Dave Stubbs: Northern Soul brother

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Life and soul With a bit of ritual, special outfits and a strong sense of camaraderie, Northern Soul is a music and dance passion for Dave…

Following in Noah’s Footsteps – Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariner

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To many Masons who do not know much about it, even to many Mark Master Masons who have not gone on to become Ark Mariners, the Royal Ark Mariner can seem to be just a quaint, short little degree about Noah’s Flood whose members wear rainbow coloured aprons. It may be attached to the Mark degree, but it is often dismissed as being of very little ritual significance.

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.