World War I story of Freemason and theological student Captain Horace Edward Griggs
The company you keep The story of Captain Horace Edward Griggs, fighting and dying in the World War I trenches, reveals a young Freemason who was…
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Grand Masters Lodge
On Wednesday 5th October, our PGM RW Bro.Alex Sillars McLaren attended Mark Masons Hall in London for the meeting of Grand Masters Lodge. At the Meeting…
Grand Secretary's column – Autumn 2016
From the Grand Secretary Since emerging from the basement of Freemasons’ Hall, where I have been a charity president for the past nine years,…
Improvement Delivery Group is launched to succeed the Membership Focus Group
At a special roundtable held at Freemasons’ Hall, members of the newly launched Improvement Delivery Group explained how they intend to support lodges and chapters as they build a strong and sustainable future for Freemasonry
Freemason and escape artist H J da Costa
The prince and the fugitive How did an escaped prisoner become a close associate of the Grand Master at the time of the Grand Union? Kevin L Gest charts…
Tony sees a father install his son at Barlow Moor
Members and visitors of Barlow Moor Lodge No 4525 were most honoured and delighted in receiving Tony Harrison, Provincial Grand Master, to their installation meeting at Urmston Masonic Hall. Tony was accompanied by Mike Adams, (South Eastern Group Chairman) and fellow grand officers Brian Hayes, Chris McNab, David Durling (group vice chairman) and Gareth Jones along with Provincial Senior Grand Warden John Lee and Provincial Junior Grand Warden Jonathan Hall and acting Senior Grand Deacon Colin Ellis.
A very interesting evening
Ormskirk Masonic Hall was well attended when over 57 members and guests came together to witness the installation ceremony of Stanley of Bickerstaffe Lodge No 3511. The master David Paton welcomed everyone to the ceremony before saying: “It is usual for us to commence with singing the opening ode, but as you can see we have no organist, and at the moment we have no master elect, this brethren could be a very interesting evening.”
Freemasons donate £5,000 to five Charities
If you ever wondered ” what does the Provincial Grand Charity Steward do ?” I can answer very clearly ” He works his cotton socks off for Cheshire Freemasons’ Charity and the Province of Cheshire ”
3 Generations of Freemasons in Attendance at Gothic Lodge with their Latest Initiate
The latest Initiate into Gothic Lodge 5754 was Mr Joshua Kaissi aged 21. WBro Martin Peters PPrAGDC took the chair of King Solomon to initiate his Nephew….
Freemasons present a cheque for £3,000 to the Hope Centre to relieve poverty and tackle the causes of homelessness in Northampton
As part of Piscator Lodges’ Charity fund raising for 2015 season, W.Bro Mike Howells, accompanied by the Lodge Treasurer W Bro Mike Long, recently presented a cheque for £3,000 to Mrs Sue Wright, Fundraising Manager for the Hope Centre.