Vesey Council 227 – August meeting with a Demonstration of the Royal Master Perambulations
The Vesey Council August meeting was another full meeting with a Most Excellent Master ceremony, expertly undertaken by R Ill Comp David Rawlins, PastDGM. This was for Companions Andrew Leonard and Dewi Jones. Following this, there was a joint talk by Ill Companion Peter Stokes, Deputy DGM, and R Ill Companion Cliff Bull. Past DepDGM, […]
Warwickshire District Sesquicentenary Presentations
Further to the earlier article, two further sesquicentenary presentations have been made to deserving charities nominated by Warwickshire District members. These are:Midland Freewheelers Emergency Riders – £2500Bulkington Community Library – £1500 Midland Freewheelers Emergency Riders Midland Freewheelers began the organisation on 1st July 2010, with just one bike which had many miles on the clock. […]
Vesey Council 227 – Select Master and Double Royal Master
Vesey Council 227 – Select Master and Double Royal MasterThe Vesey Council July meeting was a full meeting with a further candidate becoming a Royal Master, and followed immediately by two Select Master ceremonies. The new member, now Companion Dewi Jones was chosen as a Select Master in splendid form, and was then accompanied by […]
St Martin’s Council Installation – July 2025
There was a good number of Companions present for the Installation of Ill Comp Dennis Potter as ThriceIllustrious Master, for the second time, the first being in 2016. Dennis was pleased to appoint Comp RaviSian as Deputy Master, and Ill Comp Joe McCollum as Principal Conductor of the Work. As InstallingMaster, Ill Comp Mike Baxendale […]
Warwickshire District Sesquicentenary Presentations
Recently a number of sesquicentenary presentations have been made to deserving charities nominated by Warwickshire District members. These are: Cherish Dementia Holidays – £2500 Hargreaves Narrowboat Trust – £2000 Nuneaton and Bedworth Parkinson’s Support Group – £1500 All of these charities were nominated by Ill Comp Brian Glover, Past District Conductor […]
Carolean Council 347 – First Meeting since Consecration
Carolean Council’s first full meeting took place on June 26th, at its permanent home at the West Bromwich Masonic Hall. As you would expect, it was a much smaller meeting than at the April Consecration, but it was a good number to undertake the Select ceremony, followed by the Royal ceremony for Comp Philip Prosser […]
District Grand Master at Wyvern District Annual Meeting and at London District Installation
Our District Grand Master was present at the recent Wyvern District Annual Meeting with a strong retinue of Warwickshire Officers also in attendance. The DGM is shown below with twelve visiting DGMs, supporting R Ill Comp Ken Downes, Wyvern DGM, the Ill Comp Gareth Hughes, DGM Deputy Master and Ill Comp Tony Ball, Wyvern PCW. […]
Vesey Council 227 – Installation & Select Master
At the Vesey Council Installation, Ill Comp David Evans was proclaimed as Thrice Illustrious Master for a second year, which he was happy to accept. Ill Comp Bob Ballard remained as Deputy Master also for a second year and Comp Adrian Middleton became Principal Conductor of the Work. Despite being appointed Principal Conductor of the […]
St Martins Council 252 Receive a Historical Paper
A very interesting paper describing the foundation of Royal and Select Masters in the United States and then Canada was delivered at the May meeting of St Martins Council. R Ill Comp Andrew Sweeney, P G Chancellor, not only deputised as Thrice Illustrious Master, but also presented the Historical paper in the presence of R […]
District Grand Master at East Midlands
Just to demonstrate how much our own DGM, R Ill Comp Peter Wellings and his team get around the country, below is a photograph with 18 other DGMs at the commencement of the North Midlands District Meeting in Northampton. The East Midlands DGM, R Ill Comp Martin Wilson presided over the meeting, at which the […]