On Monday 4th December at Rochdale Masonic Hall, The Provincial Grand Stewards’ Chapter No.8408 held its half-yearly meeting. Our Deputy Grand Superintendent E Comp Harvey Basger and the 2nd Provincial Grand Principal E Comp Paul Bowen were both unable to attend due to illnesses.

In attendance were the 3rd Provincial Grand Principal E Comp David Hudson and E Comp Steven Boyle, the patch AProvGP Additionally, three other AProvGPs were present: E Comp Peter Douthwaite, E Comp Aubrey Oldham and E Comp Mo Asfa. The Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies, E Comp Andrew Procter was also in attendance.

An excellent talk was given by the former Prestonian Lecturer E Comp Tony Harvey entitled “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Chapters”
A question and answer session followed and Comp Harvey ably answered everyone’s questions.