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Lodge News Archive 2005
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Installation
of New Master |
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On Friday 14th
October 2005 we installed our 86th Worshipful Master. At a very
enjoyable ceremony we were graced with over 30 guests including
visitors from
Lodge of Three Graces No.
408, Prince of
Wales Lodge No. 1648 and fraternal visits from Benevolence Lodge No.
5612 Pudsey and Lascelles Lodge No. 4796 Wetherby both in the
Province of Yorkshire, West
Riding.
W. Bro. Philip Johnson also received fraternal greeting
from W. Bro. Bernard. J Goulding, Jr. Worshipful Master of
Dalhousie Lodge
under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts of which our master is also a member.
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
November 2005
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Lodge Weekend |
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The Worshipful
Master ran an excellent Lodge Weekend Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th June
at Lytham St. Annes, on the Fylde Coast, Lancashire. It was well
supported by approximately 30 lodge members, guests and their
ladies. We stayed at the
Chadwick Hotel, which is popular with many West Yorkshire Lodges
who use it as a regular venue for their annual weekends. It's easy
to see why, the food and accommodation were first class, and the
staff were helpful and cautious, in fact nothing was too much
trouble. This was our first visit but I feel sure it won't be the
last!
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
June 2005
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Least We
Forget! |
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We've heard lots
about V.E-Day during this month and remembered the brave men and
women who selflessly answered the call of King and County during
those dark days between 1939 - 45.
This month I have had the
pleasure of accompanying one of our Senior Past Masters on a couple
of Masonic visits, one to St. Peters Chapter in Cleethorpes and the
other to the Lodges of Charity meeting described below. During the
course of both festive boards I sat with W. Bro. F Matthews PPJGW
and discovered he started his naval career in minesweepers at
Grimsby close to our first visit and at the subsequent Lodges of
Charity meeting I was keen to question him further regarding his
wartime experiences. He told me he was a member of
Harry Tate's Navy
or Churchill's Pirates, better known as The Royal Naval Patrol
Service, and the rest is history. Please read it for yourselves,
in his
words.
On Saturday May
7th 2005 the Bradford Telegraph & Argus published a V.E-Day Memories
Supplement, in which our Senior Past Master in attendance was
featured. W. Bro. R Thurston PPJGW a navigator on Halifax bombers
was shot down in 1943 on a raid over Berlin, he spent the remainder
of World War II as a prisoner of war incarcerated in Stalag IVB,
near Mulberg. He was eventually liberated by the Americans but had
some hair raising experiences after being initially liberated by the
Russians who told him and all the POW's of the camp to make there
own way to Reisa, approximately 25 miles to the south, where
transport would take him to the American lines. He became caught up
in the closing stages of the war where the Russians were fighting
remaining pockets of German resistance on the east bank of the River
Elbe and the Americans were doing the same on the west bank.
A third Senior
Past Master of the Lodge W. Bro. R Singleton MBE PPJGW was a member
of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and flew Fairey Swordfish torpedo
bombers.
We owe a debt of
gratitude the these brethren and many like them.
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
May 2005
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17th Annual
Meeting of the Lodges of Charity |
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Congratulations
to the Lodge of Charity No. 2651 Warrington for a well organised and
extremely successful meeting. The 17th Meeting was well attended by
over 90 brethren from the Lodges of Charity. In addition ourselves
there were representatives from the
Salopian Lodge of
Charity No. 117 Shrewsbury, Lodge of Charity No. 223 Plymouth,
Lodge of Charity No. 350 Farnworth, Lodge of Hope and Charity No.
377 Kidderminster, Lodge of Charity No. 1551 Edgbaston, Lodge of
Charity No. 2651 Warrington, Lodge of Charity No. 3342 Rochdale,
Charity Centenary Lodge No 3786 Farnworth, Lodge of Faith, Hope and
Charity No. 4102 Barnoldswick, Lodge of Charity No. 4431 London,
Lodge of Charity No. 8769 West Bridgford, Lodge of Charity No. 9091
Brightlingsea and 14 members who had flown in from the Belfast
Charity Lodge No. 688 (Irish Constitution). There were also brethren
in attendance from the Royal Arch Chapter of Charity No. 187 Bristol.
Discussions are taking place to introduce a similar meeting of Royal Arch
Chapters.
The meeting, a
lecture from a practicing stone mason at
Liverpool's Anglican
Cathedral was both entertaining and interesting. We were treated
to some real Lancashire fare "Bury Black Pudding", at an excellent
festive board. The Assistant Provincial Grand Master for the
Province of West Lancashire, W. Bro. Alf Roughsedge PSGD, observed
the Lodges of Charity Meeting as "Freemasons at their best".
