The Burnley & Pendle District Festival Quiz Night 2022
The Burnley & Pendle Festival quiz night took place at the Padiham Masonic Hall on Friday 14th Oct 2022. Several enthusiastic teams of four battled it out through 40 challenging questions, a picture round and a music round, to be crowned Burnley & Pendle Champions....
TLC Bears for Burnley General Hospital Urgent Care
The Burnley & Pendle Freemasons have been once more delivering TLC Bears to the Burnley General Hospital to be handed out in the Urgent Care Department for Children who arrive with injuries and other medical emergencies. The TLC Bears initiative was orignally started...
East Lancs Masonic Golf Society AGM 28th October 2022
Like lots of other golf events there were only 8 members in attendance at our Annual event playing a 9 hole single Stableford competition for the “Jimmy Hemsley Salver”. Once all back in the clubhouse we enjoyed a wonderful fry up breakfast followed by our AGM. A...
50th Anniversary of the Initiation of WBro Trevor Leslie Jones PProvSGD
On the 20th October the APGM for the Southern Area, WBro Reverend Canon Richard Hawkins PSGD, took the chair in the Lodge of Union no 268 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Initiation of WBro Trevor Leslie Jones PProvSGD. Many present may have attended any...
Candidate Welcomed into Duke of Lancaster Lodge No 4207
Wednesday 2nd November 2022 saw Mr Howard Millin initiated in the Duke of Lancaster Lodge No 4207. Initiating any candidate into Freemasonry is a cause for celebration, this was never more so as the Lodge celebrated its Centenary in June of this year. This was great...
Trinity Lodge 5651 held a Raising Ceremony
Trinity Lodge No 5651 met on Wednesday 5th October 2022 at 11.00. After observing a silence in memoriam to Queen Elizabeth II and completing a number of items of Lodge business the Master of the Lodge, WBro Graham Stott, invited WBro Rodney Wild to take the chair for...
Manchester Masons Celebrate 60th Jubilee WBro Brian Herring
On Tuesday, the 11th of October 2022, Manchester Freemasonry celebrated the sixtieth Masonic anniversary of WBro Brian Herring. The members of the Lodge of Integrity no.163 attended in their numbers to support WBro Herring on his special occasion. The lodge was opened...
A trip through the years for a Distinguished Manchester Mason – WBro David Stevens
It was the season’s first meeting for the Lodge of Friendship no. 44 on Friday, September the 6th, at Manchester Hall. It was an extra special night for all those members and guests that attended, a meeting that was enriched by a visit from members of the Manchester...
Royal Arch Newsletter Autumn 22
The Royal Arch in East Lancashire Autumn Newsletter 2022 with a Foreword, from the Deputy Grand Superintendent
Seven Habits of Highly Successful Lodges
The esteemed Masonic lecturer WBro Anthony Harvey, PJGD is coming to Salford and to the Salfordians Lodge meeting on the 3rd of November. Tony will deliver his talk Seven habits of highly successful Lodges in support of the important membership issues we all face. He...
150 years for Egerton Lodge 1392
On Thursday 22nd September 2022 Egerton Lodge 1392 celebrated 150 years, and what a celebration it was. The Lodge Tyled at 6.30pm The current Worshipful Master Bro Benjamin Jackson opened the Lodge after which the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and the Provincial...
To Celebrate 50 Years in Freemasonry, WBro George H Cornwell PProvSGD
On Wednesday 21st September 2022 Bury Lodge of Relief No.42 celebrated the 50th Golden Jubilee for a very special member of the lodge. WBro George Cornwell, is one of the iconic members of Bury Lodge of Relief and the evening was certainly a night to remember. The...
Summit Summer Stroll
On Saturday 23rd September, Freemasons and their families from across the Rochdale District joined APGM WBro Peter Rhodes and District Chair W Bro Doug Smith for a relaxing stroll to close off the summer. Starting at The Summit pub, the strollers first joined the...
Helping your community through the cost of living crisis
Our Advice and Support team is committed to supporting Freemasons and their family members through financial, health, and other issues, and has had to step up its game in 2022 once the cost of living crisis struck.
Press Statement 9th September 2022
Manchester Mason’s go the extra mile for EL2026 Festival
On Thursday 18th August, Masons from East Lancashire set out on an ambitious fundraising hike in support of the East Lancs Festival 2026. WBro Mark Davis APGM and Bro’s Thomas Daniel and Elliot Jervis set out the 4-night, 85-mile trek following Hadrian’s Wall path...