Lodge Report

Future Work of the Lodge

Past Meetings

23/10/09: Bro. B. Gilbert of Hygeia Lodge No. 2664 gave a lecture entitled "Freemasonry and the Second World War". The lecture was very informative and interesting. Despite its serious nature he still found some amusing anecdotes to lighten it a little. The lecture received a round of applause from all and the WM thanked Bro Gilbert

27/03/09: Bro. D. Mitchell was Passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft

27/02/09: Bro. P. French was raised to the Degree of a Master Mason. The ceremony was carried out by Bro. Bob Bateman with Charge being delivered by Bro. T. Munro and the Working Tools from Bro. M. Martin. Visitors to the Lodge included Brothers R Freeman of Cornubian Lodge No. 450, CR Grindley of Invictus Lodge No. 5187 and R. Colby of Clarendon Lodge No. 1769

23/01/09: The 75th Anniversary Installation meeting turned into a truly "bumper" affair. The guests outnumbered members nearly 2-1 which was fantastic even though quite a few of our non-Dining members were in attendance. It was also a bit of a spectacle as we received W.Bro. P Lewin the Metropolitan Grand Inspector into the Lodge, he also presented (brilliantly) a Master Mason's certificate to Bro. P. Dora. A brief history of the Lodge was presented by Bro. M Martin. The Lodge also voted to make donations to several Charities

28/11/08: A quiet meeting, notices of motion were proposed to make donations to several Charities.

24/10/08: Our first meeting after the Summer break was, as is usual, a mirth filled event, as usual. The Master passed control of the Lodge to Bro. Paul Davison who very expertly carried out the Initiation of our newest member Bro. D. Mitchell. The Charge to the Initiate was delivered, in a most polished fashon, by Bro. Ken Rose with the Working Tools presented by Bro. M. Martin. We also enjoyed the pleasure of visits by Bro.s R Colby and H O'Brien (our Visiting Officer)

28/03/08: This evening Bro. P Dora was Raised to the Degree of a Master Mason under the expert hands of Bro. B Bateman. Bro T Munro explained the traditional history and Bro. M Martin presented the Working Tools. The Lodge was very saddened to accept the resignation of Bro. J Moden due to him leaving the country and wished him well in his future endeavours.

22/02/08: This evening Bro P French was Passed to the Degree of a Fellow Craft by Bro P Davison, the Working Tools were presented by Bro K Batchelor. The Master Bro. I Munro was also pleased to present Bro P Davison with a Past Master's jewel to mark his time in the Chair

25/01/08: Mersey's 74th Installation meeting was one of much mirth and merriment. Bro. Ian Munro was Installed as Master of the Lodge in due form by the outgoing Master and remarked at the fact of it being 27 years since he had had the honour for the first time. The evening was also gladdened by the welcome return of Bro S McHale who had left the Lodge some years ago and who has decided to re-join us. At the Festive Board the new Master was given a wonderful rendition of the Master's song given by Bro. Bob Bateman and accompanied by the inimitable Bro Geoffrey Stokell on the piano

24/11/07: Mersey had its first Ladies Night for several years. Due to our small numbers it was held as a joint event and arranged by the Master, it took place at the Renaissance Hotel near Heathrow. It was a fun night out and thoroughly enjoyed by all of those in attendance who were particularly priviledged to witness some of the Master's "moves" on the Dance Floor.

23/11/07: Tonight's meeting was one of the most enjoyable for some time with two major occurences. The first was that we welcomed Mr Simon Cathcart as a new Initiate to the Lodge and secondly we had the great pleasure of marking the 40th Anniversary meeting of W. Bro Geoffrey Stokell (our DC) with a presentation by W. Bro Mike Martin and a small token of appreciation presented by the WM on behalf of the Lodge. We also had the pleasure of hosting 4 Visitors to the Lodge: W. Bro Ken Batchelor (who for once didn't have to do a job), along with: W, Bro.s C. Gridley and T Gridley both of Invictus Lodge No. 5951 and W, Bro. E. Faulkener of Sunnymead Lodge No. 9313

26/10/07: This evening Peter Dora was passed from the first to the second Degree in antient form, the ceremony, as well as the evening generally, was a great success. We were also happy to see the unexpected return of Bro.s Paul Fabb and Trevor Bruno (who we haven't seen for a while) along with the return of visitor Bro. Ken Batchelor (St Paulinus Lodge No. 7992) and a first time visit by Bro. Jamie Urban (Bowes Park Lodge No. 3119). As well as a few of us swapping seats both of our guests volunteered and very ably, assisted with the ceremony.

23/03/07: Fortune appears to be smiling on our Lodge at the moment as we were once again called upon to Initiate a new member Mr Paul French. The ceremony was ably carried out by the Master of the Lodge, assisted by his Officers. We were also very pleased to welcome two first-time Visitors to the lodge in the persons of W. Bro J Lunn of Mizpam Lodge No. 1671 and Bro. B Harrison of Warwickshire Lodge No. 3846 as well as the welcome return of W. Bro. K Batchelor of Lodge St. Paulinus Lodge No. 7992

23/02/07: We were proud to Initiate our newest member Mr Peter Dora this evening, the Ceremony was carried out by W. Bro Bob Bateman assisted by the officers of the Lodge. We were proud to play host to W. Bro P Miles of Dewisant A Gwalia Lodge No. 7893, Bro A Brennecke of Norma Lodge No. 5902 and Bro. J Urban of Bowes Park lodge No. 3119 along with the welcome return of W. Bro R Colby,

26/01/07: W. Bro Paul Davison was installed, in due form, into the Chair of King Solomon. The Lodge was pleased to welcome both of its Honorary Members: W. Bro.s Arthur Craddock and Brian Hawley as well as three first-time visitors W. Bro.s P Drew – Earl of Stafford Lodge No. 3520, T McHale – Duke of Albany Lodge No. 1963 and A Pulford – Circle of Friendship Lodge No. 7320. During the meeting plans were begun to celebrate Mersey Lodge’s 75th Anniversary in 2009