Kilimanjaro climb raises £4,500 for Great Ormond Street and Cystic Fibrosis...
Hitting a new peak in charity climb Dale Murphy from Gorhambury Lodge, No. 8745, in Hertfordshire has reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and raised more than £4,500 for Great Ormond...
View ArticleSponsored ride to the Somme by Artificers Masonic Motorcycle Association
Riding to the Somme Seven members of the Artificers Masonic Motorcycle Association and two of their partners undertook a sponsored ride to the Somme, where they laid a wreath at the Thiepval Memorial...
View ArticleChelsea Pensioner John Gledhill installed into the chair of Symphony Lodge...
Chelsea pensioner takes the chair Former Coldstream Guardsman John Gledhill added a dash of distinctive colour in his Chelsea Pensioner’s uniform at his installation as Worshipful Master of Symphony...
View ArticleHelping out with afternoon tea for Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
Fundraising TEA Afternoon for Florence Nightingale Hospice Members of Buckinghamshire lodge Haddenham No. 8944 helped out Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity’s local fundraising group with their...
View ArticleBeacon Lodge in Loughborough welcomes 18 year old Freemason
Beacon Lodge No. 5208 held an emergency meeting on Friday 29th May 2015 for a very special ceremony where they initiated a 'Lewis' on the very day of his 18th birthday Whilst the normal age for joining...
View ArticleRoyal Masonic School for boys reunion
At the 250th anniversary of the Lodge of Amity No. 137 Guest of honour RW Bro Sir Stuart Hampson, SGW, had a very special surprise when he was reunited with two brethren with whom he attended the Royal...
View ArticleSupport for Blackmarston Specialist School
With the level of central funding frozen for the past three years and the prospect of the freeze continuing for the immediate future, community support for the pupils of Blackmarston Specialist School...
View ArticleJasper Tudor Lodge raises over £14k for local good causes
Cabaret evening huge success Members of Jasper Tudor Lodge No. 4047 organised a cabaret evening where attendees dressed up in exotic clothing and entertained everyone The main contributors to the...
View ArticleNuclear Rush in Brentwood completed by United Engineers Lodge No. 3862
United Engineers go nuclear It was mud, glorious mud for members of United Engineers Lodge, No. 3862, when they completed the Nuclear Rush event. Covering 7.5 miles with more than 50 obstacles, the...
View ArticleSchola Regia Lodge No. 9105 double initiation
Lifetime friends A double initiation has taken place in Schola Regia Lodge, No. 9105, Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. William Moore, the youngest son of lodge member Andy, and his...
View Article£1,500 donation to Macmillan nurses from Saint Peter’s Lodge No 7368
Local support for Macmillan nurses Katie Farmer, fundraiser for Wye Valley NHS Trust Charitable Fund, met Richard James and Alison, wife of Keith Price of Saint Peter’s Lodge, No. 7368, to receive a...
View ArticleBike ride to Paris raises £5k for Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust
Hospice gets Parisian boost Four members of St Augustine’s Lodge, No. 3713, and Redditch Rugby Club set off on a bike ride from the club to Paris with five friends to raise funds for the Acorns...
View ArticleCoughAssist machine for Alexandra Hospital with help from Warwickshire masons
Breathing easier in Redditch Worcestershire and Warwickshire residents, as well as local masons, have donated £4,500 to help buy a CoughAssist machine for the respiratory ward at the Alexandra...
View ArticleSamuel Taylor Coleridge great grandson visits Coleridge Lodge No. 1750
Coleridge returns to Clevedon after 220 years It was in October 1795 that Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the great Romantic poet, married Sarah Fricker at St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol and then brought...
View ArticleChelsea Pensioners at unique ceremony in Symphony Lodge No. 4924
A symphony in red The gloom of summer had lifted. Twiddling thumbs on idle hands had now been usefully employed in fastening cufflinks and buttoning waistcoats in readiness for the first meeting of the...
View ArticleShropshire's newest lodge holds double initiation
Iron Bridge Lodge No. 9897 was founded earlier in 2015 as Shropshire’s first Universities Scheme member, and the first to be consecrated as such. In September more than 50 masons, including...
View ArticleAnnual presentation for local charities by Royal Edward Lodge No. 892
Royal Edward Lodge No. 892, Leominster, made its annual distribution of donations to local charities Saturday 12 September 2015 The following donations, totalling well in excess of £3,000 were...
View ArticleRe-dedication of Norley and Langtree Lodge of Antiquity No. 178
Following the amalgamation of Norley Lodge No. 7319, Langtree Lodge No. 6166 and Lodge of Antiquity No. 178 which took place in London last December, the Provincial amalgamation ceremony of Norley and...
View ArticlePaddy Belton cycles from London to Paris with love
It was a gentle journey of sorts... It involved being gifted water by a gypsy family on the hot juncture where countryside meets the foothills of the Parisian conurbation. It involved being spat on by...
View ArticleBon Accord Lodge No. 3750 centenary celebration
On the afternoon of 5th September Bon Accord Lodge No. 3750 celebrated its centenary The celebration had been much anticipated by the brethren and was honoured by the attendance of VW Bro David...
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