Matier Council will be presenting the Degree of Grand Tilers of Solomon at their October 10th meeting at 11:00 am Audenshaw Masonic Hall
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Lancastrian Council will be presenting the ceremony of Knights of Constantinople on the 16th October Manchester Hall Bridge Street.
Rochdale St Lawrence Council No 122 held its September meeting on Tuesday 15th recently with a good attendance and ten visitors making up the numbers. It was held at Rochdale Masonic Hall which only three days earlier had hosted the East Lancashire District Grand Council meeting.
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The next meeting of Rochdale St Lawrence Council No 122 will be held at Rochdale Masonic Hall on Tuesday 15th of September at 6:30 PM.
The officers of the lodge will demonstrate the degree of St Lawrence the Martyr for the ceremony of admission of a candidate.
In the year 258 AD, Roman executioners expected screams of agony when they bound Lawrence, a defiant deacon of Rome, to a massive iron gridiron. They had kindled a slow-burning fire beneath him, designed to prolong his suffering by roasting him alive. Instead, they received one of the most legendary displays of dark humor in human history.
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The Grand Council meeting will be held at Grand Lodge Great Queen Street London on Tuesday 27th October 2026.
I extend my personal congratulations to our East Lancashire members who are to be appointed or promoted in the Grand Council. They are:
Built in the19th-Century and originally known as “Littleover Grange,” the property was built as an elegant Regency villa. In1938 it was sold to the Littleover Parish Council. During the Second World War, the mansion was requisitioned by Rolls-Royce. It became a top-secret, highly secure overspill development facility. Crucial engineering design and refinement for the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine took place inside the building, securing its role in British aviation history.
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Shuttleworth Council No 50 invite you to their next meeting at Middleton Masonic Hall on Friday 11th September. See Summons for full details.
At their next meeting Constitution Council No 183 will receive the District Grand Prefect, accompanied by a deputation of District officers of the year.
The Herbert Barrington Slater Council of Allied Masonic Degrees in East Lancashire met on 11th July, and it wasn’t just the ritual that was impressive—the weather certainly made its presence felt! With temperatures soaring above 25°C in Salford, it may well have been one of the warmest Council meetings on record.
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