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The City Livery Companies

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Throughout history, men within a particular trade would band together to form a group that allowed them to regulate certain facets within their trade. London’s companies (or ‘guilds’) are particularly well known, partly due to the practice they had of wearing a distinctive livery (uniform) and due to the fact that they still maintain an active role in the government of the City of London. For example, it is the liverymen who vote in the Lord Mayor of London (not to be confused with the Mayor of London) and the Sheriffs of London. (more…)

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