Cheque presentation evening – Southampton Masonic Centre

The highly successful and inaugural South Central Area cheque presentation evening

The highly successful and inaugural South Central Area cheque presentation evening, was held at Southampton Masonic Centre, Albion Place, last night in support of Area Lodges donating a fantastic sum of £21,808.75 to 22 non-Masonic Charities and good causes, locally.

Frederick Bates – Freemason & American politician.

Frederick Bates   Freemason & American politician.

Bates was born on June 23rd, 1777 in Goochland County, Virginia. He was privately schooled by tutors on the family plantation. He attended college and would later read law with an established firm. In 1797, Bates moved to Detroit, Michigan. In 1803 he became the first postmaster of Detroit.

A heated competition in every sense at Bare!

Lancaster A heated competition in every sense at Bare Pic 1 d5687f9c414e86dd21a9315099d507105d9d9ec8

It was a case of ‘slap on’ the sun screen, ‘dig out’ your shorts and blow the dust off your ‘shades’ at the Lancaster Group qualifying round of this year’s West Lancashire Masonic Charity Bowling Tournament. The sun shone unceasingly throughout the afternoon as temperatures rose to the dizzy heights of 25C (that’s 77F in old money.)