Craft News
- Written by: Simon Key
The meeting of Old Kimboltonians' Lodge No. 7204 held on Friday the 18th of May 2018 was a special one for Peterborough's Senior Group Officer, WBro Bob Beeton PJGD, who was presented with a Golden Jubilee Certificate by the Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Max Bayes, to mark his 50-years in Freemasonry.
WBro Bob Beeton PJGD being presented with his Golden Jubilee Certificate by the PGM, RWBro Max Bayes
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The event, which was held the day after the annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, was made even more special by the presence of a substantial number of distinguished brethren including the newly appointed Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro Luigi Orsi; the existing APGM, WBro David Burton; and the PPGM, DepPGM and PDepPGM of Hertfordshire
- Written by: Gerry Crawford
In a 14-day "Lift for LIfelites" challenge taking place in May and June of 2018, Lifelites CEO, Simone Enefer-Doy, travelled to every Province in England and Wales to publicise the charity and the support it receives from Freemasons. She aimed to raise both the proifile of Lifelites and £50,000.
On the morning of Wednesday the 6th of June, Simone arrived at the iconic Silverstone Circuit in our Province in a Dodge Charger (sporting a 7.2 litre engine) accompanied by the Province of Bedfordshire's PGM, RWBro Tony Henderson, and Dean O’Connell.
WBro Dermot Bambridge was on hand to drive Simone around the circuit in his Jaguar XK120 sports car.
- Written by: Simon Key
On Monday the 4th of June 2018, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, WBro Charles Bennett, was pleased to visit Devonshire Court together with WBro Mark Constant (Group Officer and co-opted RMBI Trustee), WBro David Watson (Provincial Grand Treasurer and MCF Trustee), and WBro Malcolm Waldie (Master of Perseverance Lodge No. 455).
The purpose of the visit was to present staff and residents with a special ROAM, Side-By-Side, Quad for Two Cycle.
- Written by: John Fergusson
The Province recently enjoyed a very successful annual meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge held on Thursday the 17th of May 2018, and a similarly successful and enjoyable Past Rank Promotions meeting of Three Counties Lodge held the following week on Wednesday the 23rd of May. Both meetings were very well attended by Brethren from across the Province.
Prior to the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting, the Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Max Bayes, was presented with a portrait from WBro Luigi Orsi (Assistant Provincial Grand Master Designate), WBro Michael Branch and Bro Trevor Pywell. For more details, please click here.
At the Provincial Grand Lodge meeting, the PGM took the opportunity to express his gratitude to the outgoing Deputy Provincial Grand Master, VWBro Trevor Boswell, who was standing down