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A fte r 33 years at the Brown-1 low Arms; it moved in i86i . r to the Swan Hotel in Castle


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Brungerley Pa“rk has injected somehfeintotheparkbyorgan-


knowthatFreemasonryhas I been carried out in Glitheroe for almost 200 years. This - ,


: weekend, the two lodges


. based in the town will throw / open the doors to their /■ f -i ' ■ •


: rooms above the Conserve- - ; tive Club m Castle Street,


opposite the Swan and Royal Hotel, and explain to the .


public what they have been ' - doing for 190 years and what s


, they are doing to help ou r lo­ cal community today/y/i-/; • >


Officers o f the lodges w i l l !


explain their regalia and ' ' ■ / the unusual furniture in th e :


, lodges; there will also be a" short film and an introduc- '


' tion to their arcane rituals.' ■ ./ O n eofthemos t imp or - tant aspects to modern ■, / , ■


,- Freemasonry is their ch an-/; table help fo r local societies ;a


- and voluntary bodies. It is / true the Masons look after i'/. their own, but according to' ;: ; their website (pglel.co.uk),:« Freemasons in England and ’ ; Wales have given more to /


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: ce medieval times, I Street and, 15 years later, p u r and townsfolk are v chased premises in Churcli f t ■ Street and York Street in „ , ; ,1876. These were later sold; ; /


i to the “iri%or, aldermen and .j burgesses” o f the Borough o f I Clitheroe.


: c:v>ln 1881, the lodge moved f " to the Swaii and Royal Hotel7 in Castle Street and rer V^l t i : •


mained there for 81 years - ■ until, in 1962, it had to find . other premises because the S


rooms did nbth'ave adequate^ : fire escape. I t moved 51 years


ago to the present meeting 7 ‘ place,Above the C b n s em - .3 tiveClub


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Keep Lodge, Clitheroe,' .i - : : was founded in i&7 shbrtlj^i t


! -after the bnd b f the Second^® ;;WofldWar,whenineh'de'- mobbed fi’om the forces were perhaps in search o f some^S


'thing spirituallydeeper than their religion could prbvide.8


IanJohnson,left,ofLimestoneRocklodgeandMarcusAvci,qfKeepLodge,presenangac_hequefor£200toHilaryWoodofCrossroadsCare in Clitheroe.. local amateur operatic and bushel, as the saying goes,


Traditionally,Masoniclodg-; ;l dramaticsociety3 •,eshavealwaysseenarisein:i


-Deputy district chaironin


. membership follovvingwarsi-v;:DamdBrlsfbI,’amemberbf;-; orgreatupheavaLu.'iy^yqiprT'Keeplldd^^^^ ; 'Theyear did not start weU | wa^^ beeh iinpbftanUb'Free


i for the founding fathers w i th | [masons that we iinmersel J | the worst Winter m living


er body, with the exception o f days.. the National Lottery. , ,


memory. The whole country § [ in aridhelpihg t^ was buried beneath a thick Jpj: fn i ty in which we l iy e S% K i s I blanket o f snow, w ith villages - “ Inrecentyears,EastLah- in the Ribble Valley cut offfor cashlre Masons alone have ,


supported local charities and


The Freemasons’ Grand under six-foot drifts, while , Charity makes dbhatiohs to • farmers lost hundreds of


years, i t has given well over


(-Local roads were buried j good causes somewhere in - * ' the region of£50o,oboayear;


[ :; i : “We have provided Glit-' “


i many Masonicand non-Ma- ; , sheep under drifts o f up t o v V : heroe'Health Centre with a sonicchanties.Inthelast30 20f t m the fields. , -


Food was also still r a - ' [ thefoundingseeretaryhad


d efibrilatorandit isourm- tention to have one in every ?3i


: £100 million to good causes ? tioned following the war and f; s public building eventually. ’# ' ,includingsupportforeyery ’


'■ “ We give an annual contri-' , .hospice in the country'arid - to apply for coupons to hold r j bution to East Lancs' Hospice'


. - giving annual donations to. i i ;| -rthe inaugural banquet at the'^'; : and in the past year havesup- : SwanandRoyalHoteL'®;‘feA" :; , ported MacMillan Nurses'iVv&


local air ambulance centres ■: (£i.3m since the start of the ft millennium),


-7 - + / ; ftClitheroehas two lodges: ?


