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THE
FUTURE With the decline of manual craftsmanship, the Livery of today reflects their predecessors in a different age, with architects, surveyors, builders, engineering consultants, developers, and other professionals connected with the City Institutions, as well as a miscellany arising from paternity. But it is the values and standards of conduct and craftsmanship, applied to creative work in our daily lives, that is our true inheritance that we must preserve and hand on to our successors. These links with the distant past echo our origins for if the Company's past is part of its present, it is no less true that the Company's present is part of its future. There is a continuing demand for membership, which is regulated by selection and the immediate future seems to indicate a period of controlled expansion in all of the activities of a vigorous Company, building on the sure foundation of a long heritage. The Liverymen of the Joiners Company, with their brother Liverymen of other Companies, have a function in the traditions and government of our great City. In particular, the Livery elects the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and other City Officers each year. The contribution of the City of London to our whole nation is of vital importance and the Company continues to give its full support in maintaining its independence and integrity. The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers will remain true to its inheritance of many centuries in promoting the highest standards of craft and conduct, to encourage education and to be charitable in all things. Further information on the Company, or any of its activities, may be obtained from the Clerk |