Provincial News
- Written by: Simon Key
Join our Provincial Grand Orator, WBro Bill Caswell PAGDC, for the first of two fascinating podcasts that discuss the life and times of King Solomon.
WBro Bill is joined by WBro David Bowdler, WBro Leo McCormick and WBro Dickon Sandbach.
- Written by: Gerry Crawford
In a message to the Province, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and MCF 2024 Festival Chairman, VWBro Charles Bennett, has announced that the Festival has raised £1m in just over two-years since it was launched.
- Written by: Simon Key
We are pleased to announce that the Mark Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire has made a donation of £1,000 towards the 2024 MCF Festival.
The Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Max Bayes said:
In these awful times it is understandable if the fact that we are in Festival is sometimes overlooked. I am therefore all the more grateful to have received this most generous donation from the Brethren of the Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire Mark Province.
- Written by: Peter Robinson
Thanks to a WhatsApp message received by Wellingborough and Rushden Group Officer, WBro Bob Smith PAGDC, and a subsequent MCF-donation of £2,000 swiftly organised by the Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Max Bayes, Lee Traynor's Corby-based company, Pronto Images, has been able to manufacture an extra 2,000 protective face visors to protect NHS staff and other frontline key-workers in the battle against COVID-19.
- Written by: John Fergusson
The Inter-Lodge Quiz has proved exceptionally popular with 39-teams entering the contest in a bid to be crowned the smartest lodge in the Province.
As a result of this popularity, 14-teams will compete in a preliminary round. These teams have been drawn at random by the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, WBro Mark Constant.
For those who don't wish to watch the video-recording of the draw, please view the rest of the article to see the results.
- Written by: Peter Robinson
Our Province is blessed with several lodges of special interest, so when WBro Ian Nelson of the Provincial Communications Committee put forward the idea of a group of brethren meeting-up online to record their own version of Dame Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again, who else could we turn to other than Pro Musica Lodge No. 9547!
