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Late June in the Garden of England. In sporting terms, a time of year usually associated with the gentlemanly sound of leather on willow, or this year – being a World Cup year – the boorish repetitive chant of “Yoo-essay” from our colonial cousins. But for the Freemasons of East Kent the sound was more […]

Royal Navy Lodge No. 429, the Ramsgate-based Masonic lodge with a proud tradition of charitable giving, has announced a donation of £250 to Beth Reeves, who is taking on one of the world’s most gruelling open-water swimming challenges — a relay crossing of the English Channel — in aid of national spinal injury charity Aspire.

Members and guests recently gathered to celebrate a remarkable milestone in the Masonic journey of Worshipful Brother Peter Rodd, who has completed fifty years of dedicated service to Freemasonry. Peter’s Masonic career began when he was initiated into the Old Ruymian Lodge, marking the start of a lifelong commitment to the principles of Brotherly Love,

It is customary at Royal Navy Lodge that each year, our Senior Warden hosts that Lodge of Instruction Supper. Typically, this is an opportunity to appreciate a good meal (and a glass of wine) with our wives and partners and to enjoy the fellowship of the Royal Navy Lodge family. It is also a further

Our April meeting saw us welcome Brethren from the St Lawrence Lodge 3350 to Royal Navy Lodge for a memorable evening of friendship, fraternity, and Masonic spirit. The evening comprised of an interesting explanation of some of the symbolism related to the degree of a fellowcraft which had been expertly put together by WBro Peter

It has long been the tradition in Royal Navy Lodge that our Senior Warden (the office that precedes the Master) hosts our annual Lodge of Instruction Supper. This is quite a grand title for what is essentially a warm and social evening with wives, partners, families and friends, or as some would like to badge

Having moved to be near his family in Dorset, it first looked like WBro John Biggs may miss out on the celebrations of his 60th anniversary of being initiated into Royal Navy Lodge. Thanks to some investigation by our secretary and the fantastic work and efforts of Ashley lodge in Poole in Dorset, we managed

Towards the end of last year, the Chairman of Group 8 – Jim Mason – challenged his committee to come up with some new ideas for social events, stating that we need to imagine a new concept because we are all “quizzed and bingo’d out”. Our Charity Steward sits on that committee, and It was

Meet Brother Gary, our first new initiate for 2025. Gary first registered his interest through the www.justaskone.org portal and was duly passed to a Membership Advisor from his home town in Margate. But having established that Gary had served in HM Royal Navy for ten years, it was quickly realised that there was only one

Following the success of our Open Day in January 2023, we had, at that time, decided that we would host another such event in 2025. Having been involved in other Open Days across the Province, we knew how the day should look, what makes a good interactive experience for the visitors, and how to promote