A BRILLIANT AMULL FESTIVAL
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MULL (The Association of Medical, Legal and University
Lodges) came back to London to celebrate their 14th Festival in September with the Master (W. Bro Kavit Shah) of Aesculapius Lodge No. 2410, this year's hosting lodge. Over 165 brethren, wives, partners and guests congregated at The Charterhouse, in the City of London, to celebrate another year with guest- of-honour, the MetGM, RW Bro. Russell Race. The Charterhouse, or to give it its correct title "Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse", is a former Carthusian monastery dating back to 1371. Since the dissolution of the monasteries, the site has served as private mansion, a boy's school and an almshouse for aged gentlemen. It retains this latter usage, as today it is a residential
home for forty male pensioners. Members and their guests were
welcomed in the Upper Hall with a lecture on the history of The Charterhouse given by its Master, Brig. Charlie Hobson, OBE, RM Retd., which revealed amongst other surprises that the room in which they were present hosted Queen Elizabeth I in 1558 during the preparations for her coronation and that her successor, James I, held court downstairs before his first formal entrance into London in
1603.As usual, the participants then attended an Ecumenical Service in the very beautiful chapel (formerly the Chapter House of the monastery), consecrated in 1414, led by the Rev'd Robin Isherwood, who gave an inspiring and amusing address. After some excellent singing from Bro. and Mrs. Ashley and Cleo Perraton- Williams, this was followed by a highly erudite but hugely amusing talk from David Battie of the BBC's
"Antiques Roadshow", entitled 'My unlikely career as a Collectaholic' with many live examples of the collectables he owns. The Festival then moved to the lawns of the Charterhouse for a champagne reception, followed by a luncheon in the Great Hall. The Festival culminated with some excellent speeches by Bro. Shah and from AMULL President, W. Bro John Harvey, PJGD. Thanks for a well-planned and
very enjoyable day are due to the Secretary of Aesculapius Lodge, W. Bro David Nunn, PAGDC for co- ordinating the bookings, to VW Bro. Graham Redman, DepGSec, for his services as DC at the Lunch and to the Festival's co-ordinating Director and AMULL Secretary, W. Bro Prof. Mike Jones, PAGDC. Last but certainly not least, many thanks are due to W. Bro Henry Hobson for taking the photos at another excellent AMULL festival! As an early note for readers' diaries, the next AMULL Festival will be held in the City of Chester, hosted by the University Lodge of Chester on Saturday 12th September 2015.
Guest speaker, David Battie, shows a strangely familiar illustration from one of his treasured 'collectables'...
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