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	Worshipful Company of Plumbers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Worshipful Company of Plumbers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The organisation received the right to regulate mediæval plumbers, who were, among other things, responsible for fashioning cisterns, in 1365.
		Today, the Company is no longer a trade association, instead existing as a charitable institution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Plumbers (136 words)

	Peon bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Worshipful Company of Innholders is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
	www.elexi.de /en/p/pe/peon.html (463 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Livery company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 107 Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London, each known as the Worshipful Company of the relevant trade or profession.
		The Livery Companies originally developed as guilds and were responsible for the regulation of their trades, controlling, for instance, wages and labour conditions.
		Among the earliest companies known to have possessed halls were the Merchant Taylors and Goldsmiths in the 14th century, but neither theirs nor other companies' original halls remain; the few survivors of the Great Fire were destroyed, along with many reconstructed ones, during the Blitz.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Livery_company (944 words)

	The City of London Livery Companies
		The Worshipful Company of Plumbers is one of the most ancient of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Churches were the worshipping centres of small groups of the community, and many were dedicated to the Saints of trading countries, for example St. Magnus and St. Olav of the Vikings and St. Clement of the Danes.
		The First Article provided that the plumber should submit himself to examination by the best and most skilful men in the trade in order that he might be certified so that "the trade might not be scandalised, or the commonalty damaged and deceived by folk who do not know their trade".
	www.wealddown.co.uk /worshipful-company-of-plumbers-detail.htm (1914 words)

	Plumber - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A plumber is a tradesman who specialises in building and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, clean water or industrial process plant.
		I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.
		Shortly after making this remark, the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, A.F.L. in Washington, D.C. voted to grant Einstein an honorary membership.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Plumber (161 words)

	Livery Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1515, after years of dispute, an order of precedence was settled for the Livery Companies of the time based on the Companies' economic or political power.
		Many companies still have a hall, where members and their guests can be entertained and company business transacted.
		Companies that do not have their own hall usually borrow one of the other companies' premises for social occasions.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/livery-company.html (447 words)

	The Worshipful Company of Plumbers at Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
		As part of your visit to the Museum, be sure to come to the Worshipful Company of Plumbers’ exhibits and demonstrations of plumbing craft skills at the Company’s Court Barn and also at the Newick Plumbers’ Workshop.
		The Plumbers’ Company shares the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum’s objective of encouraging interest in traditional building crafts and the Company was pleased to be offered facilities by the Director of the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum to open a Plumbers’ Museum in 1976.
		The Worshipful Company of Plumbers is one of the oldest of the City of London Livery Companies.
	www.wealddown.co.uk /worshipful-company-of-plumbers-intro.htm (529 words)

	Company histories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kenneth Nicholls Palmer, Ceremonial barges on the river Thames: a history of the barges of the City of London livery companies and of the Crown.
		Published by authority of the Court of Assistants [of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers], 1978.
		[Plumbers] A Short history of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers of the City of London.
	www.bl.uk /collections/britirish/britcoms.html (2173 words)

	Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers: Livery Companies of London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Until 1835 membership of a Company was the only avenue to the Freedom, or full citizenship, of the City of London.
		When in that year the Common Council decided that the intervention of a Company should no longer be necessary, fears were expressed that the end of these ancient corporate bodies was in sight.
		That this fear was groundless is seen in the great increase during the last century in the number of those entitled to wear the livery, or clothing, of their respective companies.
	www.wcsim.co.uk /page04.htm (741 words)

	Encyclopedia: Nintendo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata Satoru Iwata (å²©ç”° è¡ Iwata Satoru, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president of Nintendo Company Limited beginning in 2002, succeeding to the long-standing previous president of the company, Hiroshi Yamauchi.
		Nintendo is the longest running company in the history of entertainment and the video game console market and historically the most influential and well-known console manufacturer.
		Konami, the first third-party company that was allowed to make cartridges for the Famicom, later challenged this rule by creating a spinoff company, Ultra Games, to release additional games in a single year, although other manufactures followed the same tactic as Konami.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nintendo (10523 words)

	Business Fresh : Article 'Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Company operates the London Assay Office, where objects made of precious metals are tested for purity, and then marked with an official symbol if it passed the necessary tests.
		Worshipful Company of Cutlers: Pour Parvenir A Bonne Foy (To Succeed Through Good Faith) Worshipful Company of Distillers: Drop as Rain, Distil as Dew.
	www.business-fresh.net /DisplayArticle302701.html (641 words)

