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I have very happy memories of a dinner withmembers of The Thirty Club of London at Claridges.

I would like to congratulate The Thirty Clubmost warmly on the occasion of its 75th birthdaycelebration. This is a remarkable institution ofever-increasing influence and stature and I wishthe Club and its members continuing success.

has the honour to welcome

THE PRIME MINISTER

The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher MP

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75 YEARS OF THE THIRTY CLUB

The history of The Thirty Club of Londondates back to 1906 when a dining clubwas formed "fo'"itm betterment ofadvertising". Members were from thep`s advertising agencies, printers andcompanieu'S1ng advertising. Its foundersbelieved that an active and committedfew would be more effective than awider organisation in raising ethicaland professional standards, and somembership was limited to thirty.

After the first world war The Thirty Clubwas reformed and from 1920 ithas a record of outstanding achievement.It organised the first major advertisingexhibition in 1921, and the WorldAdvertising Convention in 1974 wasthe direct result of Thirty Clubinitiative and organisation.

With the establishment of TheAdvertising Association, absorbing theClub's original aim "for the bettermentof advertising" professional standardswere no longer the major concern ofThe Thirty Club. It became the practiceto invi e distinguished guests to speakat Club dinners. Over the years membershave heard and exchanged views withRoyalty, current and future PrimeMinisters and Presidents, Ambassadorsand Secretaries of State, and notablefigures in politics, foreign affairs, thearmed forces, the arts, industry and so on.

Despite their common interest in masscommunication, members avoid anykind of publicity for the Club. What issaid at The Thirty Club goes no further.The maxim of "free speech within fourwalls" has stood the test of time.

PROGRAMME

THE QUEEN

GORDON BRUNTON

President of The Thirty Clubof London

will introduce

THE PRIME MINISTER

The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher MP

The Thirty Club of London recordsits appreciation to the Prime Warden andThe Worshipful Company of Goldsmithsof London.

MENU

Smoked salmon and egg moussewith king prawns

Turtle soup with sherry

Chateaubriande with mushrooms,asparagus, baby carrots and cauliflowerflorets

Chateau potatoes

Strawberries and cream

English cheeses

Coffee and petit fours

Liebfraumilch"Crown of Crowns"

Chateau Margaux

THE THIRTY CLUB OF LONDONPRESIDENTS SINCE 1964

Bay Houchen

Lord Thomson of Fleet

Lord Luke of Pavenham

Charles Tomkinson

Sir Alex McKay

Jack Wynne Williams

Sir Keith Showering

Sir John Davis

Sir Max Aitken

George Cooper

Lord Cudlipp

Nicholas Royds

Graham Dowson

Jocelyn Stevens

John Treasure

Ronald Halstead

Gordon Brunton

SPEAKERS AT THE THIRTY CLUB DINNERSBETWEEN 1943 AND 1981:

Among the many distinguished figures in all walks of life whom we havewelcomed as guest speakers at our Dinners have been :-

H. R. H. Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghH. R. H. Prince Charles, Prince of WalesH. M. King Haakon VII of NorwaySir Basil BrookeErnest BevinSir William HaleySir Stafford CrippsAneurin BevanLord ShinwellMichael FootJ. B. PriestleyLord Brabazon of TaraLord HailshamRichard CrossmanTom DribergJames CameronProfessor Keith SimpsonRobert MorleyEdward HeathLord George BrownRichard NixonRussell BraddonThe Duke of BedfordLord ZuckermanJames CallaghanRay GunterJeremy ThorpeDavid FrostLord Hill of LutonThe Marquess of ExeterCecil KingSir William Rees-MoggGeoffrey RipponSir lain StewartLord BoothbyEnoch PowellSir Jack ScampRoy JenkinsRupert MurdochThe Earl Mountbatten of BurmaReginald MaudlingRobin Knox-JohnstonChapman PincherGraham HillEvelyn de RothschildJames PriorMrs Barbara CastleLord Vic FeatherLord GoodmanLord Carr of Hadley

Sir Derek EzraSir Denis HamiltonLord BarberLord Peter RawlinsonFrank ChappleWilliam WhitelawSir Robert MarkLord WindleshamLen MurraySir Robin DayWilliam DavisKatharine WhitehornWoodrow WyattMary WhitehouseEric VarleySir Keith JosephLord RyderMrs Margaret ThatcherWilliam CraigChris BonningtonDavid AttenboroughSir James GoldsmithDavid SteelThe Archbishop of Westminster,

(The Right Rev. Basil Hume)Jack JonesSir Harold WilsonLord MatthewsDenis HealeyJoe GormleyThe Master of the Rolls

(Lord Denning)Sir Michael EdwardesSir Charles VilliersConor Cruise O'BrienSir Geoffrey HoweLord ThorneycroftHugo YoungSir John MethvenSir Hugh CassonDavid OwenMrs Sarah HoggDawie de VilliersPeter JayGeorge HowardSir Peter HallDavid HowellGiovanni AgnelliHenry Kissinger

THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANYOF GOLDSMITHS OF LONDON

The Livery Companies of the City ofLondon are the living successors of theancient craft guilds common to themediaeval cities of Europe, voluntaryassociations founded for worship andfor mutual help, protection and goodfellowship of their members and theregulation of their craft. A large number ofthe City Livery Companies, founded inthis way, are still in existence and ofthese the Goldsmiths' Company, morethan most, have retained their closeconnection with the craft from which theyhave taken their name.

