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Freemasons replace wrecked Hayle wreath

24th April 201625th July 2015

Freemasons replace wrecked Hayle wreath | The Cornishman

TWO months after a vandal destroyed a poppy wreath in Hayle, faith and the symbol of remembrance has been restored. In May a man was seen to kick the tribute to those who died in the First World War up the road, wrecking it beyond repair. It had cost the Hayle Royal British Legion more than £100 and chairman Clive Polkinghorne said due to limited funds it could not be replaced. However, after outrage was expressed through many mediums by the community, local businesses came together to supply a new wreath. A cheque was then received by the legion from the management committee of Hayle Masonic Lodges to pay for a replacement. Shirley Hayes, Poppy Appeal organiser at the legion, bought a new wreath and arranged its installation at the war memorial in conjunction with Hayle in Bloom.

Royal Arch – Beginnings in Cornwall

14th June 202025th July 2015

For speculative Freemasons, times have always been a-changin’, and the erection of the Premier Grand Lodge by ‘Four Old Lodges’ in 1717 was itself a novelty. When, in 1722 the Grand Master, the Duke of Wharton, laid down the procedure for constituting a new Lodge, this was almost revolutionary.

How did Various Masonic ritual books come about?

16th May 201625th July 2015

Peter Gilkes – a prominent teacher of Emulation With the exception of the Craft and Royal Arch, the governing bodies of all recognised Masonic Orders…

John Pine – A remarkable 17th century engraver and Freemason

22nd March 202425th July 2015

In 1748, the celebrated English artist and Francophobe, William Hogarth, surprisingly decided to take a holiday in France. His behaviour in France was appalling. He was ‘clamorously rude’ to everyone he met. Whenever anybody admired a view, Hogarth sourly remarked: ‘What then? It is but French! Their houses are all gilt and bullshit!’ Waiting in Calais for the boat home, Hogarth made sketches of some old fortifications, and was arrested as a spy.

For Serious Master Masons – Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076

20th August 201724th July 2015

G W Speth a founder and the first secretary of Quatuor Coronati Lodge

The fruits of Masonic research should be available to everyone, Masons and nonmasons alike – and so it is with the work of Quatuor Coronati Lodge (QC). For almost 120 years members of the Lodge, together with the thousands who have joined the Correspondence Circle, have sought to advance Masonic knowledge and their findings have been published for all in the Transactions of the Lodge, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum