Message from the District Grand Prefect - September 2017
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- Published: Friday, 01 September 2017 07:35
District Grand Prefect - September 2017
Greetings everyone. September has arrived and so far it has rained most of the time, the Euro refuses to budge above £1:10, Waterloo is virtually shut with a broken train compounding the closure of platforms and the rest of the central London stations are closed for ‘improvement’ and Donald Trump excels himself in poor use of social media – let’s see if we can do better here. I cannot do much about the weather, the trains, the exchange rate or even about The Donald but I can tell you some news from our District as we head into the new masonic season.
Earlier this year the District was proud to receive the Grand Master when he Consecrated our new Council – Goose & Gridiron No 275, it was a fantastic event and we held its first proper meeting in May and the next is on 21st October when we will be conducting the St Lawrence Degree and an Installation, please join us if you can and spend a pleasant Saturday morning with good friends.
The date of November 2nd has been selected for the next social event for members, and partners etc, as well as prospective candidates and to cater for everyone this will an evening function. Please support us again as these get togethers have proved to be enormously successful and have always been a sell out. On this occasion we are organising a visit to the Bank of England museum followed by dinner at the City University Club in Cornhill. I am sure an excellent treat is in store but, unfortunately, no free samples!!
here and managing to gain a tentative foothold over the winter; it is not easy for Nature and the cold snaps are playing havoc with my young plants and seedlings, most have survived - despite my attempts to look after them. We have some Egyptian Geese living near us, they are good neighbours but are terrible bullies to the other wildfowl on the lake. They already have goslings and manage to keep all the food I throw down for them. Life eh…
The name “Goose & Gridiron” is a direct reference to the ale-house that was located in a section of London known as St. Paul’s Churchyard, and where – officially – the Grand Lodge of England was founded on 24 June, 1717. The Council’s name, therefore, is a timely reminder of our Masonic heritage in this the tercentenary year of Craft Masonry. It also, of course, a reference to St Lawrence the Martyr and the manner in which he died – an event that plays a crucial part in one of the Allied Masonic Degrees.
