Fight Night at Audenshaw
Annual CMAA LMA Championship Fight Night On Saturday 19th November 2016 Stanley House, Audenshaw hosted the CMAA LMA Annual Championship Fight Night. This is a function which Stanley House have hosted for the past 4 years. As usual it was well attended, in excess of...
Rochdale Freemasons Raise £5,276.87
Poppy Appeal 2016 Tina Pringle, the British Legion's Community Fundraiser for Greater Manchester, has confirmed that Freemasons in the Rochdale District raised an amazing total of £5,276.87 during the Poppy Appeal at Morrisons Supermarket in Kingsway. Tina regards the...
Droylsden Remembers
A Remembrance Sunday service, given by Lay Preacher Neil Crane, took place at the Cenotaph on Cemetery Road, Droylsden on Sunday November 13th The parade commenced at St Marys Church, Church Street led by the St John’s Church band and local residents gathered to...
Oldham District Attends Provincial Grand Lodge
Brethren from the Oldham District following the proceedings at Provincial Grand Lodge on the 17th November to commemorate their preferment and for posterity.
East Lancashire Hospice Christmas Fair
East Lancashire Hospice Christmas Fayre On a cold November 20th, 14 East Ribble District Freemasons from 7 lodges including a newly Initiated Brother, donned their thermals and entered into the Christmas spirit by volunteering at the annual East Lancashire Hospice...
ELMC Grant for Cherry Tree Bowling Club
Cherry Tree Bowling Club Cherry Tree bowling club is a community based, not for profit, bowling club based in the Cherry Tree area of Blackburn. The bowling green was donated to the Cherry Tree community in the 1930s by a local mill owner William Dugdale and...
Audenshaw District Donates to Ecclesholme
In addition to the ELMC cheque for £4,000 presented by Sir David Trippier to The Friends of Ecclesholme at the recent Gala Dinner at Audenshaw, the District has now presented a further cheque for £3,000 to Ecclesholme. This makes a magnificent total of £7,000 going...
Rawtenstall Masons Remember
WBro Barry Anderton, WBro Derek Pilling, WBro David Russell and WBro Edwin Hardman. On Sunday November 13th Freemasons from the Rawtenstall area placed a wreath on the Rawtenstall Cenotaph
Address of Sir David Trippier RW Provincial Grand Master for East Lancashire
Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, on the 17th November 2016 Brethren, please let me begin my annual address by repeating my thanks to you all for being here this afternoon. I must also congratulate all those Brethren who are to be appointed or promoted within...
Consecration of the Verity Chapter of Installed First Principals No 3949
On Wednesday 26th October, 100 Royal Arch Companions gathered at Blackburn Masonic Hall to witness a ceremony that hadn’t been worked in the Province for nearly 15 years, that of Consecrating a new Royal Arch Chapter. Due to the rarity and the importance of the event,...
Bury District Charity quiz night
Bury District Charity quiz night on Tuesday 25th October 2016 really was a good night. The quiz master for the evening was the District Charity Steward, Stephen Holland, who did a cracking job. A case of wine awaited the winning team with more wine and whiskey as...
60 Years in Freemasonry for Phillip
Phillip Westwood celebrated 60 years in Freemasonry at Trinity Lodge 5651 at Stanley House Audenshaw overseeing the proceedings was W. Bro. Derek Nelson Thornhill along with a Provincial Delegation including APGM's John Pearson and John Farrington. Philip was...
Lodge of Friendship No.277
The photograph shows WBro Greehalgh with members of the Lodge. Worshipful Master - WBro David Greenhalgh PProDepGR On Wednesday 9th November, Friendship Lodge No.277 was pleased to receive WBro Peter G Hewitt, PSGD, Assistant Provincial Grand Master for the Province...
Remembrance Sunday Rochdale / Littleborough Cenotaph
13th November 2016 A contingent of Rochdale Masons joined other local organisations in the procession to the Rochdale and Littleborough Cenotaphs on Sunday to pay their respects.
Radcliffe Remembers
On Sunday November 13th the Lodge of Faith placed a wreath at Radcliffe Cenotaph, which they have done since permission was obtained in 1984 from Grand Lodge. The Radcliffe masons who attended said, "We hope the event will attract even more Bury and Radcliffe masons...
East Ribble Royal Arch 2016 Dinner
Friday evening of the 11th November saw 90 Companions and Brethren along with their partners, assemble at the Adelaide Suite at Accrington Masonic Hall for the annual Royal Arch Dinner which this year was a complete sell out, and hosted by the newly constituted Verity...