Leeds Freemasons Lodge
Along with The Lodge of Dawn, Freemasons from across Leeds have again answered a call to ensure that hundreds ofchildren from across the city will receive at least one present this festive season. Castle Grove Masonic Hall is home to a number of lodges and their members once again donated a huge range of presents … Read more
Sunday 22nd October, saw the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Al Garthwaite officially open a new playground at Chapel Allerton Park; one that was part-funded by The Lodge of Dawn via a grant from the West Riding Masonic Charity Community Fund, as reported on here back in June. The ‘ChapelAPlay’ project began when a group … Read more
ChapelAPlay are Laura B, Beth and Laura R, a group of local mums who regularly use Chapel Allerton park. However, the current playground is completely dilapidated. The surfacing is hazardous and the equipment dated, unappealing, tired and unsafe in areas. There is nothing stimulating or attractive about it and, as a result, a huge opportunity … Read more
On the evening of 16th May The Lodge of Dawn played host to our 65th Junior Masters Night. This an annual event, which gives the members of our lodge who are not yet ‘on the ladder’ (ie not holding office in regular lodge) an opportunity to perform a First Degree Ceremony in the main temple … Read more
Back in May 2021 the Lodge of Dawn secured a grant of almost £25,000 from West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd for the building of a 4G AstroTurf MUGA (multi-use games area), for the Chapeltown Youth Development Centre (CFYDC) on Scott Hall Road in Leeds. This was completed later in the year. Since then the lodge … Read more
April’s ceremony was the Lodge of Dawn’s annual ‘Past Masters Night’, when previous masters of the lodge (known as ‘Past Masters’) take all of the ceremonial offices and deliver all of the ritual. In total 11 Past Masters of, and in, the lodge took part. See below. The ceremony was a Third Degree ceremony when … Read more
On Tuesday 20th April 2023 the inaugural annual Lodge of Dawn Pool tournament took place the the Northern Snooker Centre on Kirkstall Road in Leeds. Inspired by the Lodge of Fidelity Pool tournament, Bro Sam Fryer, joint winner of that tournament had spent months planning the event, even commissioning an exclusive trophy to be presented … Read more
Due to bad weather and bank holidays the regular dog walks with The Lodge of Dawn have been slightly less frequent recently. However last Sunday saw the latest Lodge of Dawn dog walk. Whilst we were few in number, it was till lots of fun. A cross-country trek, in Thorner, north Leeds, was the venue. … Read more
Back in February 2020 one of the members of the Lodge of Dawn saw a news story in the Yorkshire Evening Post about a group of fed-up parents who had just launch an appeal to improve children’s playground. Under half a mile from our home at Castle Grove, Meanwood Park playground’s appeal sounded like the … Read more
The last Sunday in January saw the latest Lodge of Dawn dog walk. The open spaces of Roundhay Park, in north Leeds, being the venue. Noah the Labrador, Barney the Spaniel, Ralph the Cavapoochon, Darcey the Cockerpoo, Ziggy the Doberman, Pippin the Dalmadoodle, Kali the Cockerpoo and Ted the Greyhound along with their owners, together … Read more