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Event Stories

Southend & Essex Masonic Welfare Trust  
working with the Provincial Almoners Team 

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Read this heartwarming story about a very special chair and finding the perfect new owner    

1st December 2024

Essex Freemason courageouslysaves
the life of man hit by a train 

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Prittlewell Lodge member duly praised for his

courageous and heroic actions  

2nd July 2024

'Sowing the Seeds' of a Romanian Supreme Grand Chapter continues... 

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Part 4 of this Provincial project

successfully continues onwards

28th May 2024

Fred Thornback celebrates his 70 years 
in the craft - with style 

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A 70 year career and a day to remember for 

Fred Thornback

31st March 2024

Saxon Hall's first 'Masonic Charity Quiz Night'
is a great success 

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A packed house for this event

presented by Saxon Hall

14th March 2024

Provincial Grand Master congratulates
Mike Kendall for 50 years' service 

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Priory Lodge celebrate a remarkable milestone

of their Grand Officer's service to  Freemasonry

25th February 2024

The largest lodge in the UGLE installs
Robert Whittingham as WM

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Read about the Essex Master's Lodge

that meets at Saxon Hall

12th December 2023

Southend & Essex Masonic 
Welfare Trust celebrate 50-years

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Read about the SEWMT celebrating

their 50-years with three special events

16th August 2023

Richard Clowes Lodge, install 
Johnson Beharry VC, COG as Worshipful Master 

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Read what he has accomplished including extracts from his own biography ‘Barefoot Soldier’  

10th September 2024

Leigh-on-Sea Lodge hold their 
Masonic marathon
 

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All three degrees held at one meeting adds another 

milestone to this forward thinking lodge 

10th June 2024

Consecration of the Essex County Golf Lodge
at Saxon Hall 

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195 fervent enthusiasts of the sport gathered to witness the birth of something truly extraordinary

27th April 2024

South Essex Masonic Study Circle
select a new chairman 

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John Hubbard takes the reins

of this celebrated Study Circle

18th March 2024

Southend Freemason, Yachtsman and Explorer celebrates 50 years' in the craft 

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Read about the 'Boys Own' stories of the  extraordinary life of Roy Hart

1st March 2024

A 'Jo Malone Dolls House' helps to raise over £3,000 for 'Teddies for Loving Care' 

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Read about the story

behind the raffle 

19th December 2023

Albert Lucking Lodge celebrate 
their 125-years

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Read about the lodge celebrating

its125-years in style

23rd October 2023

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