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AN EPIC DELIVERY – LONDON MASONS DELIVER 37 600 FACE VISORS
W Bro Tony Shepherd SLGR MetDepGDC describes this epic delivery. Back in the middle of April 2020, barely a month into the Masonic Suspension and the nationwide social Lockdown, a time when the Thursday Evening 8pm Clap for NHS Workers was the highlight of our collective week, Phase One of the joint UGLE / MCF […]
FUNNY WHAT PARKS OUT FRONT!
Pictured is one of the London Fire Brigade response vehicles donated by Metropolitan Grand Lodge. When a London Fire Brigade Divisional Officer recently asked permission to stable his response vehicle in the car park at his local North Acton parish church, he knew he was speaking to the Vicar, but was unaware that he was […]
THE MEN AT THE TOP – WBro J R SOPER – PSGD Metropolitan Grand Inspector
W Bro David Pugsley SLGR interviews “Oui” is French for “yes”, as readers will know. For our Metropolitan Grand Inspector, W Bro Julian Soper PSGD this, he tells me, was about the limit of his French when his boss asked him whether he spoke the language. Fortunately, he is a fast learner as the response […]
THE MEN AT THE TOP – W Bro Robert Lakic – MetGInsp PJGD
W Bro Simon Bennett LGR MetAGSwdB interviews W Bro Robert Lakic grew up in Shepherd s Bush, London after his parents arrived in the United Kingdom after the Second World War. Both of Robert s parents are Serbian but originated from an area that is now part of Croatia. His father was seriously wounded fighting […]
10000 Meals and Counting – Action for vulnerable people in Ealing and Acton
W Bro Omaid Hiwaizi SLGR reports The initiative backed by Dr Rupa Huq MP, Local MP for Ealing Central and Acton, promising 800 free hot meals a week provided by London Masons during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has now passed 10,000 free meals for vulnerable people in West London. The meals have been delivered to […]
Restarting – An Inspectors eye view
W Bro John Shulman PSGD MetGInsp gives us an ‘Inspector’s eye view’ With some trepidation, I approached Freemason’s Hall around 4.15 pm on 1st September. This was the restart of Freemasonry; one of the first meetings since March. Would the plans put in place be effective? Would anyone turn up? How nervous would everyone be? […]
Lockdown Lowdown
W Bro David Varney SLGR explains how he has got involved Having retired from the Metropolitan Police in 2019, my new career as an artist was coming on nicely and I had begun to see regular sales of my artwork. But when Covid struck and with time on hands, I looked at how I could […]
Museum of Freemasonry – The good from the bad
by Barry Hughes, Marketing and Communications Manager In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Museum along with Freemasons’ Hall closed its doors to the public in mid-March. It was a sad day to close, shortly after the start of the year, when so many plans had yet to be realised. The decision was not taken […]
The Masonic Craft Beer Society Celebrating the other craft
By W Bro Neil Thomas Allen It was like creating a door that was already open. Many Freemasons enjoy a drink together before, during and after a festive board; but when Freemasonry was suspended, and the country was put into lockdown, that act of fraternal good cheer could no longer happen in person. That was […]
A Journey From Scottish Masonry
Bro Ewan Notman PM gives an insight into the Craft north of the border I came across ‘Freemasons Without Borders’ through Facebook and have enjoyed listening to the talks each week but nothing on Scottish Freemasonry! I thought that I may be able to shed some light in that direction, so I gave a talk […]
Charity Update – London Freemasons support the Wimbledon Guild during lockdown
W Bro John Little SLGR finds out more A donation of £4,000 from the London Freemasons’ Charity is being used during the Coronavirus pandemic to assist the work of the Wimbledon Guild, a local charity supporting people in the London Borough of Merton. The donation arrived just as the COVID -19 outbreak started and was […]