Worshipful Brother Gerald Lee presents Worshipful Brother Pat Todd with a cheque for £500 to go towards supporting the Masonic Fishing Charity. “The Masonic Fishing Charity’s aim is to bring an interactive fishing and countryside experience to people with special needs”. It achieves this by running fishing events, both coarse and fly and inviting participants …
Worshipful Master, W Bro Ian Gilmour (R) and Lodge Charity Steward, W Bro Revd Grahame Whittlesea (C), accompanying W Bro Tony Eldridge (L) who proposed a donation of £1000 to Cardiac Risk in the Young, seconded by Bro David Ball, in memory of Tonbridge Angels U-18 Footballer, Jack Maddams who died in his sleep, aged 17, and much respected …
For the first time in recent years the United Industrious Lodge 31 celebrated the Scottish poet Robert Burns in glorious style. The menu of Scotch Broth soup, followed by Haggis, neeps and tats, then in a break from tradition – a full roast beef course, then dessert, biscuits and cheese and coffee. The speeches were …
Brother Rupert E. Everitt 1875 – 1917 Killed by a shell splinter at Poperinghe On the wall of the temple is marble plaque to remember those Masons from Canterbury who gave their lives in the Great War. One of these is Brother Rupert E. Everitt who was Inner Guard in the Lodge when he was …
The 4th October saw the installation of Brother Ian Gilmour into the chair of King Solomon in due and ancient form by WB Adrian Keep. The evening was very well attended and all present witnessed an excellent display by the officier’s and brethren of Lodge 31. Special thanks to WB Adrian Keep for his excellent …
May saw the end of this years season, and a number of brethren went out for for a celebratory meal after the LoR. A great time was had by all!!
In May the Association of Atholl Lodges helped to organise an event to celebrate the history of the six Atholl Lodges within in Kent, the Garden of England County. It was hosted by United Industrious Lodge No.31 at the Canterbury Masonic Centre in the heart of the city. The Association were honoured by the presence …
WBro Kenneth Hoare and his partner Nan travelled to London on 25th September and presented a cheque for £1574.40 the monies they had raised during his year as master to Bloodwise, the blood cancer charity. Bloodwise are a UK charity who are researching to stop people dying from blood cancer, they make patients’ lives better, …
During the past year we have been collecting monies for the Ashford based charity ‘Find a Voice’ who support people county wide who suffer from speech and language difficulties. As a result of this fund raising we have been able to provide £1000 towards the purchase of essential aids used by the charity. Find A …
To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the United Grand Lodge of England, Freemasons nominated 300 local charities to receive a share of three million pounds. Depending on the number of votes received, each charity will receive a grant of between £4,000 and £25,000. Thanks to all who voted online to see the full results go …
