Worshipful companies and livery halls

Title

Worshipful companies and livery halls

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

10 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:24:01

Description

Worshipful Companies and Livery Halls. Programme 8: Carpenters’ Hall. Richard Robbins visits Carpenters’ Hall in London, where he meets up with Jack Smith, who is responsible for the upkeep of the hall, and discusses the carvings in it. Ian Lester, Archivist for the Carpenters’ Company, describes the artwork around the hall, and tells of the hall’s medieval history.

Contributors

Richard Robbins; Jack Smith; Ian Lester

Keywords

London; History; Customs and traditions; Trade guilds; Halls; Carpenters’ Company; Carpenters; Carpenters’ Hall; Medieval; Carpentry; Carving

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