tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post249405148726181999..comments2024-03-29T06:05:14.320+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Brothers in Arms and Brothers in the LodgeRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-87539345081271252722014-12-11T20:58:16.394+00:002014-12-11T20:58:16.394+00:00Guy,
An Initiation AND a 60 Year Certificate in o...Guy,<br /><br />An Initiation AND a 60 Year Certificate in one meeting! What a wonderful start to the EA's entry into The Craft ... and what a great thing for the Brother who got the Certificate to do.<br /><br />You are right about the way young and old, new and experienced, senior and junior brethren mix so well in and out of the Temple. At our recent meeting we had a recently Raised MM from Sheffield who had never seen so much dark blue.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-87071477632145021232014-12-11T15:55:02.816+00:002014-12-11T15:55:02.816+00:00Well it was an enjoyable night as we did an initia...Well it was an enjoyable night as we did an initiation and gave out the 60 year certificate. I had done a bit of research on him with the assistance of 3 provincial secretaries from the provinces where he had been in lodges so I had a pretty decent CV for the provincial chap to crib from. <br /><br />At the conclusion Bro B who got the certificate then insisted on sitting next to the initiate and 'beamed'. It was well worth all the effort. Masonry seems one of the very few organisations these days where young and old men of all persuasions mix successfully. <br /><br />Guyguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346804356499461777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-49397593642062130132014-12-04T18:12:01.887+00:002014-12-04T18:12:01.887+00:00Guy,
I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as ...Guy,<br /><br />I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I did doing the research. I read all the Lodge Minutes from 1914 to the mid 1960s as well as paying visits to the National Archives and Great Queen Street.<br /><br />Two 60 Year Certificates in one year is quite something. I would have hoped that your PGM or DPGM would have been asking to come along to do the presentations rather than you having to ask someone from Province to do it ... but all Provinces do things differently.<br /><br />It sounds as if these two senior Brethren are real characters. It is amazing how many such people one meets in The Craft ... and how active they are. I only hope that I am as active when I become a 'mature' Freemason!<br /><br />S&F<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-53170949375906765872014-12-04T16:57:06.094+00:002014-12-04T16:57:06.094+00:00Congratulations. I will send off for a copy.
Co-i...Congratulations. I will send off for a copy.<br /><br />Co-incidentally we are giving out a 60 year certificate in my lodge on Monday to one old boy and next October we have a second. I have asked a provincial big wig along to give it to him. Both of these brothers turn up to all the meetings, LOI's etc and are hugely knowledgeable and helpful. The one next year is still our chaplain and is almost unsackable!<br />He spent his time in the war bombing Germany so he's hardly going to take any notice of me as the secretary. <br /><br />S&F<br />Guyguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346804356499461777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-80988536486440501802014-12-03T09:28:29.605+00:002014-12-03T09:28:29.605+00:00Pete.,
I just do what I can, and if it makes a di...Pete.,<br /><br />I just do what I can, and if it makes a difference, I find that very rewarding.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-23934528979456702032014-12-03T09:27:47.395+00:002014-12-03T09:27:47.395+00:00Steven Page,
I just do the best that I can - what...Steven Page,<br /><br />I just do the best that I can - whatever it is - and if I can help others whilst doing it, then I have made a difference, however small that difference might be.<br /><br />Relief, Truth, and Brotherly Love; as you know, these aren't just words, they are our guiding principles.<br /><br />(Sorry if all that sounds a bit pompous and preachy, but I do try to abide by them all the time.)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-78466101890422482012014-12-03T01:01:32.349+00:002014-12-03T01:01:32.349+00:00Nice one Bob.
Cheers,
Pete.Nice one Bob.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-9062527710504323262014-12-02T22:44:10.387+00:002014-12-02T22:44:10.387+00:00Well done, Bob!
..both for writing this work, a...Well done, Bob!<br /> ..both for writing this work, and for putting the proceeds to a worthy cause.<br />-SteveSteven Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879645260438845222noreply@blogger.com