	World Plumbing Council - News December 1999
		The Worshipful Company of Plumbers' first annual lecture of the new century is to address the vital subject of water preservation and protection.
		He will then review the requirement for the status of professional plumbers in the community to be elevated as a reflection of their key role in both Regulations compliance and system maintenance.
		The Worshipful Company of Plumbers annual lecture is at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London on February 2, 2000, commencing at 5.00pm.
	www.worldplumbing.org /dec99.html (384 words)

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		The Worshipful Company makes its award each year to the best student completing the Hydraulics Phase of the Airframe Training Course at RAF Cosford.
		The award includes a medal depicting the Company's Arms, presented in 1588, a cheque and being made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company.
		The RAF accolade is one of a series of awards presented to the armed forces by the Worshipful Company of Plumbers to recognise outstanding achievement in plumbing and engineering skills.
	www.beaplumber.com /news/newsdetail.asp?newsid=59 (209 words)

	Society Fresh : Article 'Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
		The Company, which was responsible for regulating the trade of tobacconists, was restored in 1663, but went bankrupt in 1868, after its powers of regulation were abolished.
		The Company, however, is not, as it previously was, a trade association for pipe makers and tobacco blenders.
	www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle285719.html (256 words)

	Part 2 - Mercantile Manxland, 1900
		Cubbon, of Finch Road, who, as a Fellow of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain and a Member of the Institute of Heating and Ventilating Engineers of England, may be relied upon for a most satisfactory and perfect sanitary installation under all circumstances, superior workmanship in all details being guaranteed by the fact that Mr.
		Cubbon — an up-to-date successor to Moore, the well-known plumber, of Douglas — has taken the lead for several years, and has attained, by general consent, an unapproachable position as a sanitary specialist of the highest order, owing to the elaborate and thorough-going manner in which all contracts are executed by him.
		Hence the supply of the purest ice was the first consideration of the company, and well they have provided for it, a plenteous supply of water of crystal purity being obtained on the ground from a deep artesian well.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/mm1900/pt02.htm (4723 words)

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		The Institute was founded in 1906 and incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 1907 by the National Association of Master Plumbers.
		The main role of the RPA was to manage the Register of Plumbers on behalf of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers - the origins of which date back to 1365.
		1986 marked the centenary of the Register of Plumbers which was started by the Worshipful Company on 21 July 1886 to identify competent and responsible plumbers in the absence of any statutory regulation in the UK - a position which still exists today.
	www.all-cleardrainage.com (474 words)

	Plumber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		: For a colloquial American use, see White House Plumbers ; in London, see Worshipful Company of Plumbers A plumber is a tradesman who specialises in building and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, clean...
		:For a colloquial American use, see White House Plumbers; in London, see Worshipful Company of Plumbers A plumber is a tradesman who specialises in building and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, clean water or industrial process plant.
		The most famous plumbers are most likely the fictional Mario and Luigi from the popular Nintendo game series Super Mario Bros. "If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher.
	www.33beat.com /Plumber.html (189 words)

	News - Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
		If you have been lucky enough to find a trustworthy, competent plumber in the past, they should be your first port of call.
		The Conference theme, ‘Education and Training – facing the challenge,’ was taken up by Jenni Wood, Master Plumber and plumbing teacher, with an in depth account chronicling how she came into the industry, the challenges she faced and surmounted to achieve her ambition.
		A shared presentation by trainee, Sue Leong and plumber, Charlotte Thompson, described the reasons for changing careers and the obstacles they overcame during training and for Charlotte, the road to self-employment.
	www.iphe.org.uk /news/news.html (1029 words)

	Livery Live
		Although the origins of the City's livery companies stretch as far back as 1066, livery companies play a vital modern role in commerce and trade and are involved in extensive charitable activities within the City and throughout the UK.
		The Goldsmiths' Company are holding an exhibition celebrating the foundation of St Paul's Cathedral in the 14th century.
		At the ceremony the company also awarded 35 diplomas to students who had successfully passed exams in the horse-shoeing skill.
	www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /Corporation/media_centre/cityview_online/31/LiveryLiveOnline (413 words)

	Artisan Plumbers :: Plumbing & Heating Engineers with 21st Century Artisan Skills.
		Artisan Plumbers offer advice on how to choose your Central Heating System and what to do if your existing Plumbing or Central Heating System goes wrong and provides you with sound advice and a professional service when you need it.
		For new installations or refurbishments, Artisan Plumbers are the organisation of choice for home owners, builders, developers, architects and interior designers.
		Colin Russell is also recognised as a Master Plumber by the Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering, the Worshipful Company of Plumbers and the City and Guilds of London Institute.
	www.artisanplumbers.com (401 words)

