Meeting - Wednesday 1st December 2010

Our last meeting was held at Freemason's Hall, Crane Street, Salisbury on Wednesday 1st December 2010. It was our Boscombe Night when we invited members of Boscombe Lodge No. 2158 from the Province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight to join us - continuing a long tradition dating over 60 years. The evening took the form of a demonstration of the Third Degree Ceremony with Bro. Graham Hill from the Lodge of Emulation acting as the candidate because our newest member was unable to attend the meeting to be raised himself due to work commitments. The members had a very convival evening with an excellent festive board afterwards where they were served chicken, leek and ham pie, suet mince pudding with custard and cheese and biscuits. Nobody won the Charity Box which after tonight now stands at a minimum of £804 although the lucky person who picked the key did go home with a bottle of scotch if not the money. Brethren also sang carols ably accompanied on the piano by W. Bro. David Angus. A really pleasant evening was had by all.

Meeting - Wednesday 3rd November 2010

The last meeting of Sarum Lodge took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd November 2010 at Freemasons' Hall, Crane Street, Salisbury. The meeting took the form of a demonstration of an Initiation Ceremony with quite a few visitors from our neighbouring province of Hampshire & Isle of Wight taking key offices. A further £57 was raised for charity. The Worshipful Master picked the charity box key but did not win its contents. The total of monies now raised by this method exceed £750 with a similar amount available as a prize to the lucky brother. Double helpings of steak and ale pie were available for the lucky diners.

Recent Donations to Charity

Sarum Lodge is delighted to announce that the charity draw box now stands at over £750 which means that an equal amount of money has been made available for local charities.

At our Installation Meeting last week we gave £150 to Salisbury Hospice and a proposition will go before the members at the lodge meeting in November to donate a further £250 to the Provincial Grand Charity who distribute funds to charities throughout Wiltshire. For example, substanial funds have been donated in the past to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Service.

Freemasons do not organise street collections or external fund raising events but all charitable donations come direct from the brethren themselves. A marvellous achievement.

For more information please contact the Lodge Secretary.

Installation Meeting

On Wednesday 6th October 2010, W. Bro. John Clough was confirmed as Worshipful Master of Sarum Lodge for a further year. The Deputy Provincial Grand Master, V.W.Bro Peter Winton, PGSwdB presided and was accompanied by a full team of Acting Provincial Officers. Following the installation the brethren present were entertained with an excellent lecture from W.Bro. Peter F Wyles, JP, BA, PPrJGW entitled "Masonic Oddities". The speaker's lecture was well received with usual applause. Following the meeting the brethren retired for an excellent festive board consisting of soup, roast lamb with potatoes and seasonal vegetables, fresh fruit salad and cheese and biscuits.