Last night at Middleton Masonic Hall saw the 3 Mark Lodges based there holding a joint Open Evening.
In attendance was the PGM RWBro Alexander Sillars McLaren together with his Deputy VWBro John Hartley Smith and Assistant WBro Gerald Noel Howard Young.… Read more “Friendship Mark 1459/Faith Mark 20/Middleton Mark 1303 – Open Evening”
Latest winners of the £20 prize are WBros:
Ron Wadeson – Turton RAM 1300
John Welsby – F.W.Broadbent RAM 1132
Colin Bodimeade = Manchester Keystone 745
Peter Faulkner – Friendship 1459
Eddie Barton – Union 171
Bernard Percy – Fabric 939
Tony Cleworth – Temperance 56
Congratulations to all and good luck to all other entrants in the main draw next May !… Read more “Double Chance Draw Winners”
After fourteen years of excellent service, Dennis Scowcroft has decided to retire from the Canon’s Close Managements Committee as Site Manager. It was impossible to persuade, blackmail or tempt him in any way to continue.
Dennis will be a big loss to the Committee since he brought such knowledge and expertise to the job.… Read more “Canon’s Close – Change of Site Manager.”
William Romaine Callender Lodge No.136 had yet another Advancement at our meeting on Tues 2nd October at Bury Masonic Hall.
This year we have been lucky as this was No.3. Sadly our WM was not in attendance due to a family issue, but our faithful DC, WBro Tony Cleworth ProvGStB stepped in and the Ceremony went without a hitch.… Read more “W.R.Callender 136 hit Hat-Trick !”
It’s now 4 years since I launched this initiative by selling off the old Craft 2015 Festival Ties, the original idea was to raise a couple of hundred quid for the Mark 2021 Festival.
It therefore gives me great pleasure to say a massive –
for all the support I’ve had since then from throughout the Province.… Read more “Regalia Sales now £30000 !”
Forty six members’ wives and friends spent a wonderful weekend at the Clifton Park Hotel.
Having a lazy lunch on Friday and spending the afternoon chilling out we had dinner at 7pm.
followed by entertainment and dancing.
It was a special occasion for two of our ladies Mrs Audrey Fair who was celebrating her 89th birthday and Mrs Elsie Whiteside (life & soul of the party) celebrating her 96th birthday.… Read more “Quatuor Legati Mark Lodge (QL) 1165 – Our Weekend In St Anne’s”
After a 33 hour walk East Lancs Mark Mason John Cavanagh completed his mammoth 101 ml Around the former walled in City of West Berlin along the former route of the Berlin Wall. John was accompanied along the way by Graham Rawlinson and for 3 days by Paul Waring & Chris Bolton and they all passed under the Brandenburg Gate still walking at a hearty pace.… Read more “Berlin Wall Walk”