The celebration of the Amalgamation of the Lodge of Amity No.283 and Rossendale Forest Lodge No.4138 to form the Lodge of Amity and Rossendale Forest No.283 took place on the 1 May 2012.
The lodge being opened in due form the Provincial delegation processed in and greetings were given to the Deputy Provincial Grand Master. The gavel of the lodge was then presented to VWBro Derek Nelson Thornhill, PGSwdB, DPGM, by the Worshipful Master Bro Russell Harwood, which VWBro Thornhill accepted. VWBro Thornhill then worked the ceremony of Amalgamation supported by the Provincial delegation.
The evening was congenial, very captivating and a great success; a ceremony such as this is not often seen.
The Worshipful Master, Bro. Russell Harwood with VWBro Derek Nelson Thornhill, PGSwdB, DPGM, the Provincial delegation and Lodge members.
The Worshipful Master, Bro. Russell Harwood with VWBro Derek Nelson Thornhill, PGSwdB, DPGM, and the Lodge members.
An informal moment in the Lodge after the ceremony.
^ VWBro Derek Nelson Thornhill, PGSwdB, DPGM, with the Worshipful Master, Bro. Russell Harwood at the Festive Board.
< The VWBro Derek Nelson Thornhill, PGSwdB, DPGM, presents the Certificate of Amalgamation to the Worshipful Master, Bro. Russell Harwood.
~~ Relaxing at the Festive Board ~~
Photographs taken and reproduced here by kind permission of WBro Paul Smillie PPDepGReg, District Communications Officer.