Visit by the APGM to Felicity Lodge No 4365
WBro Christopher Welton, APGM; Michael Hardman; Daniel Wintoun-Simpkinsand and WBro Shaun Higson, Master Worshipful Master, WBro Shaun Higson, and members of Felicity Lodge No 4365 welcomed the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro Christopher Welton PJGD along with...
The Lodge of Virtue No. 152 Visit by RWBro Sir David Trippier Friday 15th January 2016
Brothers: Ayodeji Babalola Osiyemi, Ferdinand Juatco, Domingos Filipe Borges Mamede and Kevin Inwood The RW Provincial Grand Master, WBro C Welton, WBro D Basger, WBro W Davenport with the four recipients who received their Grand Lodge Certificates Worshipful Master,...
Sir Norman Kelvin Stoller
We are delighted to announce that Norman Stoller, a member of Zion Menorah Lodge for 49 years, has been awarded a Knighthood in the New Year’s Honours. Sir Norman Stoller adds the highest honour for his philanthropic work to a rare set: he is already an MBE (1976),...
WBro Alan Roberts, BEM, PProvSGW
It was with great delight when members of WBro Alan Roberts’ family, especially his wife Dorothy who Alan married in 1956, heard the news that Her Majesty The Queen had awarded Alan the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours for his Services to the Community in...
WBro Henry Donn, MBE, JP, PProvJGW
WBro Henry Donn, MBE, JP, PProvJGW, a member of Arkscroll Lodge No. 6594 and Ark & Menorah Chapter No. 6594, has been recognised in the New Years Honours list by the award of an MBE. The art dealer turned magistrate has been recognised for his services to the...
Seven-way Initiation at Old Mancunians with Mount Sinai Lodge 3140
Back row, left to right: Henry Bentwood, Robin Quinn, Humza Yusuf, Kyriakos Iakovou, Aris Nefpaktits, Roderick Stewart, Tim Villanueva and Paul Rose. Front row, Left to right: Avinash Narayanan, Atiq Khan, Brian Bonda, Albert Watkins, Andres Simion, Mo Afsa, Chris...
Two 50th Celebrations at Britannia Lodge 3005
2015 has been a very memorable year for Britannia Lodge No 3005. It is very rare for a Lodge to get the opportunity to celebrate a 50th birthday so to be able to celebrate two in a year is extra special. On the 19th March 1965, WBro Reginald Graham Inskip PProvSGW was...
St Edmund's Church, Fallinge
This church, dubbed Rochdale's Temple to Freemasony, which had been abandoned and left to become derelict for the last three years, will soon be re-opening after the first phase of extensive repairs have been carried out. It is now in the hands of the Churches...
Tour De Province 2016 for the ELMC
Read Peter’s Report On His Bike Ride Here
The Queen’s Official 90th Birthday Street Party Celebration
To help celebrate the official 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, Rochdale Masonic Social Committee (RMSC) organised an Indoor Street Party at Rochdale Masonic Buildings on the 11th June 2016. The Buildings were splendidly decorated with bunting & Union Jack...
Rochdale Masonic Social Committee – Foodbank Appeal
After the major flooding that occurred in Rochdale over the Christmas period last year, the Rochdale Foodbank were forced to continue their operations from temporary accommodation. The flooding resulted in a loss of almost 7 tonnes of food which included much of the...
RIDING SOLO FOR ELMC
Early on Saturday 30th April 2016 at The Rochdale Masonic Buildings, Bro Peter Shipton, Senior Warden of The Rochdale Lodge 6721 will commence his epic journey of cycling round the Province of East Lancashire. Peter was part of the 12 man team that participated in ‘Le...