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The sesquicentenary celebrations of Globe Chapter, No. 23, have taken place at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street. The chapter started life in 1865 as Panmure Chapter, No. 720, but in 1914 was unusually allowed to change to its current name and number.
T is not a little remarkable that the two cardinal epochs in English Freemasonry were associated with the appearance in London of Models of the Temple of Jerusalem. At the first epoch, that of the Revival of Freemasonry, the Model ascribed to Councillor Schott had arrived in London, and was on exhibition in 1723 and 1730
It was a gentle journey of sorts… It involved being gifted water by a gypsy family on the hot juncture where countryside meets the foothills of the…
Following the launch of our new website, I would like to take this opportunity to ask all the brethren and companions in the group to visit the website on…
The Annual Convocation of Provincial Grand Chapter will be presided over Most Excellent Grand Superintendent Excellent Companion Alastair Mason at which he will invest his new Provincial Grand Officers.
There were strange goings on at a recent meeting of East Kent Stewards Chapter.
A somewhat dishevelled late arrival interrupted the meeting, who had to be reminded how to dress and behave properly. And all in the presence of our Provincial Grand Superintendent to boot!
With the Festive Season and 2016 fast approaching I would like to extend my thanks to all three Groups on the Fylde for their support in the first part of…
There is such an abundance of evidence in proof of the continuity of Freemasonry during the period selected, that it is only necessary to study the special records of the old Lodges, happily still preserved, the Rolls of the “Old Charges”, and especially the extant minutes of the Masons’ Company of London, to be assured that the Freemasons of the present day are the lineal descendants of the operative builders, who in the 17th century, and earlier, admitted speculative or non-professional members.
It was the hottest and clammiest day of the year when the masses gathered at Blackpool Masonic Hall for the installation convocation of Senatores Chapter of Installed First Principals No 8966. Despite the rather oppressive heat however, there was a general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.
The Lodge Organises, on an annual basis, holiday breaks (both home and abroad) which are open to all Freemasons, their families and friends. Not only does…