Lodges, Chapters & Individuals
The United Grand Lodge of England currently has around 200,000 members meeting in over 7,000 Lodges.
Life-changing lessons Crossing five thousand miles and overcoming huge communication barriers, two Freemasons set up an inspirational school in Zambia. Ellie Fazan reports on their astonishing story When teachers Tony Foster and Adam Williams took…
Charity wheelbarrow push to the top of Mount Snowdon in aid of the National Autistic Society On the 18th August 2012 two brethren of Silurian Lodge No. 471 in the Province of Monmouthshire completed a…
Norman was born in Heaton, Newcastle 6th March 1920, the son of a butcher, an only child and Lewis. At the age of 15 having passed the necessary entrance examination, Norman left school to start…
Kerry Hutchinson, a member of Mitre Lodge of York, No. 7321, is once more on a 6-month tour of duty with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Kerry, a Territorial Army Major in…
After some lean years, the Allied Arts Lodge is now regrouping with a diverse membership. Tim Arnold explains how his lodge has survived by embracing the fundamental tenets of Freemasonry Started just after the Second…
The special Bicentennial Convocation of the Chapter of St John, No. 327, which meets at Wigton, Province of Cumberland and Westmorland, was attended by the Second Grand Principal, George Francis, and a deputation from the…
Cherwell Chapter, No. 599, has celebrated its 125th anniversary at Banbury in Oxfordshire, in the presence of Grand Superintendent Stephen Dunning. Provincial Officers were also in attendance for a demonstration of the history and meaning of…
Bucks mason David Peck has been honoured for his essay exploration of the Nazi threat to British Freemasons in World War II, receiving the Norman B Spencer Prize from the world’s pre-eminent masonic research group, Quatuor…
The 2012 Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s NEC was the biggest in its history, with a record visitor attendance of more than 60,000 over the 3 days. For the 7th consecutive year the Masonic Classic…
Grey Friars Lodge, No. 5169, in Colchester, raised £1,000 at its Ladies Festival for the West Mersea Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), continuing the lodge’s long association with the area’s lifeboats. The…
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Making childbirth safer: London lodge helps Multidisciplinary Obstetric and Midwifery Safety
Thursday, 07 March 2013
Lodge Malaya, No. 5213, based at Freemasons’ Hall, London, and with members worldwide, has been fundraising for the MOMS (Multidisciplinary Obstetric and Midwifery Safety) programme, particularly in Africa. MOMS, run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital,…
Saving a piece of history A £500,000 appeal has been launched to save a Victorian church at the centre of Rochdale. St Edmund’s Church has strong masonic associations and has been described as ‘Rochdale’s temple …
Reaching the age of 100 is a significant milestone, but to do so as Master of a lodge makes it an even more memorable event, and Harold Paine of Indefatigable Lodge, No. 237, in the…
Brian Todhunter, a member of Tuscan Oak and Lambert Head Lodge No. 6387, which meets at Pemberton Masonic Hall in Wigan has been invested with the Royal Victorian Order Medal. Brian played a significant part…
