Province donates £33,700 to "Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance" and £27,850 to "Skill Force"
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Nottingham Children’s Hospital is based on the Queen’s Medical Centre campus and provides care for children and young people across the region and beyond for a full range of conditions from surgery and cancer to emergencies and broken bones. Additionally a small number of services, including burns, are currently provided at the Nottingham City Hospital, to the north of the city.
125th Birthday Celebration - Forest Chapter No. 1852
There will be a Provincial Chapter ceremonial Visit on Wednesday 22nd September who are celebrating its 125th birthday. To mark this occasion the Provincial team together with Forest Chapter will be dedicating a new banner.
Bro Wayne Harris and his wife Jane had a big surprise when they turned up at Car Colston for a vintage car ride in a 1931 12/50 Alvis, owned by W Bro Chris Smith. They had successfully bid for the ride at the TLC Valentines Lunch but had not bargained for having to share the day with a cheeky bear who sneaked a ride on the back – see picture. The run started from the Royal Oak pub at Car Colston and went via the riverside areas around Caythorpe further north to the general area of Southwell and then through picturesque lanes back to the pub for a picnic lunch and a pint in beautiful sunshine. Wayne and Jane both said that they had enjoyed the day and didn’t mind sharing the ride with our bear.
Newark Hospital latest recruit for the TLC scheme
Planning is currently underway for the 2011 season and new members are particularly welcome.
Audio receivers for visual impairment cricket fans
Forthcoming event for TLC - "Opera Dudes" - 28th January 2011
If you're looking for a unique act with a huge stage presence and a show that will exceed your expectations, come and see ‘The Opera Dudes’
New Bears to aid promotion of Teddies for Loving Care
It is with great sadness that I report the death of Robin Tyler, PJGD, and past Provincial Grand Secretary of Nottinghamshire, yesterday on 5th August.
The Grand Master Visits Scouts in Nottinghamshire
As some Masons may know the Grand Master, HRH The Duke of Kent, is also President of The Scout Association and visited a Scout and Guide Activity Centre in Ollerton on the 17th June.
Worksop Freemasons and an Act of Remembrance:
Since the year 2000, Worksop Freemasons have held a Remembrance Service and Luncheon each year on the Sunday prior to the Official Remembrance Day in the UK to raise much needed funds for the Royal British Legion Poppy appeal and to demonstrate that Freemasonry is a force for good in our local Communities. The Provincial Grand Master and other senior members of Province have supported this event from the year of its inception.
Presentation of "learning bed" to Fountaindale SEN School
Edwinstowe Lodge No.3998, Immediate Past Master W. Bro Mick Tomsett, is shown presenting a £2000 cheque to Mark Dengel, Headmaster of Fountaindale Special School of Mansfield.
The Chairman, Francesca Holmes, of The Mansfield Masonic Ladies Luncheon Club, is shown presenting a cheque for £700 to Sandra Ross and Deborah Smalley of the Mansfield Heroes Memorial Fund.
Nottinghamshire Masonic Golfing Association
Cadet Corps of Drums - Bingo evening - A date for your diary
On Friday night 24th September 2010 at the Masonic Hall, Welbeck Road West Bridgford, there will be a bingo evening.
Romance was in the air at Ruddington Grange Golf Club on 14 February when 111 people turned out for the annual ‘TLC Valentines Lunch’. The event has become a firm favourite among masons and non-masons alike as it offers a fun filled lunchtime in convivial company with the opportunity to take home a prize from the now famous mammoth raffle or to bid for extraordinary items in the auction.
Pinner Lodge No 3300 103rd Installation Meeting
Pinner Lodge No 3300 was witness to the 103rd Installation of the Master Elect Bro Raymond Greenway in the well attended Ionic Temple at the Masonic Hall, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, in the presence of the Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Nottinghamshire W Bro R V Gutteridge. A contingent of Masons from the Pinner Lodge No 3423 in the province of Middlesex also attended. The Installing Master was taken ill very suddenly several days prior and so an Installation team was very quickly put together in the names of W Bro Paul Ouseley as the Obligating Installing Master whilst W Bro Ken Lawmon gave the signs and placed W Bro Ray into the Master's chair. The attached photograph shows L. to R. W Bro Paul Ouseley; W Bro Ken Lawmon; Master Elect Bro Ray Greenway; Assistant Provincial Grand Master W Bro R V Gutteridge; Grand Lodge Officer W Bro Bill Robbins; Pr AGDC W Bro James Pidgeon. Rear : Pr Stewards W Bro Malcolm Greenberry and W Bro Graham Osborne with their Provincial Stewards wands.
Chilwell Lodge donates to Brackenfield School and Specialist Col
# By W Bro Derek Prudham on 7th March, 2010, in Site News Donations
W Bro David Shakespeare with W Bro Derek Prudham (Treasurer) and Bro Laurence Dickerson (Junior Warden and Governor of Brackenfield School) visited Brackenfield School and Specialist College in Cognition and Learning at Long Eaton on Wednesday 24th February 2010 to present a donation of £200. The presentation was made to Mr Phil Ormerod, the Head Teacher, who was pleased to receive the donation, which will help towards the cost of Enterprise Week when all the pupils take part in Residential and daily activities out of school in July.
Christain Order Presentation to St. Andrews Church
A cheque was recently presented to Rev Ian Wiseman from St Andrews next to Provincial Hall. The money raised was the collection from the Carol Service organised by the three Christian orders of Rose Croix, Knights Templar, and Red Cross in December 2009.
Coffee Morning for Red Cross Haiti Earthquake appeal
On the 30th January 2010 over 100 people attended a Coffee Morning organised by the Management and staff of the Belgrave Rooms to raise funds for the British Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal. Raffle prizes were kindly donated by the staff of the Belgrave Rooms, Red Cross Volunteers and Brethren from the Province.
The Province will once again be providing marshalls for the Experian Robin Hood Festival of Running and which will promote Freemasons in the Community