The Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, November 12th 2023. Under a leaden grey sky, with rain ever threatening, hundreds of spectators gathered to witness the Remembrance Sunday Service. Their chatter was abruptly interrupted at precisely 1030hrs by the tones of a Royal Marine Marching band. Typically, both note and step perfect as they paraded into the Square...Read More

The calendar of Provincial official visits for the masonic year running 8th September 2023 to the 3rd of July 2024 lists ten Lodges that are celebrating significant milestones in their history. These range from a 50th anniversary to a 175th anniversary. I was fortunate enough to attend United Service Lodge 1428 on Wednesday 27th September,...Read More

Excelsior Lodge No 4505 meets on the first Tuesday of the month at the Horndean Masonic Centre under the current Mastership of Worshipful Brother Simon Sandham. According to the current Yearbook, they have 40 subscribing members. The November meeting at Excelsior Lodge is a special occasion for them, being their “Old English Night”. This is...Read More

The SCA Christmas Charity Toy Presentation was another great success last weekend. The event took place at the Woolston Masonic Centre, with 5 charities attending to receive their toys. W.Bro Gavin Webb, who this year headed up the presentation welcomed everyone to the proceedings and introduced the SCA Assistant Provincial Grand Master W.Bro James Ian...Read More

The North East Area Charity Steward has recently been able to donate a considerable number of toys to two very deserving charities in the Area. This is an initiative, organised by W.Bro. Robert Ings of Twynham Lodge No 5889, has been very successful for several years.  We are all most grateful for his continued efforts....Read More

Solent Masons attended the annual Field of Remembrance Service at Carisbrooke Castle, Newport. The Deputy Provincial Grand Master, VWbro David Perkis and Assistant Provincial Grand Master Adrian Cleightonhills, were accompanied by members of Vectis Services Lodge for this superb event at the lovely Carisbrooke Castle. After the service which included the Last Post and two...Read More

The Arthurian Lodge 5658 is the first lodge in the South East Area to achieve a Platinum Festival Award having donated the sum of £26,000.  This is largely due to the fact that at the end of the 2016 Festival, having achieved a Gold Award, the then Charity Steward, Scott Clarke, suggested brethren continued to...Read More

Football Lodge No. 9921 team had an away fixture this week, to visit Lyndhurst Lodge No. 8012. Hopefully there will be a 2nd leg in the opposite direction soon. The visit was made all the more important by the initiation of Bro Joe Whitfield, the son of the late South West Area – Assistant Provincial...Read More

Both of the Membership Seminars for the South Central Area, which took place in late September, were well attended events. The seminars were designed to provide detail to aid the Officers of the Lodge concerned with Membership (Worshipful Master; Lodge Membership Officer; Visiting Officer; Mentor; Almoner), as well as any other interested Brethren understand the...Read More

My Dear Brethren, I hope you have all enjoyed a break over the summer recess. It seems much longer than two months ago that 900 of us attended the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Provincial Grand Lodge meeting at Freemason’s Hall in London, where the Provincial Grand Master appointed and promoted many South East Area...Read More