The Firebirds MCA

Past Mistresses and Consorts 2015/16

of City Livery Companies

Welcome to the official home of The Firebirds, where you will find information of our past and future events and activities. Membership is open to Mistresses and Consorts of City Livery Companies during the tenure of Lord Mountevans as Lord Mayor of the City of London.

Our aim is to continue the fellowship experienced during our term and to support the City of London and its Lord Mayor.

And if you want the memory jog from that invaluable guide of names, faces and livery companies, click here to download the Phoenix and Firebirds special edition,

Click here for the current Picture Book.

Christmas 2024 Picture Quiz

Did you rise to the challenge of the Picture Quiz in the Winter 2024 edition of the Flame?

Answers below

Matterhorn Switzerland

Jane de Halpert (Shipwrights)

St Kilda Bay

Anne Lofts (Upholders)

Iceland

Anne Lofts (Upholders)

Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Sarah Mosse (Broderers)

Answers to Quiz

A. Which country are we in? - Italy, Bassano del Grappa

B. What is this town famous for? - Grappa – Italian Fire Water!

D. What is the name of the bridge? - The Ponto Vecchio, built originally in 1700s

Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Sarah Mosse (Broderers)

A. Which country are we in? - Italy, Bassano del Grappa

C. What is the importance of the picture of the trees? Why are they there? - They are a memorial for the fallen in WW2. Each tree has names on a plaque

St Michael de Rupe, the main parish church of Brentor on Dartmoor, four miles north of Tavistock

Diana Fieldwick
(Patternmakers)

The views are spectacular from this tiny 13th century church. It is the fourth smallest parish church in the UK, and is believed to be the highest working church in southern England.

Banff in the Canadian Rockies

Sue Thompson (Actuaries)

Hilton Head Island in South Carolina

Sue Thompson (Actuaries)

Mount Fuji - minus the snow

Diana Reese (Bakers)

Fowey, Cornwall

Vicky Nugée (Weavers)

Granit Labyrinth Epprecht Stein, Fichtelgebirge, Germany

Erika Gloyn (Masons)

Forthcoming Events

AGM 2025

Monday 3 March 2025

11:30 am

To be confirmed

Hold the date - provisional date for the 2025 AGM

The Flame

Three times a year, the collective literary talents of the Firebirds, under the watchful eye of editor-in-chief Erika Gloyn, combine to create an educational and engaging masterpiece