A Christmas Message from our Assistant Provincial Grand Master
2017 has been a very busy year with our celebrations of 300 years since the foundation of the first Grand Lodge. In Southern Area two events in particular will live in my memory for ever - our Annual Charity Giving Night on Friday 31st March 2017 where there was...
Burnley and Pendle District Freemasons bring some Christmas Cheer
Food to the value of £250.00 was delivered to the Nelson Salvation Army Citadel on Wednesday 5th December, courtesy of the Burnley and Pendle District Freemasons. The food will be used to make up parcels for those who may be struggling to make ends meet this...
Lodge of Minerva No 300 – Installation Meeting
The Members of Lodge of Minerva with all of their guests. Lodge of Minerva No 300 is, as its name implies, one of the oldest Lodges in Southern Area. Consecrated in January 1794 it has certainly stood the test of time. Although the Lodge currently has fewer...
The Southern Area Carol Service
On Sunday 3rd December the Freemasons of East Lancashire’s Southern Area again enjoyed the privilege of holding our Annual Carol Service at St. Peter’s Church in Ashton-under-Lyne. As ever the service began with the banners of ten Lodges, both extinct and those still...
The Golden Jubilee of EComp Donald Roberts’ exaltation in to Perseverance Chapter
Wednesday the 22nd November saw over 70 Companions meet at Concord Chapter No 757 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of EComp Donald Roberts’ exaltation in to Perseverance Chapter No 300 in 1966. This had been deferred from last year. The Principal Officer for the...
Southern Area Reception for Newly Appointed and Promoted Officers 26th November 2017
WBro Peter Douthwaite, District Chairman of Ashton & Mossley District accompanied by his wife Catherine (extreme left) and their principal guests ( l to r) EComp Eddie Barlow APGP and his wife Linda, WBro John Pearson APGM with his wife Denise and WBro Gerry...
Freemasons Cheque in with Bacup Nat
A Bacup Charity has benefitted to the tune of £274 thanks to a donation from Tranquility with Hospitality No. 274. The Bacup Natural History Society was the recipient of £274 from the Immediate Past Master, Paul Cartwright who chose the charity after the lodges...
£2,000 Donation to Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary
Bury District Freemasons Ian Schofield and Steve Clark recently visited Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary which is situated on the moors to the North of Bury. Ian, who is a member of Cribden Lodge, is a councillor for the ward in which Bleakholt is situated. When he heard...
Milton Lodge 150th Anniversary Meeting 1867 – 2017
VWBro Derek Thornhill and WBro Leo Sterling take wine at the Social Board I well remember a Past Assistant Provincial Grand Master pointing out that for the first 50 years of United Grand Lodge’s history, the average life expectancy of a Lodge was less than...
WBro. Bill Fleet celebrates 50 years in Freemasonry at the Lodge of Union No 268
WBro. John Pearson APGM takes wine with WBro Fleet while the WM, WBro Peter Smith looks on Our Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro John Pearson, attended the October Meeting of the Lodge of Union No 268 to lead the celebration of WBro Bill Fleet’s 50 years...
Christmas Dinner, with Carols, at Good Companions of Commemoration Chapter
A very enjoyable Christmas Dinner was held at Manchester Hall, Bridge Street, Manchester on Saturday 9th December where the members of Good Companions of Commemoration Chapter hosted their ladies and guests. Ecomp Steve Taylor, First Principal, welcomed all present...
ADLIM Lodge and Unity Chapter hold contiguous meetings and a shared Social Board.
WBro John Pearson, APGM and EComp Eddie Barlow, APGP taking wine at the joint Social Board The Ashton and District Lodge of Installed Masters No 8341, now based at Mossley Masonic Hall, now meets three times a year on the last Thursday of the Month. As its current...
Provincial Christmas Carol Service
Members from around the province, along with their families and friends, braved the winter snow and ice to pack out St Ann's Church in Manchester in what has become an excellent annual event. Many members consider this to be the start of their Christmas celebrations,...
ELMC donation for Vital Incubator for St Mary’s Hospital IVF Unit
Della Gould receiving the cheque from City Derby District Charity Steward, Tony Stephenson and Kevin Crowley from Arkscroll Lodge. Also pictured, David Hudson, City Derby District Chairman, Stephen Thomson, City Sykes Charity Steward, Greg Horne Clinical Director and...
ELMC Donation for Children’s Medical Equipment
Pictured from the left is City Derby District Chairman, David Hudson, from MedEquip4Kids, the CEO, Ghazala Baig, Evelyn Glarvey, and City Derby District Charity Steward, Tony Stephenson. On the 6th December 2017, Manchester Masons presented a cheque for a...
Community Spirit 2 Official Launch
I was very fortunate, just recently, to be asked to take photographs on the occasion of the official launch of the Canal Boat “Community Spirit 2” at Portland Basin in Ashton under Lyne. For those of you who don’t know Ashton, “Community Spirit 2” is run by the East...