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Circle of Friendship Lodge, No. 7320 presented a cheque for £1,000 to Ben Sharp of the Neuroblastoma UK Charity. The cheque was presented by Worshipful Master W.Bro. Mark Dudley and Charity Steward Bro. Jayesh Maru.
We are delighted to announce that the Assistant Grand Master, Sir David Wootton, President of the United Grand Lodge of England Universities Scheme , has approved the application from London Haven Lodge No. 7300 to join the Scheme thereby filling a much needed gap in providing a Masonic home for students from Bournemouth University and the Arts University Bournemouth.
On Saturday the 21st May 2016 the first meeting of the Eliot Hall Saturday Morning Club took place at the Bell Hotel Winslow. Conceived during the Mentoring Conference held in Aylesbury earlier this year, a number of brethren from different Lodges which meet at The Eliot Hall, Winslow, had the idea of a Saturday Morning Club to help newer brethren, Lodge Mentors and experienced masons to get together and discuss various aspect of Freemasonry.
An important and potentially life-saving course was recently held at Marlow Masonic Centre.
Bro. Mark Harry, of Burke Lodge 6154, sponsored a training day through his company, Allied International Risk Limited, on CPR and the use of the automated external defibrillator (AED) which are now a common sight in and around our towns and villages.
At the invitation of the Sir Joseph Banks Daylight Lodge No 9828, the Provincial Grand Stewards Lodge No 9726 raised Bro Chris Turner to the third degree. Bro Chris Turner was initiated in the Daylight Lodge and passed to the second degree by Witham Lodge No 297, the mother Lodge to the Sir Joseph Banks Daylight Lodge.
Sir Joseph Banks Daylight Lodge Ladies FestivalAt the SJBDL ‘Sunday Ladies Festival’ held at The English Golf Union, a game of
‘heads or tails’ was organised by Worshipful Brother Bryn Strong which raised
the sum of £80; the winner being asked to nominate a charity of his or her
choice for where the money was to go to.
Over the past few months, the Leicester based Wyggeston Lodge and its’ members have been filmed as part of the forthcoming new four-part documentary ‘Inside The Freemasons’ to be shown on Sky 1 this winter.
The exclusive documentary will feature the most in-depth look ever at the Freemasons in the run up to our 300th anniversary in 2017
On a hot summers evening brethren from the newly amalgamated Ormskirk and Bootle Group, accompanied with their wives and many guests attended the FROTH Gala Cabaret Dinner and Dance, which Bootle Group has been running annually for the last 20 years. This year the event was held at the magnificent surroundings of the West Lancashire Golf Club.
Annual Provincial experience proves popular “It was a train last year. A boat this year. I bet we’ll be on a plane next year!” Perhaps the brother was not altogether serious, but hey, who knows? 115 passengers boarded the MV Conway Castle at Upton-upon-Severn for an evening cruise on the river
