Upcoming Events
Monday 29 Sep 2025
Lunch at Barber Surgeons’ Hall 29 September 2025 (after the Election of the Lord Mayor)
Lunch held at Barber Surgeons' Hall following the Election of the Lord Mayor at Guildhall, 29 September 2025.
Available For
Liveryman
Wednesday 01 Oct 2025
The 2025 Annual Service of Thanksgiving, Remembrance and Rededication
The Annual Service and Installation of the next Master Spectacle Maker and Wardens will take place at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London on Wednesday 1 October 2025 at 11.30am.
Available For
Journeyman Non Member Freeman Liveryman
Wednesday 01 Oct 2025
The October 2025 Installation Court Luncheon
Liverymen are invited to book for the Livery Court Luncheon following the installation of the Master and Wardens at St. Bride's.
Available For
Liveryman
Friday 10 Oct 2025
Thames Walk -Wapping, Wheat and Wharves
Enjoy a guided walk along the Thames (£12pp), taking in some of London’s historic riverside sights. Please book separately for a subsequent delightful afternoon tea at Bakers’ Hall (£55pp), the home of one of the City’s oldest Livery Companies.
Available For
Journeyman Freeman Liveryman
Friday 10 Oct 2025
Bakers’ Hall Afternoon Tea (following the Thames Walk)
An opportunity to enjoy afternoon tea at the original home of baking, Bakers’ Hall (£55pp), by kind permission of The Bakers' Company, one of the City’s oldest Livery Companies.
Available For
Journeyman Freeman Liveryman
Tuesday 14 Oct 2025
Trip to the National Science and Media Museum
Visit to the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford to see the new Sound and Vision Galleries with audio-descriptions part funded by The Spectacle Makers’ Charity.
Available For
Journeyman Freeman Liveryman
Wednesday 29 Oct 2025
Helen Perkins’ Retirement Celebration
The Master and Wardens will be hosting an "open house" on 29 October to give as many people as possible the opportunity to come and celebrate with our Clerk, Helen Perkins, who will retire on 9 December 2025 after 10 years' service.
Available For
Journeyman Freeman Liveryman
Monday 24 Nov 2025
4th Annual Spectacle Makers’ Lecture: When Darkness Threatens Light
In November 2021 Professor Mandeep Sagoo led the London team which fitted a digitally produced, 3-D printed prosthetic eye and transformed the life of their patient. Hear about the latest findings in ocular oncology from one of it leading specialists.
Available For
Journeyman Non Member Freeman Liveryman
Tuesday 09 Dec 2025
The December 2025 Court Lunch
Booking will open in October 2025.
Thursday 08 Jan 2026
Sleeping Beauty Pantomime
Sleeping Beauty at the Palladium Thursday 8 January 2026 at 2.30pm
Available For
Freeman Liveryman
