Meeting of 10th April 2024

On which day and date, a regular Meeting was held within the Masonic Hall 14 Maddiston Road Brighton’s at 1930hrs.

Present were the IPM Bro Alan Curr, office bearers and Brethren as per the attendance register 35 brethren from lodge Polmont 16 visitors giving a total of 51 brethren signing the tyle. 

The IPM welcomed all into the lodge room and apologies we’re received from the RWM Bro Alex Muir who is recuperating at home and sends his regards and all the best for the degree tonight. Bro Jim Bennie passed on from the brethren to the RWM a speedy recovery.

The deacons retired in order, to prepare and introduce Mr Jack Robertson a candidate who wished to gain the benefits of freemasonry at the hands of the office bearers of lodge Polmont.

The degree was carried out by the IPM and the office bearers of lodge Polmont in a most solomn and somber manner which has come to be expected at lodge Polmont and on the conclusion of the ceremony the IPM Bro Alan Curr descended on to the floor and accompanied Bro Jack Robertson in the West to be the first to congratulate him on becoming lodge Polmont’s newest entered apprentice and addressing the distinguished East, Worshipful warden’s brethren and visitors they charged them to ever meet, greet and treat Bro Robertson as such but in the meantime to give him a very warm welcome among us.  The IPM then returned to the East inviting Bro Robertson to retire and restore himself to his former comfort 

The IPM then thanked the brethren in the columns for their quiet attention during the ceremonial, to the members of lodge Polmont he once more thanked them for their continued support, to the visitors he thanked them for their attendance and asked that they take warm and fraternal greetings from Lodge Polmont back to their mother lodges at their earliest convenience and asked the brethren of lodge Polmont to once more give the visitors a hearty vote of thanks.

The IPM then went on to thank the degree team and that the RWM would be a proud man for the quality of work that was performed this evening.

 Rwm Bro Jim Fisher replied on behalf of the visiting brethren for the warmth and cordiality on entering the lodge this evening and for the excellent work done by the IPM and the office bearers of lodge Polmont and in his absence welcoming bro Jack Robertson on becoming lodge Polmont’s newest entered apprentice also thanking bro John Galloway for his musical accompaniment and wishing our RWM a speedy recovery the RWM Jim Fisher then concluded by bringing warm and fraternal greetings from all the visiting sister lodges but more in particular his own mother lodge, lodge Stirling Royal Arch No 76.