Presentation to WBro Alun Davies
On Thursday the 27th of September, District Team Members paid a visit to the Lodge of Remembrance No.3787 to make a surprise presentation to WBro Alun Davies PProvJGW. The Lodge DC WBro Jack Aston PProvGSwdB, was asked to bring WBro Davies to the WM’s pedestal, where...
ELRAPT visit to Lodge of Concord No 323 (Cheshire)
Shown in the photograph: Centre – RWBro Stephen Blank, Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire with, on his right, the WM of Concord – WBro Mike Keightley PProvJGW and APGP. The ELRAPT Team are (From top, clockwise) EComps Russell Pike, David Clayton, Greg Casson,...
Bolton Masonic Hall Church Parade
On Sunday 30th September many members of Bolton District, supported by wives partners & friends enjoyed a Sunday lunch at the hall, following which they formed up outside the hall in full regalia. Click here for a full gallery of images Preceded by the Bolton...
Centenary Meeting of Kershaw Lodge No 3838
The Provincial Delegation led by the RW Provincial Grand Master Tuesday 11th September, 2018, marked the centenary of Kershaw Lodge No 3838. Kershaw Lodge was consecrated at the Parish Church School on Stalybridge Road in Ashton-u-Lyne on Thursday 16th May 1918. It...
Manchester Mason’s Broken Column Dinner 2018
Monday 3 September 2018 saw Manchester District’s Annual Broken Column Dinner held again at Manchester Hall and an opportunity for Manchester’s Lodges & Chapters to host their Masonic Widows at a gala dinner. The evening began with a drinks reception in the...
East Ribble District make a donation to Blackburn Foodbank
Blackburn Foodbank is part of a network of nearly 430 foodbanks that are operated by the Trussell Trust. The aim of the foodbank is to prevent food poverty and hunger in the Blackburn community. Last year Blackburn Foodbank provided 8,642 three day emergency food...
The lodge of Harmony No.298 a 50th Personal Birthday Celebration on Tuesday 5th September for:-
WBro Dr Michael Geoffrey Boden PJGD After the opening of the lodge the RW Prov Grand Master of East Lancashire, Sir David Trippier RN, JP, DL, accompanied by a Provincial and District Deputation was received. Upon taking the gavel Sir David introduced members of the...
Bolton & Manchester Masons donate £1000 to Homeless Aid UK
Over the summer break, on August 11th Bolton & Manchester Freemasons got together in Manchester city centre to raise money for Homeless Aid UK, a local group assisting the homeless in Bolton & Manchester. The idea of a pub crawl, with fines, to extract the...
Teddies for Loving Care (TLC)
East Ribble District recently restocked Royal Blackburn Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department with Teddies for Loving Care, or TLC. Well over a million teddies have now been provided by many Masonic provinces to A & E departments across the country since...
Tameside Young Carers receive a £500 Grant from the ELMC
The photograph shows Stuart Tennant, Ashton & Mossley District Charity Steward, presenting an ELMC Grant of £500 to Mrs Joyce Howarth, the Chair of the Friends of Tameside Young Carers. Joyce, together with Mike Hurst, a Trustee of the Friends, and a member of...
Perfect Timing
In October this year Palatine Chapter will become part of the UGLE Universities Scheme and an amazing coincidence just occurred, the timing of which couldn’t be better. The Chapter was contacted by a Mrs Elisabeth Miles who informed us that she had recently found some...
Southern Area at the Hewlett Court Open Day
A number of members of Southern Area Lodges and Chapters took part in the Open Day at Hewlett Court in July. In the main we manned a very popular Home Made Cake Stall and a small, but beautifully presented Armchair of large TLC Teddy Bears. Our APGM, John Pearson was,...