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TLC Bears Help out in Court
Margaret Matthews is a volunteer with the Manchester Court's Witness Support Service, who contacted Manchester Masons earlier this year to request a donation of TLC Bears to offer to children to comfort them when called to give evidence in, often harrowing court...
Celebrating 50 years in Freemasonry with WBro Steven Forster PAGDC
The meeting of Column Lodge No 5813, on Monday 25 April 2022, marked the 50th Anniversary in Freemasonry for WBro Steven Forster, Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies. The Lodge was opened by the Worshipful Master, WBro David Cowan, and he offered the gavel of...
Celebrating 50 years in Freemasonry with WBro Eric Cropper
On Thursday 21 April 2022, Townley Parker Lodge No 1083 marked the celebration of 50 years in Freemasonry for its longest-serving member, WBro Eric Cropper. The Lodge was opened by the Worshipful Master, WBro Paul Yates, and following a report WBro Philip Collier,...
Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
There have been many street parties thrown in honour of Her Majesty the Queens' Platinum Jubilee, however, there was one certainly not to be missed this weekend at Hewlett Court - the residential home supported by the East Lancashire Masonic Charity. The weather may...
Lastest Press Release from UGLE: Three Friends become PGM’s
The 29 March 2022 was a special day even in the 300-year history of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the umbrella organisation for Freemasons in England and Wales. It marked the day when Robert Frankl, became the head of the Freemasons of East Lancashire,...
Broken Column Dinner returns to Manchester Hall
Manchester Masons hosted the Annual Broken Column Lunch for Widows of Masons on Sunday, 3rd April 2022, at Manchester Hall; it was great to see everyone again after a two-year-long break due to the pandemic. The Broken Colum Dinner is a day for celebrating all...
Manchester Masons take much needed aid to Ukraine
On Monday 7th March 2022 Two Brethren from Shakspere 1009 left the UK and headed to Ukraine with a van packed with over one tonne of urgently needed food, hygiene and medical supplies for displaced Ukrainian nationals escaping into Slovakia. Working with the...
Sixty Magnificent Years for Manchester Mason WBro.George Davis
It was a memorable occasion for one Manchester Mason as St. Thomas Lodge Number no. 992 met at Manchester Hall on the 2nd March. The evening was a celebration of the career of an exceptional Brother who has enjoyed 60 years of membership in Freemasonry, WBro. George...
Felicity Lodge host a great Charity Family Christmas Party
Go back to 19th December 2021, Radcliffe Football Club there was a legendary party organised by members of Felicity Lodge Number 4365 who are based at Manchester Hall, it was an evening not to forget as the people who attended and donated raised over 1470 for Kidscan...
March 23rd Thomas Telford: Operative & Speculative Freemason
On the 23rd March 2022 at 6.30 pm there will be a talk hosted by the esteemed MANCHESTER ASSOCIATION FOR MASONIC RESEARCH to be held at Stanley House, Audenshaw. The talk will be given by WBRO THOMAS ALAN HOWLS PPrSGW (Shrops) and proves to be a fascinating insight to...
Manchester Masons Give Thumbs Up to the 2026 Festival Appeal!
On November the 30th Charity Stewards from Manchester Lodges braved the weather and attended a 2026 Festival Launch Seminar at Manchester Hall. The seminar was hosted by the District Charity Representatives for the Sykes and Derby Districts, WBro. Stephen Thomson and...
Manchester Masons Unite to Assist Portico Lodge 6070
The fourth Thursday in November is the Installation evening for Portico Lodge No. 6070. That time in every Lodge’s year where the WM and his Officers are Installed and Invested. Only this year there was one slight difference, due to illness and travel issues only...
MCF gives Talbot House 15,000 grant
Talbot House has been supporting the families of people with learning disabilities in Manchester since 1976. It started as a playscheme organised by four parents of children with complex needs, and despite some initial setbacks when applying for funding they gained...
Manchester Masons Bid a Fond Farewell at The District Representatives Meeting.
Over thirty Manchester Lodge and Chapter members recently attended Manchester Hall for the first District Representatives Meeting since lockdown. Derby District Chairman, WBro Paul O’Carroll, chaired the meeting, and the Brethren and Companions were fully informed...
Cornucopia Lodge begins its Masonic season in style.
The pandemic forced the closedown of all Masonic meetings in Manchester, however, once the restrictions were lifted Cornucopia Lodge, Number 4553 based at Manchester Hall opened their Masonic season in style by installing Bro. Darren Fletcher as its newest Worshipful...
Wythenshawe homelessness charity receives 12,500 boost from Masonic Charity
Local charity Emmaus South Manchester has received £12,500 from Manchester Masons to help establish a new community to support homeless people. The £12,500 grant from Manchester Masons was awarded by the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), one of the largest...
50 Glorious years for WBro Bernard Armitage
At Manchester Hall on the 13th of October, it was a memorable occasion for St Thomas Lodge Number 992. It was not just any regular meeting, it was a celebration for a very special Brother who has enjoyed 50 years membership of Freemasonry. A brother who during his...
50th Celebration WBro Melvyn Baxter Hill, PJGD
Header Picture:WM, Bro David Bamford; WBro Mark Davis; WBro Mel Hill & WBro Stan Bibby When the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro Mark Davis, asked his District Officers to accompany him to North Wales on Saturday 16 October 2021; they would have been...