Why is the Royal Arch Relevant to you? – A lecture
Dear Sir and Brother, Let me introduce myself. I’m Pete Maguire, one of the City East Royal Arch Area Officers (RAAO). This means it is my job to encourage Craft Masons who are not yet Royal Arch Masons to consider if they would benefit from taking this beautiful...
Scouts on expedition of a lifetime thanks to ELMC
12 members of 8th/26th Todmorden Scout Group and Calder Valley Explorer Scout Unit are on an expedition of a lifetime thanks to a generous grant of nearly £3000 made by the ELMC. The group, aged 16-19 are currently on a 10-day canoeing expedition along the Dordogne...
Volunteering at Springhill Hospice, Rochdale.
A massive thank you to freemasons from the Eastern Area for supporting Springhill Hospice with their Summer Garden Celebration. Volunteering is an excellent way to help support our charities and helps raise vital funds to keep these services running on a day to day...
Holcombe Hikers Support the East Lancs Masonic Charities Festival 2026
Holcombe Hikers Brave The Weather to Raise Over £5,000 Saturday the 22nd July saw Masons, their families and friends gathered at Hewlett Court, ready to take on The Holcombe Hike - ELMC’s 13 mile (half-marathon) sponsored walk in support of the 2026 Festival. Weather...
East Lancashire Masonic Golf Society
Derby Cup 2023 Held at Bramall Park Golf Club – Stockport on 12th July 2023 It was a fine day for golf when our annual event took place this year at Bramall Park Golf Club. With an attendance of only 22 players we obviously went for the quality not quantity. ...
2026 Festival – Sponsored Walk
On Saturday 22 July, a sponsored walk was held in aid of the Provincial 2026 Festival. As you can see from the photos, it was a very wet weekend. Brethren from the Eastern Area joined other East Lancashire Freemasons, braved the wether and raised essential funs for...
Do you want to know a secret?
On Thursday, 6th July, WBro Doug Smith & WBro Russell Perks attended St Paul`s Church Hall in Norden, Rochdale, to present a presentation about Freemasonry (Do you want to know a secret) to Norden`s Women Institute. Chris Wolstenholme, President of the Norden...
Three River charity walk: Maccabee establish a connection with Tolkien novels
Maccabee Lodge 8947 held its annual charity walk, a tradition started twenty-nine years ago, a way to raise money for the Lodge charity account and help establish a more intimate relationship between members and, at the same time, support the fundraising: The Maccabee...
East Lancashire Masons attend Tottington’s Big Day Out
Sunday the 2nd July 2023 saw brethren from the province take the trailer for a Big Day Out. Tottington's Big Day Out is an annual community event held at St Johns Cricket Ground, Crompton Meadows, Tottington, on the first Sunday of July. Featuring Live Bands, Stalls,...
Inter-Halls Bowls Competition
Today at Coalshaw Green Park the annual Oldham District Inter-Hall Bowls Competition was held. Given the recent weather we was blessed with dry and warm conditions for the majority of the event. A big thank you goes to WBro Eddie Baines for organising the day, which...
Thank you to the ELMC
A thank you letter from The Christie Charity for the ELMC donation of £1,200.
Manchester Level Club completes “Tour De Province”
One weekend in East Lancashire, three dedicated Freemasons from the Manchester Level Club, Tom, Elliot, and JP, embarked on a remarkable charity bike ride. Their mission was to visit every Masonic Hall in the Province of East Lancashire and raise funds for the East...
African Caribbean Care Group – Visit from Provincial Grand Master
On Tuesday 20th June, the RW Provincial Grand Master visited the African Caribbean Care Group, based in Hulme, Manchester, to find out how they had benefitted from a grant of £15000 awarded to them from the Masonic Charitable Foundation. The visit was particularly...
The 2023 Royal Arch Banquet
EComp Harvey and Beverley Basger - Hosts for the evening. The Royal Arch Banquet, 2023 This year’s Royal Arch banquet took place on Saturday the 10th June 2023, it was extremely well attended with 124 ladies and companions present. Since 1991 this has been an annual...
GMP Band performing at Rochdale
On Saturday 17th June members of the Eastern area freemasons, family and friends was treated to a wonderful evening and entertainment, by the Greater Manchester Police band at Rochdale masonic hall. WBro John Taylor opened the evening speaking about the Masonic...
Life saving skills at Werneth Lodge 6163
Tonight the team from Lifeline Ambulance visited Werneth Lodge 6163 to talk and demonstrate the use of life saving skills and the use of an AED (defibrillator). The talk was very informative and was delivered in a fun and friendly way. Certainly skills that every...