; the 190-year-old Limestone?? . Rock Lodge and Keep Lodge, "; founded in 1947. - ' " Limestone Rock Lodge,


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;■ nanfed after the rocky out- s crop on which the Castle was


I ;; ‘ j; Despite great shortages; j# 1260 c M iii Chtheroe; th e 'P ? l liM rs T rum an .m in e h o s ta t 'H I lP e n d leC lu b in 'C U th 'e ro e '


'th e hotel, prbvide'd wine and I [M a yo r ’s Furidi'St’JoHniAm i; sherry for the banquet and Mahce m the tb\^^


■ two bottles ofwhisky to h e lp ;a | In f irm a ty ’sTeddyBearA^^ the meal settle.


J ^ l n d J a i t h S w v,ao i FTcemasonsattcndcd, 10- i A rm y .” ,rb u ilt ,w a s fo rm edm N ovem - j cludmgthe'thenlawyerand&i *’•1-3' ' I Peal, Rowley ScbufCampylr


-:f &The cost o f a ticket was :S® i Ribble.VaUey C rb s sM d s car-? coneguinea (£1.05) and


: y ber,i822, and its first master.,- i later High Cqurtjudge Ben-?v^" ?,why are they so secretive' was a designer and portrait k ' jamin Ormerod, who wasii‘ ‘ fe /about what theyldo? David ^'4 painte'r named H en ry Rob-^?/ i subsequently knighted.#!; :


- said: "These days there is lit-"#


erts. It origiiialljraet in the?fe : ' i / T h e founders t all local ‘>7 # ■ tie about Freemasonry which? oldgrammarschoolinSt” 'm e n -h a d m a h y in te r e s t s ' * '# Lis'secret. Everything can b'e


•• Mary’s Church yard; thente'' -? ’ ■' >n common, such as churchiw?- ; looked up on the Internef/In ^ .'betweeni823a n d i827metat:: : cricketandgoft, and there


II the.White Horse In n; Church£:|/were strong ties with the


the past-Masoris preferred 3'®' ; to hide their light under a'fivS:|


IfMasons'givesbmuch,^'fe| ourselves in being ihvblrod I


but we are much more open' ttesedays.”


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; / ’ ft But what about the secret handshake? , K : “Well there is some tr'uthy


in that "Da vid M id .“Dur-y ing the Middle Ages w h e n v ^ stonemasons travelled all ;;-#


' over Britain in search o f work . there had to be quick and re-,' liable tests o f a mason’s abd-ft


: ity.by the master o f w orks ,ft | who wouldn’t have known /


,many ofthe craftsmen who Ji came looking fo r work. ..'r : | ; ,-h! “Handshakes - and there ! were several-were the '


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easiest form o f recognition in those days.'Everyone shook; | hands when they first m e t ;:.!| byday and night, and t h e .« f | master was able to treat each'| man as he deserved by h is ; sfl different handshake, w h ic h «,[ gave an indication ofthe type i o fw ork which he was capable' ofdomg,,4


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So, the Mason’s aren’ t tryj-? mg to take over the' world? ; v.5


' ; David laughed: ^Not at all|; although, perhaps, we m a y ';


change the world w ith oun-ji®; charitable contributions and; by the waytye conduct our- -v' > selves.”^_^'7


5 Members ofthe public- >?


canjudgefo'rthemselves' ''‘-7 with a visit to the L o d g e . rooms above'the Conserva-#s tive Club during the Food^?' Festival on S a tu rd ^ .


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