Freemasons have funded a valuable ‘cuddle bed’ for Winchester’s new hospice – allowing loved ones to spend precious moments closer together. Burrell House, in the grounds of the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, was converted into Winchester Hospice and opened in September following the success of a £4.4million community-backed fundraising campaign. The hospice has 10 cuddle […]

The Freemasons have signed the Armed Forces Covenant during a ceremony at Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden, London, led by His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent. It was particularly welcome in Hampshire and Isle of Wight which has a number of military lodges and many members and former members of the military. And the […]

A pair of Freemasons have raised more than £1,500 for charity by cycling around Lymington – on a door. Joe Traykov and Andy Wort spent three months combining and an old tandem and an internal door to create the unique machine. The plucky pedallers, who belong to the New Forest Lodge that meets in the […]

Freemasons across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight swung behind the inaugural NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day by displaying banners at their centres. The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the governing body for Freemasons, invited its 200,000 members to fly the specially designed flags at 10am on 5 July. The day is […]

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Appointments and Promotions to Grand Rank 2020 FIRST APPOINTMENTS Name Rank Gordon BRAKEWELL PAGDC Raymond John TURNER PAGDC Christopher Ross HARPER PAGSwdB Stephen BREWSTER PAGSuptWks Kevin Paul TURNER PAGSuptWks Colin Michael WICKS PGStB PROMOTIONS Name From To Peter Gordon VOSSER PSGD DepGSuptWks Graham Peter ELLIS PJGD PGSwdB Craig Allen COX PAGDC PSGD David Frederick COOMBES […]

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