Promoting the Fraternity across the World
During the past 11 months W Bro Dan Thomas and his fiancée Jenna Slater have been leading the members of St Peter’s Lodge No 7334 in raising funds for local Birmingham based charity Autism West Midlands and on Friday 23rd September saw the handover of a whopping cheque for £11,000!
It is an unfortunate and rare occurrence when a master elect is unable to take the chair due to hospital treatment the week before the installation….
This annual seminar is a very popular part of an ongoing programme of continuing Masonic development, and has been designed to explain the history and structure of Freemasonry, as well as its aims and objectives.
In 1998 the master of Semper Sursum Lodge No.5622 was Peter Schofield and the masters of Hindpool Lodge No 1225 were Keran Stalker and Derek Forrest. Both…
On a warm summer’s evening, Bootle Pilgrim Lodge No 1473 hosted their third annual summer fun quiz night, once again held at the Litherland Masonic Hall. The quiz night is a great opportunity for the brethren of the lodge and the group with their partners and friends to meet during the summer break to catch up and have some fun together.
A packed Ulverston Masonic Hall was the setting for the meeting of the Lodge of Furness No 995 which saw Rowly Saunders celebrate his 50th anniversary as…
The long-awaited Auction of Promises was held at Oswestry’s Wynnstay Hotel on 1st July in the presence of Provincial Grand Master Peter Taylor and his lady Pat. There were nearly 70 lots provided, from a beautiful ring through paintings, bottles and promises of flights, holidays, tuition in an array of skills, and much more besides. Auctioneer Michael Tomley was called on for all of his professional wiles as he attempted to part over 100 people from their cash.
Mr David Eager of The Surrey Masonic Sports Association, has been awarded the Order of Mercy, a prestigious medal, for his voluntary service over many years to charities and non profit organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas.
Peter Blackhurst, Master of Charity Centenary Lodge, No. 3786, which meets at Farnworth, East Lancashire, has been presented with an award from the NHS Blood and Transplant service for donating 100 pints of blood. He was one of 30 individuals honoured in a ceremony at Gorton Monastery for donors in the Manchester area who had reached such a milestone.
Many of us grew up in the 1960s and 70s where, for some, it was a time of making out a living repairing cars, exterminating pests or hop picking. Boys were taught to fish by their fathers during the weekends, cast after cast plopping into willow-shaded water, while weekdays were spent at the secondary school where, for some, gardening and metalwork were still being taught. Fishing is an unsentimental memoir of that time and nothing has changed for those boys today. As adults they continue to carry out the traditions of fishing as taught by their fathers and pass this knowledge on to the children who have a love for the sport.