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         Lodge of Benefi cence 7978
         Installation


         Installation of a new Master of the Lodge of Benefi cence No.7978 21st February 2019
         W.Bro Christian Webb was installed as Master of the Lodge of Benefi cence No.7978 witnessed by
         his Father W.Bro Terry Webb who made the sincere address to him as Master and his brother Carl
         Webb was in attendance to view an impeccable display from the new Master in what was a very
         special and fantastic evening.





         Lodge of Faith 6830
         Brightlingsea


            t a recent committee meeting it was decided to fi nd a lecture for a forth coming meeting
         Aand in particular something different.  The DC of the lodge W.Bro Ian Wilkinson set about
         fi nding such one and with his links to the local scout group found a suitable one.  Seeing an
         article in a free masonary magazine he managed to make contact with WBro Tony Harvey,
         PAGDC The Prestonian Lecturer 2012.  So it came to fruition that WBro Tony travelled down
         from Nottingham to Brightlingsea to deliver the 2012 Prestonian Lecture "Scouting and
         Freemasonary: two parallel organisations ?" to the forty plus attending brethren at the cluster
         meeting held at the Lodge of Faith 6830 February meeting.
         An interesting and very informative evening was had by all including Our visiting APGM WBro Tony White,
         before retiring to the festive board where the conversations continued.  Money raised from the sale of books
         about the lecture, which WBro Tony duely signed for the brethren and the generous donation from the lodge
         raffl e raised £415 which are were split between the Masonic Charitable Foundation and The Scout Association's
         Heritage Centre project.  On behalf of the lodge members WBro Ian presented WBro Tony Harvey with a lodge
         fi ring glass as a reminder of the evening and visit to the lodge.
                                                                                    Picture  L  -  R  W.Bro  Trevor  Back,  W.Bro  Tony  White,
         With two 1st degrees ceremonies coming up and a 1st degree demonstration at the lodge's twinned lodge   W.Bro Terry Doherty (WM), W.Bro Tony Harvey and
         Fidus Mutua, (a short 8 hour ferry trip across the water in Holland) coming up its going well in the Lodge of Faith.  W.Bro Ian Wilkinson.



         Albert Lucking Lodge 2717
         Burns Night

         Albert Lucking meeting on Saturday 16th February opened promptly by W.Bro. Vic
         Chivers. Following the reading of the minutes from our January meeting, W.Bro. Vic
         proceeded  with  as  a  double  passing  ceremony.  This  was  enhanced  with  the  long
         explanation of the working tools by Bro. Josh Vaughan and an explanation of the tracing
         board by Bro. Paul Field; both presentations received the DC’s ‘call to order’ from the
         brethren. We received as a new member, a long standing visitor, W.Bro. Pat Groves. Pat
         expressed his thanks to his proposer and seconder and was looking forward to his time
         with the lodge.
         W.Bro. Clem Britton attended the meeting today and received a heartfelt rendition of ‘happy birthday’ to celebrate him reaching the age of 90! -
         Following the closing of the lodge a photo (attached) was taken with Clem sitting proudly with all the members surrounding him. The brethren then
         retired to what must be the lodges fi rst ever ‘Indian meal’ at Saxon Hall.


                                                                                           Canute Lodge
                                                                                       Masonic Symbols


                                                          n retiring as a school teacher in 2013 my adult children though it would
                                                      Obe a good idea to reawaken my passion of stamp collecting by buying me
                                                       some Masonic postage stamps to occupy my time. They knew I did not just stick
                                                       coloured pieces of paper on pages of a stamp album but where possible I would
                                                       research into their background and bring them to life.
                                                       There are two main types of stamps those that show Masonic symbols and those of
                                                       actual freemasons. Thinking there would only be a few of each I decide to collect both
                                                       types. How wrong could I be I have currently fi ve live albums.
                                                       In  2014  I  joined  the  Masonic  Philatelic  Club  who  produces  a  superb  quarterly
                                                       magazine on Masonic stamp research and collecting. They offer opportunity to
                                                       club members to present articles to be considered for future publication. I have
                                                       presented two so far with a third in the pipeline. I have also alerted the club when I
                                                       have found new stamp issues from around the world on the internet.
                                                       Presented to Canute Lodge, in the presence of W.Bro Nick Franklin APGM, a talk on
                                                       Bro Sir Stanford Fleming a Scottish Freemason who it credited amongst many other
                                                       things in designing the fi rst “Masonic postage stamp” in 1851.

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