Springhill Hospice receive a cheque from the Freemasons Charitable Foundation
The Rochdale District Charity Steward John Taylor, together with District Chairmen Doug Smith presented a cheque for £1,584 to Springhill's Hospice Chief Executive Julie Halliwell from the Freemason's Charitable Foundation. This is just one of 237 grants to hospices...
Rochdale Freemasons Provide Hospice Gifts
The Freemasons of Rochdale continued their annual Christmas tradition by paying a visit to the Springhill Hospice to deliver a number of festive gifts for patients. The money raised by lodge members had been donated to help provide Christmas gifts for local men and...
Children’s Christmas Party
Rochdale Masonic Social Committee On the 16th December 2018, The Rochdale Masonic Social Committee hosted another very successful Children’s Christmas Party at Richard St. 57 boys and girls aged between 3 and 12 years old joined in the fun and games provided by Dazzle...
MCF highlights work done in East Lancashire
The Masonic Charitable Foundation has released infographics and an impact report about their work in East Lancashire. Please pass this information on to family and friends should they ever ask what the MCF does for Freemasons and their families in East Lancashire. The...
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of WBro Alan Mansley at Milton Lodge No 1144
Presenting the illuminated certificate. WBro John Pearson APGM, WBro John Farrington Provincial Deputy Grand Master. WBro Alan Mansley, WBro Alex Miller WM On Thursday 13th December 2018 some 50 members of our Masonic Fraternity came together at Milton Lodge’s...
Third Initiation in a year at Waverley Lodge No 1322
The Worshipful Master of Waverley Lodge – WBro Les Kay, welcoming Bro Ben Higginson into Waverley Lodge following the ceremony. One of the difficulties about reporting on Masonic events around a District, in the 21st Century, is that we seem to spend a lot of time...
Salford Chairman make a happy return visit to Liverpool
WBro Stephen Crane (left) and WBro Jorge Perez present the cheque to WBro Peter Hegarty It is only a year ago that the Salford District Chairman, WBro Peter Hegarty, was invited to Wavertree Gatacre Queensway Lodge No 2294 in Hope Street Liverpool to collect a...
Audenshaw District Fellowship Christmas Lunch
40 friends and companions, along with the Fellowship Chairman, District Chairman, APGM and their wives gathered today at Stanley House Function Room for their annual four course Christmas lunch. While the food was digesting, they were entertained by the District...
RWBro Paul James Ernest Rink, OBE, PProvGM, Celebrates 50 Years in Freemasonry
On Thursday 6thDecember the Prince of Wales Lodge No. 1012 celebrated the Golden Jubilee of a very special member of the lodge. RWBro Paul Rink, OBE,PProvGM, having been initiated into the lodge in 1968, is one of the most iconic members of the fraternity in East...
Southern Area Carol Service
On Sunday 8th December over 100 Tameside district masons and their families met at St Peters church for its annual masonic carol service. It was led by Rev Roger Farnworth. The reading was read by John Cavanagh, Peter Gichero, Les Kay and Mark Reader. Carols were...
Rochdale District Carol Service
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols St. Aidan's Church Sudden Rochdale At 3.00pm on 9th December a contingent of Rochdale Freemasons and their families attended their annual festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Aidan's Church Sudden. The occasion was supported by...
Burnley and Pendle District get the Christmas Festivities off to a Good Start.
The organist and lesson readers, L to R , David Hawkins, Rev. David Halford, Walter Coupe, Jeff Brindle, Miss Victoria Bottacin, Ray Evans, Keith Jackson, Colin Barton and Mrs Mary Pickup. An attendance of over fifty, including Brethren, their families , friends,...