Next year's
meeting will be held in Belfast on Saturday 6th May 2006. Book your
flights now!
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
May 2005
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Visit to a
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On the Thursday
21st April 2005 I was privileged to visit Lodge Balgonie No. 747 in
the Kingdom of Fife, on the roll of
The Grand Lodge of
Scotland. I travelled to Scotland with two great friends W.Bro.
John Cook P.P.G.Supt.Wks. (Notts), Lodge Balgonie is his Mother
Lodge and W. Bro. Ken Hudson P.P.G.Sw.B. We were treat to an
excellent Mark Ceremony (incidentally we are all Mark Master Masons,
members of Bronte Lodge of MMM No. 535). Craft and Mark degrees are
much closer connected in Scotland than in England, all Scottish
Craft Lodges work the Mark Degree once a year to Advance their
candidates and those from other Lodges. Following the meeting we
were made to feel very welcome and were well looked after by the
brethren of the Lodge, and I must say I have new drunk as much
whisky in my life!!! In fact I seem to have developed rather a taste
for Scottish Grain Whisky, Cameron Brig a most enjoyable smooth
whisky. Local supplies are available from
The Wright Wine and Whisky
Company, Skipton, North Yorkshire.
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
April 2005
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Initiations on
Consecutive Months |
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For the first
time in a number of years the lodge initiated two candidates on
consecutive months. On Friday 11th March
2005 we initiated a Lewis, Bro. Graham W.A. Cooper, my son. I had
great pleasure in being invited to take part in the ceremony as
Junior Deacon and was able to guide my son around the Lodge. The
evening was most enjoyable and the moving Father to Son charge
caused a few tears to be shed and a number of lumps in throats!
Click here to download a pdf copy.
We had visitors
from, the Lodge of Benevolence No. 226 Rochdale in the
Province of East
Lancashire, Prince of
Wales Lodge No. 1648, Facula Lodge No. 4825 and fraternal visits from
the
Lodge of Three Graces No.
408, Priory Lodge No. 4671 and Lascelles Lodge No. 4796.
At the festive board a Past Master from Lodge of Benevolence
responded on behalf of the visitors with an excellent rendition of
"The Lamb Skin". Click here to
download a pdf copy.
The following
month Friday 8th April 2005 Bro. Andrew D. Johnson was initiated. There
were fraternal visits from
Lodge of Old Clee No. 8697 Cleethorpes in the Province of
Lincolnshire and the Lodge of Felicity No. 6001
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
April 2005
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Ladies Evening |
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The Lodge ran a
successful Ladies Evening on Friday 18th March 2005. It was well
supported by approximately 50 lodge members, guests and their
ladies. An enjoyable formal five-course dinner was followed by
entertainment provided by "Two Steps Forward" and a most resourceful
young magician Anthony Heaton.
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
March 2005
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Notification
of 17th Annual Meeting of the Lodges of Charity |
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We have recently
received notice that the next annual meeting is to be held on
Saturday 7th May 2005. It will be hosted by The Lodge of Charity No.
2651, Warrington in the
Province of West
Lancashire. The meeting will be honoured by the presence of two
eminent West Lancashire freemasons, W Bro A Roughsedge PSGD Ass. Pr
G M and W Bro H D Rudd PSGD Ass. Pr GM. The main business of the
meeting will be to receive a lecture about a brothers 25 years
experience as Stone Mason at Liverpool Cathedral. The meeting will
start at 4.00pm and the cost will be £17.50.
I understand from their Lodge
Secretary that the Belfast and Birmingham Brethren have already
booked into a nearby Hotel which is about half a mile from the
Masonic Hall.
Lodge Webmaster
Bro. G.A Cooper
March 2005
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New Pages
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This month I have
added a couple of new pages to the site. The first is really in
honour of our new Worshipful Master who takes great joy in telling
jokes, particularly Masonic themed ones at our festive boards. It
seems such a shame for them to lost forever! So I decided to share
them with other brethren who surf this site. Enjoy! It would seem
our Master has found the same sources as my Masonic jokes!
Second, although
still under construction I have been planning to collate and write a
brief history of the Lodge of Charity No. 4105 for some while. I
thought if I published it under construction I would be better
motivated to finish the project. Here goes, I hope the sentiment
works.
Lodge Webmaster
January 2005
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