Southwest Regional Lunch
Saturday 24 March at The Three Gables in Bradford upon Avon
Richard Sharman has organised a lunch for southwestern liverymen and their friends and/or spouses, as well as those who just might be passing by. The menu includes game terrine, loin of venison and treacle pudding, and Richard has kept the price to £35 (including wine) by providing the game himself. RSVP to Richard Sharman
Save the date
- Magic Circle, 6 March
- Rifleman's day at Bisley, 24 April
- Whisky tasting dinner, 1 May
- Inter-livery clay pigeon shoot, 16 May
- Midsummer Banquet at Mansion House, 12 June
- Livery clay pigeon shoot, 4 July
- Nomination Dinner, 7 November
News. The Gunmakers' Company publishes a newsletter: Lock, Stock & Barrel. Past issues (in .pdf format) include:
- Winter 2010: Nomination of Paul Cort as Master, Richard Beaumont, Update on the Hall, Russell Wilkin goes elephant hunting
- Summer 2009: Bill Blacker, Rifleman's Day at Bisley, Pancake Race, Ammunition Technology
- Winter 2009: Nomination of Richard Purdey as Master, Dinner on the Victory, The Honorary Chaplain's life in Baghdad
- Winter 2008: Nomination of Stewart Urry as Master, Announcement of GCCT grant to Watson Brothers, Gunmakers' visit to Gardone, the tragedy of the Pancake Race, a brief history of the machine gun.
- Summer 2007: Announcement of the re-purchase of the Gunmakers' Hall, a history of the Proof House and Hall, results of the Interlivery Shoot.
- Winter 2007: Nomination of Gilbert Archer as Master, a history of barrel wear and how to stop it, Nigel Teague's new cure for aging barrels, new rules of proof.