A fraternity or guild of Goldsmiths isknown to have been in existence by the12th century. In 1327 the Companyreceived their first royal charter and in1462 were granted their corporate title'The Wardens and Commonalty of theMystery of Goldsmiths of the City ofLondon'.

Armed with the legal authority oftheir charters the Goldsmiths, in commonwith members of other guilds, rigorouslycontrolled their craft, hunting out thedishonest and the inefficient, the workersin low standard metal and the makers ofpoor quality goods. As jealous of thegoldsmith's reputation for integrity as ofhis renown for fine craftmanship, theCompany exercised statutory powerswhich entitled their Wardens (or officers)to search workshops and prosecutewrongdoers.

The Goldsmiths insisted on full andcareful training before any man shouldbe entitled to call himself a goldsmith;and only those who had received thefreedom were 'allowed to have Assayand Touche within Goldsmiths' Hall' or'suffered to keep open shop'. Althoughthe normal period of apprenticeshiphas dropped to five years, the practice ofapprenticeship through the Goldsmiths'Company is fully maintained in moderntimes in collaboration with the tradeunions. Many of the present members inthe Company, some of them eminentsilversmiths of today, were, as youths,bound at Goldsmiths' Hall in a ceremonywhich has continued almost unchangedfor centuries.

GOLDSMITHS' HALL

Goldsmiths' Hall has stood on thepresent site since the reign of Edward IIIthough little is known of the buildingwhich occupied it at that time. It isbelieved that this Hall continued, withpartial rebuilding and various additions,until Tudor times and is the onedescribed by Stow as 'a proper housebut not large'. It was rebuilt on a muchlarger scale between 1634 and 1636and was severely damaged, though notcompletely destroyed, in the Great Fire.

This structure was pulled down inthe early 1830's and the present Hall,designed by Philip Hardwick, wascompleted in 1835. Much of the presentfurniture was designed for this buildingby the architect, and apart fromredecoration, and the addition of marbleon the main staircase, the Hall remainedfor over a hundred years much as it wasat the time it was opened. It survived theFirst World War without damage, butnarrowly escaped complete destruction in1941 when it received a direct hit.

The Company carried on business inwhat was left of the Hall until 1947,when a complete reconstruction of thispart of the building began. So skilfulwas the restoration of the exterior that itwould be hard for the passer-by todistinguish the new from the old. Butthe inside of the new wing was entirelyreplanned to provide accommodationsuitable for a modern institution. Thiswork, with the reconstruction andredecoration of the Drawing Roomwhich had been damaged by blast, wascompleted in time for the Festival ofBritain in 1951.

Since that date further alterationshave been made to provide a laboratoryand additional accommodation for theAssay Office; the great Regency-stylekitchens in the basement have beenmodernised and re-equipped; and theLivery Hall, which had been undamagedduring the war, was completelyredecorated and refurnished for the firsttime since 1871.

The Company's well known collectionof antique plate, among the mostimportant in the country, contains worldfamous examples of the goldsmith's artof centuries past.

THE THIRTY CLUB OF LONDON 1980-81

FULL MEMBERSGordon BruntonRonald HalsteadSir Keith ShoweringNicholas RoydsGraham DowsonJocelyn StevensMick ShieldsJohn TreasureHarbourne StephenBrian HenryBrian NicholsonTimothy BennSir Alex AlexanderGarry WestonJames GarrettDavid WilliamsGreville Selby-LowndesRt. Hon. John FreemanSir Alex JarrattCharles de SelincourtDuke HusseyDon McLureMichael EnglishGeorge BogleRonnie KirkwoodJeremy BullmoreGeoffrey KentDavid LeeJohn BeasleyPeter ReynoldsPeter Gibbings

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSMartin BoaseMalcolm FieldStuart GrahamNigel GrandfieldBert HardyChristopher HawesJeremy PotterA. J. R. PurssellNigel RyanPeter SawdyMalcolm ThomasLord Thomson of MonifiethCharles TidburyJulian Wellesley

SENIOR MEMBERSSir Max AitkenGlanvill BennGeorge CooperSir John DavisHenry LazellLord LukeBrian MacCabeSir Alex McKayHubert OughtonCharles Tomkinson

SENIOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSSam AllenMervyn FrancisLeonard GarlandTim GreenSir Barrie HeathJohn HobsonNoel HollandJames O'ConnorPeter PaineJohn PearceTony SolomonGarth Willock

MEMBERS ABROADTony AbrahamsJames BensonTom GallagherRonald LagdenDenis LaniganRupert MurdochLord Rothermere

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