	JW Wishart - Plumbing and Heating, Kirkcaldy, Fife.
		In those days of course, a plumber's job was very different from that of the highly skilled engineers Jack employs today.
		Not only is he a past president of the Fife and Kinross Master Plumbers Association and past president of the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Federation, he is a director of the British Plumbing Employers Council and the European Plumbing Federation.
		He then received the industry's ultimate honour when he was made a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers - an accolade awarded to only a handful of Scots since the organisation was formed way back in the 1300's.
	www.wishartplumbing.co.uk /info.htm (1248 words)

	News Archive March 2002 - Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
		Remaining at the company, he studied for the Higher National Certificate in Building Services on a day release basis at Salford University, one of the country's prime universities for construction related courses.
		Derek is the third plumber from the North West to take the title which was won in 1992 by George Wingfield of Chester and in 1998 by Christopher Jones, also from Chester.
		The Master of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers was also present.
	www.plumbers.org.uk /news/mar02.html (1287 words)

	Livery Company - SquareMileWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 106 Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London, each known as the Worshipful Company of the relevant trade or profession.
		In recent years, many new professions (such as Solicitors and Chartered Accountants) have established guilds with the aim of being granted Livery.
		As of 2005, there are two new City Companies without Livery (the Tax Advisers and Security Professionals) and two old bodies which, for historical reasons, are recognised as City Companies without Livery; two further guilds (Educators and Public Relations Practitioners) aim to obtain a grant of Livery.
	inthesquaremile.com /wiki/Livery_Company (797 words)

	News Archive March 2001 - Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
		"For the first time since the Register of Plumbers was started by the Worshipful Company of Plumbers in July 1886, we are challenging Registered Plumbers in business to 'go that extra mile' by becoming Approved Contractor Persons under the Water Regulations 1999 in a scheme approved by the Secretary of State DETR last August.
		The President rounded off his speech by announcing the next stage of a new Master Plumber Award, the purpose of which is to recognise individual excellence and mastery of the science and practice of plumbing.
		The Award will be made jointly by the Institute of Plumbing, the City and Guilds of London Institute and the Worshipful Company of Plumbers with the full support of the Engineering Council.
	www.iphe.org.uk /news/mar01.html (819 words)

	The Builder Magazine - December 1917
		That the Masons' Company, first known as Fellowship of Masons, existed at that time, is proved by the records at Guildhall, which show that it was represented on the Court of Common Council, in 1375.
		The masons, carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, metal and ivory workers, painters, glaziers, decorators, together with a host of laborers, constituted a veritable craftsmen's city, under the rule of a "master architect," or principal conductor of the work.
		The Red Cross also organizes ambulance companies which are composed of a captain, four first lieutenants, two first-class sergeants, eleven sergeants, six corporals, one mechanic, three cooks and 96 privates-- a total of 124 men.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /the_builder_1917_december.htm (14239 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Palmetto Livery Company, chauffeur driven Rolls-Royce Motorcars for Charlotte NC and upstate SC.
		If one's ancestor were a member of a London Livery Company that purchased stock in the Virginia Company, then that ancestor was a contributor to and a...
		Livery Company Livery Companies are trade associations based in the City of London.
	livery_company.iqexpand.com (883 words)

	A Code to Live By...Boston Plumbers
		We know that by 1365 the City of London had established “The Worshipful Company of Plumbers.” This was one of the many craft guilds whose “journey-men” journeyed from town to town, and job to job.
		In that year it was specified that the King’s Plumber would sit with the leaders of the Worshipful Company at all their meetings.
		In 1882, a law was passed requiring that plumbers in Boston register with the city.
	www.high-profile.com /2002/nov/AcodeToLiveBy.html (2406 words)

	News Archive June 2001 - Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
		The Certificate is awarded jointly by the Institute of Plumbing, the Worshipful Company of Plumbers and the City and Guilds of London Institute, with full backing from the Engineering Council and valuable input from the National Association of Plumbing Teachers.
		Only those who are, as a minimum, Members of the Institute of Plumbing, on the Register of Plumbers, registered as an Engineering Technician with the Engineering Council, Licentiates of the City and Guilds of London Institute and have been in the Industry for over 10 years can apply.
		The scheme enhances the status of Registered Plumbers who hold the Certificate by showing that they care enough about high standards in plumbing to take their own ability to a height associated with Mastery of the art, craft, science and practice of plumbing.
	www.plumbers.org.uk /news/jun01.html (1548 words)

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