Southern

Southern Area APGM makes a pastoral visit to Three Shires Lodge

Dec 19, 2024 | Southern

The festive spirit undoubtedly permeates the Masonic calendar, and the Festive Board following the meeting of Three Shires Lodge was a prime example. The occasion was further enhanced by the presence of W.Bro. Wesley Marchant PJGD, Assistant Provincial Grand Master,...

Passing Ceremony hosted by Werneth Lodge 6163

Dec 7, 2024 | Eastern, PGL 2024, Southern

On December 4, 2024, lodges from the Eastern and Southern Areas gathered to honor Brother Ike D’Cruz with a passing ceremony.  Ike’s mother lodge, Denton Lodge 5234, has several candidates waiting to be initiated, so Werneth Lodge 6163 stepped in to conduct the...

A Historic Day for East Lancashire Light Blue Masons in East Lancashire

Dec 5, 2024 | City East, City West, Eastern, General, Northern, PGL 2024, Southern, Western

A Historic Day for East Lancashire Light Blue Masons: The Procession into Provincial Grand Lodge and the Launch of the East Lancashire Light Blue Club On a crisp snowy autumn morning in Blackburn, history was made as the Light Blue East Lancashire Master Masons...

Southern Area Carol Service

Dec 3, 2024 | Southern

           As has become a cherished tradition on the first Sunday in December, freemasons from the Southern area gathered to hold their annual Carol service. This year, the event was hosted at the Audenshaw Masonic Hall, a venue well-suited to such a significant...

Bro Stuart Peter Mackenzie: the Man behind the “On the Level” cocktail.

Nov 28, 2024 | City East, City West, Festival 2026, General, Northern, PGL 2024, Southern, The Man behind the Apron, Western

To commemorate the launch of the new East Lancashire Level Club (ELLC) which was officially announced during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge in Blackburn, Bro Stuart Peter Mackenzie, Tyler of Maccabee Lodge 8947, had an idea to create and serve a...

Raising the bar for Bro Gee

Nov 26, 2024 | Southern

Every once in a while we get the pleasure to see a sibling or a son join a lodge and progress through their degrees, but on rare occasions we get see 3 generations in the same lodge. On 20 September 2024, at Denton Lodge 5234 in the Southern Area of East Lancashire,...