CONTENTS
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A Younger Mason Speaks The Men at the Top: Eddy Holding 2015 Senior Appointment Changes Remembering the 888,246 The Lord Mayor’s Show 2014 Almoner’s Anecdotes So what’s the Operatives all about then? London Charity Matters Stepping Stones: RMTGB support for London’s Charities The Men at the Top: Ray Ride Sports News Famous Londoners - Kynaston Studd LGR/LR Investiture From the MetGDC’s Team…
Founding Editor: Bryan Green Editor: David Roberts-Jones
A select ion of London Event s :
Secretaries and Scribes E Seminar 20 January 2015
Mentoring Seminar 22 January 2015
NewMasons Receptions 3 March 2015 17 March 2015 16 April 2015
Metropolitan Grand Lodge AGM & SLGR Investiture 5 March 2015
Metropolitan Grand Chapter Annual Convocation 16 April 2015
See Porchway for more information and details
Assistant Editors: Jeffrey Coburn; Luke Elford; Stan Marut; Peter Rees
Contributors: Gregory Brennan; Martin Cherry; Jeffrey Coburn; Richard Criddle; Gordon Davie; Luke Elford; George Francis; Toby Good; Mark Hawes; Tony Hawley; Noël Haynes; Gwyn Howard; John Little; Ogun Macauley; David Neale; Darrel Palmer; John Parry; Nick Rakowski; Peter Rees; Danjal Rein; Colin Rist; Stuart Sherriff; Tim Spriggs; Chris Starnes; James Stroud; Symeon Ververidis; Mark Woolcott and others to whom apologies if not named.
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