The Black Country Heritage Lodge No. 9702’s demonstration team was at Cleobury Lodge No. 6972 in the Province of Shropshire recently – and a ‘bosting’ time seems have been had by all!
The ritual was a little different from Cleobury's normal fare, but the team was clearly spot-on with their choice of candidate: W Bro Kevin Gwilliam, the Lodge DC. Eagle-eyed brethren will also note ‘frowtsy gaffer’ W Bro John Williamson (DepGSupt) underneath a cloth cap!
A feature of the evening was the involvement of all masons who were present – 69 in all – and questions were fired at the audience by W Bro Pressde and his merry men. Those who got the answers wrong – or were even just a little too slow – were duly fined. We can assure our readers who were not there, however, that the blood you can see in the group picture was not real!
The demonstration team received a donation of £100 plus half the raffle proceeds, and everyone left well ‘chuffed’.
Glossary for those not familiar with the Black Country dialect:
bostin(g): good, super
chuffed: happy
frowtsy: dishevelled
gaffer: boss