Promoting the Fraternity across the World
The Masonic trailer made another appearance in Blackburn town centre at the Countryside Comes to Town event. The stall was set up early in the morning on Church Street opposite the market, and was manned by a few volunteers throughout the day until the 5.00pm close.
In total, during the evening, the Freemasons of Audenshaw and Ashton & Mossley, through their Lodges and Chapters, gave away more than £34,000.00 to a series of good causes. During the course of the evening we were privileged to see forty local charities and good causes receive donations of between £100.00 and £3,150.00
The fourteenth National Service Day took place at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, on Sunday 26th June 2016. With a large audience and many invited guests and participants, this event was splendidly organised by Gerald Rose, who is the Chairman of the National Service Veterans Foundation. W Bro Gerald is also a Past Master of Sutton Pilgrims Lodge, where he has been a member for over 50 years.
In 1975, the Scottish Free Masons in Trinidad and Tobago (TT), under the direction of their District Grand Lodge, organised a Masonic Fair at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, which raised a reasonable amount of money, part of which went to assist certain members in need of urgent help.
One of our Provincial Grand Stewards has gone on holiday but rather than simply putting up his feet and relaxing he is acting as our roving reporter smile emoticon:-)
Sixty-Two Brethren, including WBro John R. Farrington, PSGD, The Assistant Provincial Grand Master for the Northern Area of the Province of East Lancashire, accompanied by Grand Officers, Provincial Officers of the year and a District Delegation, signed the Tylers attendance register of Marsden within Pennine Valley Lodge No. 6183 on Tuesday 24th May 2016, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary in Freemasonry of WBro Francis Stuart Jackson, PProvJGW.
Pictured from left to right, are: Mark Dimelow, Gerry Lipson and Bob Povall. The season closed on a memorable evening for the members of Lodge of Israel…
A Past Master from Shropshire has walked a mammoth 11 miles in aid of Masonic charity this autumn – a praiseworthy but not especially remarkable…
QC logo Brethren, I can only apologize for the lack of postings over the few weeks, but my focus has been on the final preparations for my presentation on…
References to the construction of King Solomon’s temple at Jerusalem have been included in the rituals of the operative freemasons since ancient times. In operative lodges the layout of the lodge room in each of the several degrees symbolises either a stoneyard or the temple building at one of the various stages of construction