The Oakham Suite: How Mansfield Masonic Hall Became a

The Oakham Suite: How Mansfield Masonic Hall Became a

Walk through the front door of Mansfield Masonic Hall and you might not realise you have stepped into a building with roots stretching back to 1892. The elegant facade on Nottingham Road gives little away. But inside, behind the polished bar and the carefully laid tables, there is a story about reinvention — about a … Read more

East Midlands Chapter of the Widows Sons Masonic Bikers Association Distribute Funds to Local Charities

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The East Midland Chapter has recently been distributing money that was raised at our annual National Rally. This is a weekend hosted by a different Chapter each year. It was our honour to co-host with the West Midlands Chapter last July. The Rally is a weekend event where members from across the UK, and even from abroad get together and party. In total this event raised £18,000. East Midlands are distributing half and West Midlands the other half.

Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice has received £3,357 from Mansfield Freemasons

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Bluebell Wood supports around 250 children and young adults with life-threatening conditions each year. Its wide-ranging services include end of life treatment and care, music therapy, counselling, sibling support groups, home visits and much more. It costs more than £4 million for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice to keep its doors open each year and 90 per cent of this needs to be raised through community and corporate fundraising. Visit www.bluebellwood.org to make a donation or to find ideas for helping Bluebell Wood make more memories for the children it cares for.

Whom Have You There? Biographies of the men behind the Portraits Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire

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The biographies reflect the changing socio-economic status of these men from wealthy land owning members of the nobility to middle class business men and professionals. It is set in a period of immense change in Freemasonry with the expansion of Lodges and growth in membership.