The Incorporation of Hammermen of Glasgow, founded to promote metalcraft skills, wants to encourage and reward young people studying for this and its modern equivalents in the many forms of engineering established today. The Craft is offering the above Prince Philip Prizes, for which the preliminary stage is participation in the Hammermen Awards, as presented below:
2020 Annual Report
Annual General Meeting 18th September 2020
Given the current lockdown situation the Annual General Meeting will be held by Zoom.
George Parsonage – the last of the Clyde Rivermen
Ex Deacons John McKnight and Colin Botfield recently visited George Parsonage of the Glasgow Humane Society Lifeboats to thank him for over 60 years of service saving lives on the River Clyde.
Annual Dinner 2019
On the evening of 14th November, we held our Annual Dinner – and we’re delighted to say that we had a full house, almost at capacity. The theme of the evening was “Innovation and Enterprise”, a theme which was used by our three speakers to thoroughly entertain and inform guests.
Haste ye back – Chris Vine
Those who attended the Hammermen Dinner 2018 will have undoubtedly met members of the Master Court, including Chris Vine, as they tried to convince you to buy either the Hammermen Tie or the lapel badge, or both.
Celebration of a great engineer – James Watt.
It would be difficult to find someone in the UK let alone Scotland who is not aware of the great engineer James Watt. Some would argue that the industrial revolution the UK benefited from would not have been the same without Watt’s innovative work to increase the efficiency of the steam engine and many other innovative engineering solutions.
Some Photographs of Recent Hammermen Events
We’ve been quite social of late, and as a result have amassed quite a few photographs of members, friends and guests. Take a look through some of our recent escapades.
Deacon’s Update November 2018
The AGM on 21st September saw new masters elected and I am deleted to welcome Dr Nina Baker, Prof Martyn Cullen, James Watson, Vickram Dhami to the Master Court. Andrew Young was elected Collector and Late Deacon Colin Botfield was presented with his replica medal. The accounts and several rule changes were approved and the Deacon read the Legend of the Pears to members at the Collector’s Breakfast.
New Deacon Prof Gordon Masterton installed
New Deacon Prof Gordon Masterton OBE at September AGM[/caption]At the Incorporation’s Annual General Meeting held on the morning of 21 September 2018, Professor Gordon Masterton, OBE was installed as Deacon for 2018-19.
Busy August 2018
Deacon is representing Trades House at commemoration of centenary launch of HMS Hood at Clydebank on 22 August. HMS Hood was lost in action with the German Warship Bismark South West of Iceland in May 1941. Of her ship’s company of 1400 only 3 survived.