Articles of Union between the Grand Lodges of England
First published here http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/ In the 1740s there was a growing number of Irishmen in London, many of whom had become…
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AMD District of London Donates £500 in support of the Lifelites Children’s Charity
The District of London recently donated £500 to the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London in its support of the Lifelites Children’s Charity. The Charity,…
W Bro Annison Receives his Certificate
W Bro Annison Receives his Certificate Marking fifty years in Freemasonry from the Provincial Senior Grand Warden, W Bro David Metcalf. Pictured is…
Famous Scottish Freemasons – Kenneth McKellar 1927 – 2010
Kenneth McKellar grew up in Paisley, where his father owned a grocery shop. As a child he was enraptured by the ‘great’ singers: “I thought Peter…
Famous Freemasons – Abd-el-Kader
Abd-el-Kader (1807-1883) Algerian patriot and emir of Mascara. b. near Mascara, his family were Sherifs or descendants of Mohammed, and his father, Mahi-ed-Din, was celebrated throughout north Africa for his piety and charity. He received an excellent education in theology, philosophy and the manly arts such as horsemanship
Provincial Grand Master’s address 2016
Provincial Grand Master’s Address to Provincial Grand Lodge 2016 Brethren, I welcome you all to this Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge,…
Famous Scottish Freemasons – Alexander Nasmyth 1758 – 1840
Perhaps the most famous of all the paintings of Robert Burns is the one that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh by Alexander Nasmyth….
Famous Scottish Freemasons – Thomas Telford 1757 – 1834
Thomas Telford was born the son of a shepherd near Langholm in the Scottish Borders. At the age of 14 he became an apprentice stonemason in Edinburgh….
Joyous retirement celebration
Some 78 Masons and their families joined Woolton Group Chairman Andy Whittle and our two previous group chairmen David Hawkes and David Hilliard, at…
Masonic Archaeology
WITH reference to all those things which come within the various provinces of the seven liberal arts and sciences, Masonry occupies an extremely anomalous position. The theory of the Craft we all know. From one degree to another, we have paraded before us, assumptions of all knowledge, human and Divine