeral Service
We are sorry to announce the death of Past Master David Townsley-Hughes on 5 January 2026. He was Master in 1992-3 and was also known by his patronymic heraldic name, Dafydd ap Maredudd. His gift to the Livery was the Msters Chair which is still in use. It is a Welsh Oak Bardic-style chair. He was a proud Welshman but had spent his latter years closer to his daughter near Watford. The Honorary Almoner, Sue John, will attend his funeral on 6 February 2026. Go here for more details and offer tributes if you wish.
Babel – and the power of measurement
We are pleased to share a Substack article by Honorary Freeman Fraser Nelson which cites WCSIM, its aims and its work, in its opening pargraph. Please take a look.
https://frasernelson.substack.com/p/vets-medics-and-the-babel-problem
John Hoskins Memorial Service
The Clerk, the Master and Brian Fishwick, Past Master, attended the Memorial service of John Hoskins, Liveryman, at The Lady Chapel of St Albans Cathedral on the 8th January 2026.
John had been in the Royal Artillery for 27 years and many of his friends and former colleagues attended and gave tributes to him. A large number of family, friends and colleagues from his business life attended the memorial highlighting what a kind, generous and popular figure he was. Reference was made many times regarding his generosity which manifested itself in many ways, not least of which was his time mentoring and helping others.
He attended Livery functions regularly and will be sorely missed by many.
Jane Fishwick
Master 2025-6
Cornish Award donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
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WCSIM Cambridge Hub meeting
Congratulations to Liveryman Tom Heywood
We are very pleased to announce that Liveryman and Steward Tom Heywood was recently awarded a distinction for his Executive MBA from Bayes Business School. He was also top in class. He is pictured here becoming a Steward of the Scientific Instrument Makers Livery.