St Chad's Lodge No.1129 Sesquicentenary Celebration.
On Wednesday 18th January St Chad's Lodge celebrated its 150th year of Craft Freemasonry. After the formal opening of the Lodge, the Worshipful Master Bro S N Chadwick together with the Officers and Members of the Lodge were pleased to receive the RW Provincial Grand...
Murder Mystery Evening – Raises £1,000 for Charity
On 22 January ArkScroll Lodge No 6594 organised and presented a Murder Mystery Evening which was put on as a Manchester Masons event. The evening titled ‘Faulty Doctors’ was arranged by Roger Bower of ArkScroll Lodge at the interesting new venue of 53 2 Albion Street,...
ELMC Donation to “Off The Record”
ELMC Donation to “Off The Record” Oldham District Chairman Leslie Taylor and District Charity Steward Steve Graham presented a cheque for £500.00 to the Oldham Charity 'Off The Record' today. It had been awarded, by the ELMC, to the charity to help them keep up the...
Freemasons donate £600,000 to support hospices’
PRESS RELEASE 18th January 2017 Freemasons donate £600,000 to support hospices’ ‘incredible contribution’ to community Nine hospices in the East Lancashire Region have received donations from The Freemasons’ Grand Charity, exceeding £ 25.000. 245 adult and children’s...
300 Years of Freemasonry and Music
Saturday 28th October 2017: On the 28th October, the final event of our Tercentenary celebrations will take place with a gala concert being held at King George's Hall, Blackburn, commencing at 7pm. It will feature the Greater Manchester Police Band, Haydock Male Voice...
Tercentenary Service of Celebration
Read the Report on the Tercentenary Service of Celebration
Tercentenary Dinner 10 June 2017
Report and Pictures from the Tercentenary Dinner
East Ribble Charity Stewards support field trip
East Ribble Charity Stewards' Fund presented a cheque to help a student on a field trip to Dominica. The cheque was presented to Caitlin Fawcett an A level student, whose grandfather is Ken Fawcett, an Accrington mason in The Lodge of Remembrance. He had requested a...
Installation at Loyal Lodge 5040
WBro D R Dean & Bro James A Kelly, WM Installation of Bro James Kelly Loyal Lodge No. 5040 On 1st December 2016, Loyal Lodge No. 5040 held its Installation Ceremony at which WBro Michael Wardle PProvAGDC installed his successor Bro James Kelly for his first time...
East Ribble District helping to secure gardening tools.
East Ribble Charity Stewards' Fund have presented a cheque to help keep gardening tools safe at a cemetery. Bro John Gosling, a resident of Hoddlesden, had requested a grant on behalf of the village's Friends of St Paul’s Cemetery, to purchase security gates for their...
Donation to Wood Street Mission
Wood Street Mission, a charity supported by Manchester Masons, recently received another donation from the Masonic Community. Michael Goodman, WM of Rivington Lodge in West Lancashire, presented Sophie Bell of Wood Street Mission with a cheque for £250. The gift was...
Marshalling the East Lancs Hospice 10k Run
Sunday morning 15th January was definitely a thermals, umbrella and welly day as 25 volunteers assembled at Gaskell Motor Bodies in Great Harwood to receive their briefing for marshalling the annual East Lancs Hospice 10k run. The Provincial Trailer was the meeting...
Old Boltonians 5814 Installation
A unique event in Bolton & Farnworth district and one well worth attending; Installation at Old Boltonians 5814. Rare given the location in the great hall at Bolton School, and also the fact it is held on a Saturday. WBro W A Jay (Senior) was Installed by WBro W A...
Raising Ceremony at Earl of Lathom Lodge
Last night I attended, as a guest of the Deputy District Chairman, WBro Malcolm Ashton JP, PProvDepGDC, the Earl of Lathom Lodge No. 2560, who were raising Bro Christopher J Boardman. What an evening! Bro Boardman will not realise this yet but last night he was...
Antiquity 146 Installation
Another day, another superbly attended Installation! They come thick and fast this time of year. The Brethen and visitors to Antiquity Lodge 146 saw first time Worshipful Master Jason Bond installed in the Chair. An excellent night was had by all including the...
Salford Masonic Fellowship New Year Lunch
The Annual Salford Masonic Fellowship New ‘Year Lunch’ was graced by the presence of its Patrons, Malcolm and Norma Worsley, President, Assistant Provincial Grand Master, Chad Northcott (accompanied by one of his daughters, Jessica) and many long-term members and...