What is a Masonic Vesta.
Vesta boxes were small portable boxes, made in a great variety of forms with snap shut covers to contain Vestas ( short matches ) and keep them dry. The…
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Freemasons £750 donation to Sheffield Children’s Hospital A&E Department
On 12th September W. Bro. Peter Taylor presented A cheque for £750 and certificate to staff nurses at Sheffield Children’s Hospital Accident & Emergency Department and the Head of the Charity Fund Raising Department at the hospital, the money will go towards purchasing a 3-D games console and a mixture of games for the use of the older sick children who are too old for teddies, Sheffield admits children up to 15 years of age.
Olympian, Doctor, Rotarian and Worthy Freemason
There is much pleasure in giving and also receiving recognition for some performance in life. We have witnessed this ritual many times during this year’s Olympic games. Similarly, in Freemasonry we rightly recognise those brethren who have not only been a continuous member within the Masonic association but who have served it well. You can imagine that there are not too many times that you can associate someone who has also a pedigree as an athlete and taken an active part in Olympic games representing his country. A person whose country has recognised his services to wider community by way of an honour from Her Majesty the Queen.
In Memoriam: WBro Frank Nugent, Marlowe Lodge No. 6506
It was with great sadness earlier this year that W. Bro Frank Nugent passed away. He was a stalwart of the lodge and we felt that his legacy should live…
Lodge Amity and Rossendale Forest No. 283 celebrate 225 years
Lodge Amity and Rossendale Forest No. 283 celebrate 225 years
Stepping Out to Hollywood
Stepping Out to Hollywood September 2016 Two girls from Newton Aycliffe have just returned from the invitation only, Hollywood Summer Tour, which is a…
Harte and 10 Keys for Hiram
Harte enjoys a reputation for organising a good night and have again lived up to that reputation by persuading Dr Robert Lomas, author of the Hiram Key and many other masonic books, to travel up to Hartlepool to deliver one of his superb lectures to a full house of Durham freemasons that included a magnificent 68 visitors from 36 lodges. Robert is certainly well written and well versed in matters masonic, to the extent that he was even involved with Dan Brown on his Lost Key book and has been named by Brown as the substance and inspiration behind his Robert Langdon character.
Masonic Charitable Foundation support Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Cystic Fibrosis Trust innovative programme, called SmartCareFC, has been largely funded by a grant from the Masonic Charity Foundation. SmartCareFC will explore the benefits of monitoring the condition at home and liaising with specialist health teams remotely. This should avoid people living with the condition having to repeatedly travel into hospital.
Middlesborough Freemasons Excel in Charity Donations
Ferrum lodge donated a further £5000 to the Masonic Samaritan Fund, taking their total donations to over £20,000, and were elated to learn that they would now receive the honorific title of Patrons of Festival 2018.
A second cheque for £1600 was then presented to the Chairman from the proceeds of the Middlesbrough Lodge’s Spring Ball, which was held recently at Gisbrorough Hall
Freemasonry on show
The doors of the Masonic Hall in Blackpool were flung open to the public in a spirit of transparency during the year’s Heritage Open Days and dozens of…