Lightermen
Lightermen Lighterman riding the current under Tower Bridge, circa 1928 Ensign of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ...
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Watermen
Watermen Watermen were river workers who transferred passengers across ... and River Dee, Wales also had their watermen who formed guilds in mediæval times. History Watermen or Wherrymen were an essential part of ... formalised the trade by setting up a company in 1555 to govern tarrifs levied ...
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Livery Company
Livery Company The 107 Livery Companies are trade associations ... of London, each known as the Worshipful Company of the relevant trade or profession. The ... of 2005, there is one new City Company without Livery (the Security Professionals) and two ... Wardens. The chief executive officer of the Company is known as the Clerk. Members generally ... freeman, or acquire the "Freedom of the Company", upon fulfilling the Company's criteria; ...
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Penge
... south east of Charing Cross. History The Watermen's Almshouses Penge was once a small ... in Penge, the oldest being the Royal Watermen's Almshouses[1], built around 1840 by the Watermen and Lightermen's company of the City of London for ...
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