Freemasons help to secure gardening tools for Friends of St Paul’s Cemetery
East Ribble District helping to secure gardening tools.
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Sandbach Freemasons donate £1000 to Royal British Legion
Members of Saxon Crosses Lodge who meet at Sandbach Masonic Hall recently invited local members of the Royal British Legion to their central Sandbach…
Herbert Hacker Celebrates Seventy Years in Freemasonry
Geoffrey Dearing PGM presenting Herbert Hacker with his long service certificate. December 2016 Herbert Hacker and his Mother at RAF Coltishall in 1979…
The philanthropy and tea empire of Freemason Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton
A self-made man who brought tea to the British masses, Freemason Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton also campaigned for the sick and the poor, as Philippa Faulks discovers
Many masonic lodges around the world can boast of a famous member among their ranks, but Glasgow’s Lodge Scotia, No. 178, has one rather remarkable brother – Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton. As with many other masons quietly carrying out acts of philanthropy, Lipton remains an unsung hero.
Royal Marines Commando Veteran Tom Bodell awarded the Légion d’honneur.
Tom receiving France’s highest military honour from James Ryeland the French Honorary Consul at Dover 92-year-old Tom Bodell, from Dover, has been…
Freemasons donate £450 to Royal British Legion in Dover
Major Pat O’Riley (left) receives the donation from Colin Hurst” The Military Jubilee Lodge No 2195 in Dover recently held a so-called “Blue…
Peter Lowndes reflects on the changes in the Craft since his initiation
Seen to enjoy ourselves Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes reflects on how far Freemasonry has come since he was initiated 44 years ago As many of you know,…
The Man who designed The White House & The Capitol Building in Washington.
james-hoban-whitehouse-architect-obverse The White House, then known as “the President’s House,” was the first public building to be erected in…
Cheshire Freemasons’ leader lifing the veil of mystery
PRESS RELEASE Provincial Grand Master, Stephen Martin Blank, the leader of Cheshire Freemasons is shining a new and revealing light on our organisation,…