Food Bank Donations
One of the most humbling experiences is seeing a church full of food parcels, knowing, that by weekend, all would have been distributed and faithfully received. Tameside Freemasons donated food and other necessities towards the parcels for people in need. Volunteers...
Help from Tameside Freemasons
Audenshaw District communications Officer, Niall Perry, helped out at Ashton-under-Lyne Rugby Club Christmas party after being contacted a few months ago. He was only too willing to support the event, following in the footsteps of his father in law. It is so important...
New Years Gift to Ecclesholme
Donald Roberts, chairman of the Audenshaw Fellowship and Tameside District representative on the Friends of Ecclesholme, presented crochet shawls to the home manager, Bev Niland. Bev said that the shawls would be most beneficial to the residents for the coming...
£1.6 Million for Refurbishments at Hewlett Court
EXCITING TIMES AHEAD FOR HEWLETT COURT Hewlett Court was constructed in the nineteen seventies and is now some forty five years old, and as such to maintain standards, we have over the last few years had to invest in certain improvements to keep standards up to date...
Provincial Dinner Dance
It has just been announced that there will be a Provincial Dinner Dance to be held at the University of Bolton Stadium, (formerly the Macron Stadium), on Saturday 29 June 2019. You can find out more HERE
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...