Fantastic. I love the old livery companies and guilds etc
Hugely powerful back in the day - their control over key London trades meant that Kings and governments etc couldn't fuck around with Londoners in the way they could with citizens elsewhere. It was a key reason why so many people wanted to live here even though it was filthy and full of disease/crooks etc. I think if you made it here you couldn't be done for being an outlaw or something.
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 14:59, archived)

or you couldn't be forced to go off to war, something v attractive anyway

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:00, archived)

I just looked up membership, closed shop unless your family were in it

(Nicki Minaj, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:22, archived)

that's some masons shit right there
You used to be able to get in as an apprentice in the old days
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:28, archived)

Tbf I dont really understand the membership the website makes it no clearer,

(Nicki Minaj, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:32, archived)

you must be able to be nominated or something surely, there'd be hardly anyone left otherwise

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:47, archived)

Only 900 members , lol, I dunno , I wont ever be one as this confuses me
www.clothworkers.co.uk/membership/about-our-members/
(Nicki Minaj, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:50, archived)

nope, I'm none the wiser either

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:57, archived)

I'm there again next week , I'll see if I can get us in, don't really want to do all the charity work tho

(Nicki Minaj, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:14, archived)

yeah fuck that, I'm just hoping there's a free bar and fancy dinners

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:22, archived)

i bet it's one of those places that don't let women join

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:25, archived)

actually no, daughters of members are allowed it says


lol members
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:28, archived)

Nah there is defo some women in the old tapestry and paintings as patrons

(Nicki Minaj, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:29, archived)

Women merchants held considerable political power in Britain as far back as the middle ages
Money, as ever, talks
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:36, archived)

funny when you realize 'seamstress' used to be a euphemism for prostitute

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:40, archived)

that I did not know, chz m8

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 16:48, archived)

Looking around the place it appears they own most of the areas land still , had one of the vaults open and it's full of gold and silver , there's at least 6 vaults

(Nicki Minaj, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:07, archived)

I've been in the silver vaults in Hatton Garden before
There's some amazing stuff in there but it feels a bit like an antique market more than anything else tbh
( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:14, archived)

These clothworkers must have some money, building a 36 storey tower
www.bdonline.co.uk/news/eric-parry-reveals-plans-for-undershaft-neighbour/5102945.article
(Nicki Minaj, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:21, archived)

bloody hell you're not wrong

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Wed 25 Nov 2020, 15:27, archived)