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The Forfeit Feast, 2009

THE 2009 FORFEIT FEAST

The traditional visit to Sheffield by the Lord Mayor of the City of London to see something of local manufacturing and to attend the Forfeit Feast took place this year on Friday 31July.

In the morning, accompanied by the Master and Mistress Cutler, the Lord Mayor Alderman Ian Luder, the Lady Mayoress Mrs Lin Luder and Alderman & Sheriff Roger Gifford visited Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited. This was followed by an informal luncheon at Cutlers’ Hall. In the afternoon the Lord Mayor, in his role as ambassador for UK financial services, agreed to speak to leading regional business figures and to take questions. Separately the Mistress Cutler took the Lady Mayoress on a visit to Kelham Island Industrial Museum and Butcher Works.

That evening the Lord Mayor and his party, which by now included Alderman & Sheriff Roger Gifford and Dr Clare Taylor, Sheriff George Gillon and Miss Delva Patman together with Colonel Billy King-Harman, the City Marshal, attended the Forfeit Feast. During the evening the Master Cutler and the Lord Mayor spoke and the Lord Mayor presented the Gold Medal for Excellence in Manufacturing and accepted a gift of a sterling silver Sheffield hall-marked pen knife bearing a facsimile of the Lord Mayor’s signature. Afterwards there was a musical interlude by the Bolsterstone Male Voice Choir.