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Not many people, apart from his close friends and family, will know the name of Silvester William Brunton, but mention the name Sid Brunton to anyone in Dunston and Gateshead and immediately you can see a smile of joy appears on their faces.
Peter Blackhurst, Master of Charity Centenary Lodge, No. 3786, which meets at Farnworth, East Lancashire, has been presented with an award from the NHS Blood and Transplant service for donating 100 pints of blood. He was one of 30 individuals honoured in a ceremony at Gorton Monastery for donors in the Manchester area who had reached such a milestone.
A group of independent Catholics outside of Boston were illegally occupying a closed Roman Catholic church building for over a decade.
Question: Why is the sun over the J.W.’s chair and the moon over the S.W.’s chair if the S.W. is in charge during the work of the lodge and the J.W. in charge during refreshment, or not at work?
Mark Grand Lodge will be held on Tuesday, 13 September 2016 at Freemasons’ Hall in London and the summons and dining form are attached or can now be downloaded from www.glmmm.com.
He lives with his Wife, Evelyn, at Dukes’ Court, Wellingborough, a residential Care Home, and his recent birthday party with family and friends, included RWBro Barrie Hall, WM of Risdene Lodge and WBro Steve Squires, Secretary, and their Wives. RWBro Hall presented WBro Rye with his 50th Certificate, explaining the reasons for the award of his certificate of merit in 2000.
The Bradelei Lodge 9205 were delighted to raise £625 at their Ladies night earlier this year. This amount was then donated to the Alzheimer’s Society of Derby.
Ray joined the Lodge of Industry in 1956 and although only a day away from another big day in his life, the birth of his daughter, Ray’s wife Alice gave special dispensation for him to attend and be initiated. As a mark of the times, it took Ray some 17 years to climb the ladder and become master in 1973 before he carried on with various other offices in support of his lodge.
WBro Bill and Mrs Ange Warren cordially invite all Masons, ladies, children and friends of Teme Lodge to a superb Family Sunday Lunch on 4th September at the Knighton Hotel, Knighton LD7 1BL.
The event engaged all ages of the community, it was organised to raise funds for local charities and last year raised £1,000 which members hope to meet or even exceed.