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Broken Column Lunch 2023 – Manchester Hall
The Annual Broken Column Lunch for the Manchester Masons Widows was held on Sunday, the 16th of April 2023, at Manchester Hall. The Broken Column is an annual event celebrated with past brothers' widows. It was a pleasant and enjoyable day allowing Manchester Masons...
Manchester Masons prepare to take to the skies again for Charity Zipwire 2023
In May 2023, there will be almost fifty masons & non-masons who had heard about a charity event that involved zip-lining across a vast quarry in North Wales, and they decided to sign up for the challenge all in the name of charity. These participants came from all...
Manchester Masons Prepare for an Exciting Event.
With approximately two hundred thousand members in England, Freemasons who have gone through the rituals of each degree with rolled-up trousers legs, secret handshakes, and beautiful and profound systems of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, it's...
Manchester Mason Celebrates 50 Years! Dudley Bostock
On Thursday, the 6th of March 2023, Albatross Lodge `NO.6164 celebrated 50 years in Freemasonry for Dudley Bostock. Jim Hilton took the chair for the evening and opened the Lodge in due form. Following a report, Lee Grindley, Provincial Deputy Grand Director of...
Broken Column Dinner – Sunday 16th April
The Broken Colum Dinner is a day for celebrating all the remarkable women in our lives, especially the widows of our passed Brothers; it is a fantastic day of fellowship and tribute. It is open to all Manchester Masons, and it is encouraged that your lodge invites all...
Posthumous Celebration of 50 Years in Freemasonry for Manchester Mason Allan Cooke!
The meeting of Dormer St Margaret's Lodge number 5588 on the 17th of March 2023 was an extra special celebration, as it was to mark the 50th anniversary of Allan Cooke. The evening was initially planned for last year, but unfortunately, Allan became ill the week of...
City East Area Representatives Meeting – 22nd March @ 6.45pm
Manchester Mason Receives a Special Visitor.
On Wednesday, the 24th of February 2023, the members of Townley Parker Lodge No.1083 were treated to a special visit by the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, WBro. Robert Ian Frankl, who was accompanied by a provincial deputation. The Provincial Grand Master...
A Special night in Manchester for a Manchester Mason Michael Bernstein 50th Celebration
It was an exceptional night at a very well-attended Ark Scroll Lodge for Wbro Michael Bernstein; he had managed to attain his fifty years of service milestone in craft freemasonry, a very prestigious achievement. After the Lodge was opened and the minutes confirmed,...
Manchester Mason Celebrates 50 Years! Henry Roy Wilson
On Thursday, 2nd of February 2023, Albatross Lodge `NO.6164 celebrated 50 years in Freemasonry for WBro. Henry Roy Wilson PProvSGW. WBro Hilton took the chair for the evening and opened the Lodge in due form. Following a report, WBro Lee Grindley, Provincial Deputy...
City West Support for the Salford Foodbank
Salford foodbank was founded in 2012 and is dedicated to working towards minimising hunger in the area. City West Freemasons, with support from the Salford Ladies committee and the Hemsley Hall Catering team, have been supporting the foodbank for the past few years....
City West donation to Salford Women’s Aid
As part of the City West Area's ongoing support for Salford Women's Aid Ian Macneill, City West Area Charity Steward, met Dawn Renshaw at Salford Masonic Hall to present a cheque for 1306.00. This was made up of 653.00 from East Lancashire Masonic Charity and 653.00...
A 30th Celebration at Droylsden Lodge
On Saturday,17th December 2022, Droylsden Lodge 3282 celebrated the 30th anniversary in Freemasonry of WBro Stuart Butterworth PPDGDC, who was Initiated into Freemasonry in Droylsden Lodge on 14th December 1992. The Lodge was opened in due form by Worshipful Master...
Manchester Mason Celebrates 50 Years! James A Strudwick
The meeting of Robert Burns Lodge No 999, on Monday 19th of December 2022, marked the 50th Anniversary in Freemasonry for WBro James A Strudwick PProvGSuptWks. WBro Strudwick took the chair for the evening and opened the lodge in due form. Following a report, WBro Lee...
Salford Chapter Room dedication 12th December 2022
The 12th of December saw a unique event in the Royal Arch Province of East Lancashire. The dedication of the new Chapter room at Salford Masonic Hall was an important moment for City West Royal Arch Chapters. When Epworth Chapter 9321 became Internet Chapter and...
Manchester Mason Celebrates 50 Years! Derek Bryant
On Thursday, 1st December 2022, Albatross Lodge `NO.6164 celebrated 50 years in Freemasonry for WBro. Derek Bryant. The Lodge was opened in due form, and the Worshipful Master, WBro Dudley Bostock was delighted to receive the Assistant Provincial Grand Master and his...
Manchester Mason Celebrates 50 Years! The Rt. Reverend John Snape
It was the meeting of St. Georges Lodge Number1170 on the 21st of November 2022 at Manchester Hall. The night was all about one of Manchester Masonry's most enduring characters, the Rt. Reverend John Snape, WBro. Snape is a fourth-generation Freemason, so the evening...
Festival Feast at Salford
Come and join the Festivities at the Salford Masonic Hall; tickets are just 34 per person and it will be a fantastic evening, please print off the booking form below.