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Victorian parade
I read the April issue of MQ with great
interest, particularly the article by Professor
Andrew Prescott on researching
Freemasonry on the internet.
He illustrated a photograph obtained from
the internet of the parade of Freemasons of
Welshpool Lodge No. 998 on the occasion
of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Parade
in Welshpool in 1897.
On that occasion, the Volume of the
Sacred Law and the working tools were
carried on a trestle or platform by four
Lewises, two of whom later became
members of Welshpool Lodge – Brothers
S.A. Stanley and O G Davies. W. Bro. O
Gilbert Davies was to become Provincial
Grand Registrar of North Wales, and later
a PAGDC in the Grand Lodge of England.
These Brothers presented a large framed
enlargement of the photograph published
in MQ. to the Lodge, and this is displayed in
the Lodge together with the trestle carried
by the Lewises on that occasion.
R.W. Mander,
Welshpool
Masonic hall marriage
On Saturday 25 June 2005, the Masonic Hall
at Rugby was the venue for the marriage
of Andrew Clarke and Rachel Hughes, the
first time that a wedding ceremony had
taken place there since the premises became
licensed for the purpose by the local
authority. The happy couple and their
families and friends also enjoyed the
wedding reception at the Hall.
Rodney Pitham,
Information Officer,
Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire
Flanders memories
In MQ, Issue No 13, my attention was
drawn to a letter from Bros. Bulloch and
Paterson regarding an intended tour of
the Flanders region, visiting the 1914-1918
battlefields and British war cemeteries.
I was fortunate to join them with a number
of other brethren.
It was a most memorable experience, the
days being spent in reverent remembrance
visiting British and German war cemeteries
and places of notable actions. Every request
to visit a particular cemetery or place of
action was done.
The knowledge of Bros Bulloch and
Paterson, and their imparting of it, was
superb, proving how well they knew their
subject. The highlights were the Last Post
ceremony at the Menin Gate and the short
service of remembrance held on the Sunday
in a lonely cemetery, with the pipe music
of Bro Paterson in the background.
The comradeship engendered by the
brethren, as diverse as the 91-year-old
brother from the Hebrides and the retired
Lt.-Col., late Coldstream Guards, made the
evening reminiscent of a good regimental
or RAF mess.
Thank you again, Bros Bullock and
Paterson, and MQ for drawing my attention
to the event.
H G Hulme,
Glossop, Derbyshire
Sale of painting
Further to the information contained in
MQ, Issue No. 14 on the subject of the non-
Masonic painting sold for £2.6 million,
might the Craft be informed of the title
and artist.
It would also be useful to have some idea
of how the Craft came to own it, perhaps
a reproduction of the picture so that we
can see what we are missing, and a further
exposition why we cannot use the proceeds
of the sale to fend off a potentially severe
financial crisis in the funding of our
Headquarters.
R C Blakemore,
Huntley, Gloucestershire
Ballots misunderstanding
Further to the letter from Brian Dobson
(MQ, Issue No. 14) on the taking of
conjoint ballots. When I became a Lodge
secretary I bought a very good book called
The Lodge Secretary by Charles J. Carter
(Lewis Masonic) and have used this on
many occasions to qualify situations that
have arisen.
In this excellent volume there is a section
on ballots including a ‘quick reference’
entitled “Ballots for Initiates, Joining and
Honorary Members.”
There is a frequently considerable
misunderstanding on the taking of a
conjoint ballot, i.e., holding two or three
ballots at the same time. The following
explanation may assist those who are unsure
of the correct procedure to adopt.
Grand Lodge recognises ONLY
candidates – not, as you might perhaps
imagine, candidates for Initiation, Joining
and Honorary Membership. It is therefore
quite in order to for a ballot covering any
variation of the above mentioned groupings
to be carried out in one ballot. Should
there prove to be a negative vote then
it is mandatory for individual ballots to
be undertaken.
I have used this approach myself when
we had two Initiates and a Joining member.
James J. Hipperson,
Tatsfield, Surrey
Motorcyle Lodge finds its Mark
As one of the Founders of the Lodge of
Chevaliers de Fer (The first Motorcyclist
Lodge (Hampshire and IoW), I was very
interested to read the article (MQ, Issue
No. 14) on the Graham Milton Lodge.
We have already established links,
enabling us to enjoy our common interests
of Freemasonry and motorcycling. Both
Lodges have enjoyed unrivalled success and
support and because of this, we have decided
to form a Mark Master Masons Lodge, based
on the same specialist interest.
We have a number of Mark Masons who
have expressed an interest in becoming
Founders and five Candidates wishing to be
Advanced following Consecration.
Members of both Chevaliers de Fer and
Graham Milton Lodge will be Founders, in
addition to other motorcycling Brethren in
different parts of the country.
The support of the Province of Leicester
and Rutland has been invaluable and this
will be our sponsor Province. To date, we
have circulated information to the UK
Masons List, Chevaliers de Fer and Graham
Milton Lodge but we are very conscious that
there may be others who have not heard of
our proposal.
If any reader has an interest in the Mark
Degree and in motorcycling in any form,
I would be pleased to hear from them, as
it looks like I’ve been volunteered as
Founding Secretary!
John R Morris,
The Firs, Bramhall Lane South, Bramhall,
Stockport, Cheshire SK7 3AA. T: 0161 440
7776/07774 957342. Email: john@morris.net
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