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Post by offramp on Sept 23, 2018 14:58:10 GMT
My Lodge, John Lord Lumley 5885, was consecrated on 25th August 1943.
Tomorrow's meeting, at Sutton, will be the 75th Anniversary Meeting, and its 300th Regular Meeting as well.
A lot of top brass will be turning up, and I'll have to be n the qui vive as I am JW, and there might be some late arrivals. Also, the Asst GM will want to parade in. There'll be a Calling Off/On as well, and that's me.
I'll let you know how it goes.
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Post by offramp on Sept 25, 2018 15:22:24 GMT
It was actually our 301st meeting. It was our 75th anniversary meeting.
All in all it was a very good meeting. There were two longueurs which were annoying. I mean we started at 16:15 but we didn't finish until 19:15.
Three hours for a 2nd degree is WAY too much.
Even with the Deputy Prov GM visiting, and all that mindless processing, we should have been out in a couple of hours.
The WM had produced a booklet detailing the Lodge's 75 years, and everyone was given a copy... isn't that great?
NO. Because he then proceeded to read out the entire booklet, from cover to cover, because there might have been some Brethren unable to read in the Lodge.
Then, on the 2nd rising, we were treated to a member's anecdote about how his Dad joined the Lodge. We have all heard this 50 times before... it is one of the longest anecdotes I have ever heard, and that took about a quarter of an hour.
Anyway, the Festive Board was okay. As usual at Sutton it was not worth the money...in fact I have made up my mind to avoid dining there except for Installations and special occasions.
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Post by offramp on Nov 27, 2018 12:16:34 GMT
Another thing I meant to mention about this meeting: the very harsh treatment my friend Vince got.
Vince is a member of my Lodge. He is a Past Prov Grand Registrar or something like that.
He is an assiduous and enthusiastic Freemason, and as such he invited two fellow Brethren along to this special 75th anniversary meeting. They were his guests.
However, a few hours before the meeting one friend rang to say that he could no longer make it. Fair enough.
Then a little later the other friend rang to say he was nervous about all the top brass that were going to be in attendance and that he wasn’t coming. Weird but true.
The treasurer was as immovable as a jewel. He told Vince it was too late to cancel the dinners and Vince had to pay £67.50 for an awful, raggy plate of beef stew and rice. Max price in a café would be about £5.
I know that it is his friend’s fault, but having to pay $100 for one single bowl of stew seems a rip-off.
Later cancellation deadlines would be helpful, but Sutton Masonic Hall seems less lenient than any other Masonic hall I know.
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Post by middlepillar on Nov 28, 2018 13:33:22 GMT
Another thing I meant to mention about this meeting: the very harsh treatment my friend Vince got.
Vince is a member of my Lodge. He is a Past Prov Grand Registrar or something like that.
He is an assiduous and enthusiastic Freemason, and as such he invited two fellow Brethren along to this special 75th anniversary meeting. They were his guests.
However, a few hours before the meeting one friend rang to say that he could no longer make it. Fair enough.
Then a little later the other friend rang to say he was nervous about all the top brass that were going to be in attendance and that he wasn’t coming. Weird but true.
The treasurer was as immovable as a jewel. He told Vince it was too late to cancel the dinners and Vince had to pay £67.50 for an awful, raggy plate of beef stew and rice. Max price in a café would be about £5.
I know that it is his friend’s fault, but having to pay $100 for one single bowl of stew seems a rip-off.
Later cancellation deadlines would be helpful, but Sutton Masonic Hall seems less lenient than any other Masonic hall I know.
I believe all Masonic centres should try and be as flexible as possible but here you have said a few hours before the meeting and then a little later after that, surely no one can expect not to pay the dining fee when only giving a couple of hours notice? As for the cost against quality it has alays been my own experience quality is something that definitely comes and goes, at Sutton I agree a lot of the meals at the moment have not been up to standard, you need to write to the board and encourage them to employ a full time chef, this way Sutton control the quality and we get a chef thta hpefully understands the intricacies of masonic dining, when you have a chef that doesnt speak the language, is not used to the type of meals he is preparing and basically is always under pressure you are going to get bad meals! Personally speaking and dining at Sutton fairly often I have noticed the quality gradually improving, if however you attend maybe monthly or even twice a month you may be really unlucky and get the really bad effort which does unfortunately occur at Sutton! (maybe the chef knows you are coming!? )
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