Lodge News Archive 2006

Before leaving our website be sure to look at the new links recently added. On the Grand & Provincial Lodges page I have added a link for Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland and don't forget to look at Other Sites of Masonic Interest page where links for a 2007 Calendar produced by Provincial Grand Stewards of Essex (all proceeds to 2011 Essex Festival) and Craft Masonic music have been added.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper, Junior Warden

November 2006

What a shame! What's a Wardens Supper I hear you ask? Well, in our Lodge it is traditional at some point in the Masonic year for the Senior and Junior Wardens to buy all the brethren of the Lodge supper. Following a Lodge Practice on 27th October we had a most enjoyable supper of homemade steak pie and mushy peas. Don't miss the next one!!!

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper, Junior Warden

October 2006

On Friday 13th October 2006 we installed our 87th Worshipful Master. At a very enjoyable ceremony we were graced with over 20 guests including visitors from Lodge of Three Graces No. 408 and the Prince of Wales Lodge No. 1648 both in the Province of Yorkshire, West Riding.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper, Junior Warden

October 2006

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper

July 2006

The Lodge has organised an open evening for Friday 23rd June 2006 commencing at 7.00 pm. The evening is open to all gentlemen interested in Freemasonry. The format will be a tour of the Lodge Rooms, then a viewing of the excellent video produced by the Province called A View of Freemasonry, followed by a buffet supper. During the course of the evening there will be opportunities to meet Lodge Members and ask any questions. If you are interested in attending please email info@lodgeofcharity4105.org.uk to book a place.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper

June 2006

What a superb weekend! Never to be forgotten!

We were met at the airport on the Saturday morning by their Senior Warden ‘Woody’ who seemed to have ‘commandeered’ a minibus for the weekend, and taken to our hotel, The Holiday Inn.  The actual meeting contained some slight differences to our ritual. For those of you who haven’t ever experienced Irish ritual, there is one difference during the opening which you need to be aware of.  At a certain point, the WM will direct the Deacons to ‘take the word’ from each one present. The Deacons then approach each brother who communicates the word at low voice to the Deacon. The ‘word’ is in fact an entrance phrase.

There followed and excellent Festive Board with traditional Irish Fare and in addition to the usual speeches, we had a quick fire comedian entertain us for 20 minutes.

The following Charity Lodges were represented:  Birmingham (6), Bradford (12), Warrington (8), Bolton (6), Kidderminster (6) and Nottingham (5).  Making a total 105 attending and dining. 

Since we were not returning home until Sunday evening a trip along the County Antrim Coastline and a guided tour of the famous Bushmills distillery was arranged, together with a stop for a couple of Guinness's!

Many thanks to the Charity Lodge No. 688, Belfast who were superb hosts.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper

June 2006

This month I have made a few changes to the website. Firstly I have changed the Guestbook to one managed by Bravenet, the main reason being it allows up to 2000 guests before archiving the previous archived after ninety days. Next I have added an area restricted to members of the Lodge and invited guests, if you require a password please email me at webmaster@lodgeofcharity4105.org.uk. On the Lodges Link page I have added new links to Mark Lodges, if you know of any others please let me know. I have also organised the News Archive a little better, each year having its own page hyper-linked from the bottom of the Archive page.

Lastly I am experimenting with a new calendar page, which looks like a calendar! It will email you reminders of meetings if requested.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper

May 2006

Recently I purchased Satellite Navigate for work purposes. What a great system, a real boys' toy. The system I purchased was TomTom GO. I am very pleased with the system and I have recently discovered how to add and edit your own Points of Interest (POI). To this end I have compiled a list of the majority of Masonic Hall in the Provinces of Yorkshire, West Riding and Yorkshire North and East Riding from the postcodes. The few I have been unable to find are Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury; Cockburn House, Pateley Bridge; Waddington; and Memorial Hall, Linton. If you would like a copy of the ov2 and bmp files to install on your TomTom or PDA TomTom Navigator then click here. If I have missed any or if you have more accurate coordinates for any of the Masonic Halls please email me.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper

January 2006

The annual meeting of the Lodges of Charity will take place on Saturday 6^th May 2006 at 4.00pm at the Provincial Masonic Hall, Rosemary Street, Belfast. Due to Masonic rules and regulations the initial invitation came through the Lodge of Charity No. 1551 Birmingham, a lodge in the English Constitution.

The same day the invitation came 11 brethren booked flights from Leeds Bradford Airport to Belfast International to support this enjoyable annual event.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper

January 2006

The first meeting in 2006 was held on Friday 13th January, we had over sixty guests to witness a very enjoyable raising ceremony. We had visitors from approximately 17 lodges but notably the Prince of Wales Lodge No. 1648, Lodge of Old Clee No. 8697 Scientific Lodge No. 439 and Lodge of the Three Graces No. 408. Regular readers of the "Lodge News" will recognise these lodges as great supporters of the Lodge of Charity.

An excellent meeting was rounded off with an equally excellent Burns Supper where the Haggis was piped into the Festive Board by a piper in full highland dress from the Woodsmoke Lodge No. 9317, Mirfield.

Lodge Webmaster Bro. G.A Cooper

January 2006