On which day and date, a regular Meeting was held within the Masonic Hall 14 Maddiston Road Brighton’s at 19.15hrs.

Present were the Right Worshipful Master Bro Alex Muir, office bearers and Brethren as per the attendance register 113 brethren signed the tyle 47 brethren from lodge Polmont 46 visitors 20 Brethren from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire apologies were received from 5 brethren and there was a total of 19 visiting lodges in attendance.

Opening

The lodge was opened in the 1^st degree in due and ancient form.

RWM Alex Muir welcomed all into the lodge and to the brethren of lodge Polmont he offered his thanks for their continued support a warm welcome was extended to the visiting brethren from the sister lodges both within and out with the Province of Stirlingshire, the RWM then called on the brethren of lodge Polmont to afford the visitors a very warm welcome the RWM then apologised to all qualified brethren that would normally join him in the East due to it being the annual installation and stated that due to limited numbers that only installed master’s for the evening to join him in the East and on their next visit they would be offered their rightful place in the East.

The minutes of the last regular meeting held on Wednesday the 12^th of November 2025 which having been previously disseminated via email was approved on the motion of Bro Graham Black and seconded by WSW Bro Alan Banks.

Annual Installation

The rods were manned, and a large deputation of installed Masters was received headed on this occasion by PM and installing Master Bro Allan Simpson with a few words of welcome the installing Master was invited to the East.

A deputation from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire headed by the RWPGM Bro Stuart Stirling was received into the lodge as recorded in the attendance book for the purpose of the annual installation.

The RWPGM thanked the RWM for the fealty and warmth of his welcome expressing his pleasure at once again being with the members of lodge Polmont and their visitors and as the business of the evening was the annual installation of the RWM Elect and his office bearers wishing the installing Masters his best wishes for the evening and intimating that it would be his pleasure to address the brethren later in the proceedings.

THE RWM then presented the gavel to the RWIM Bro Allan Simpson PM in order that he may proceed with the ceremony of installation, on receiving the gavel the RWIM welcomed the brethren and visitors into the lodge.

The RWIM instructed the RWM Elect Bro Ian Simpson to be presented and the ancient charges were read out for his assent and both having approached the alter the RWM Elect took the oath de Fedeli which was administered by the RWIM and a solo by Bro Greg McCulloch played on the pipes.

The RWIM instructed Bro John H W Curry that as the installing board wished to retire to conclude the installation of Bro Ian Simpson with the rods manned the installing board retired to the pipes and drums.

Bro John Curry PM in his own unique style invested the office bearers with the jewels of their respective office, on the return of the installing board the RWM was then taken to the East to sit in the chair of king Solomon IPM Bro Alex Muir then presented the charter, constitution, bye-laws and the v.s.l. The RWM then appointed his Depute. The RWIM then introduced the newly installed RWM Bro Ian Simpson to the lodge and presented the lodge to the RWM.

At the conclusion of the installation ceremonial the RWIM Bro Allan Simpson congratulated his installing colleague Bro John Curry PM for a job well done to the musicians Bro Greg McCulloch, Bro Ross McCulloch for the pipes and Bro Peter Anderson for the drum accompaniment not forgetting Bro John Galloway offering his sincere thanks for their musical accompaniment to the brethren in the columns, he thanked them not only for their attendance but also for their quiet attention during the ceremonial.

The RWM first duty was to present Bro Alex Muir IPM with his jewel then invite the Almoner Bro John Curry PM to make the appeal on behalf of the Grand Almoner, the collection was uplifted, and a substantial amount was presented the treasurer who would announce the total collected when fully counted.

The RWM then presented the gavel to the RWPGM Bro Stuart Stirling in fealty to the PGLOS and through that august body to the Grand Lodge of Scotland so that he could once again preside over the lodge as he deems fit.

On accepting the gavel, the RWPGM thanked the RWM for tendering the gavel and reiterated that the fealty of lodge Polmont has never been in doubt congratulating the RWM for taking the chair in his mother lodge and a special mention to Bro Wallace Simpson DM stating that he must be a very proud father to have witnessed his two sons one taking to the chair and the other as his installing master the RWPGM then wished the RWM and his office bearers every success for their tenure in office. The RWPGM expressed his pleasure at the quality of the installation ceremonial and congratulated the installing masters Bro Allan Simpson PM and Bro John Curry PM not only on the high standard of the ceremonial but also the way on which it was presented, to Bro John Galloway for his musical accompaniment to our musicians Bro Greg McCulloch, Bro Ross McCulloch for the pipes Bro Tom Anderson for the drums and on escorting the board of installed masters and the deputation from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire.

On returning the gavel to the RWM the RWPGM reiterated his thanks and wished lodge Polmont all the best for the ensuing twelve months, As the business of the evening having come to a happy conclusion the RWPGM and his deputation wished to retire the RWM then invited those who could stay behind to do so for some lodge hospitality and to those that could not to have a safe journey home.

The RWM then thanked the installing masters for installing him and his office bearers and invited the installing board to retire inviting them to stay behind for some lodge Polmont hospitality and to those that could not to have a safe journey home.

The RWM thanked Bro John Galloway for his musical accompaniment to musicians Bro Greg McCulloch, Bro Ross McCulloch for the pipes and Bro Peter Anderson for their musical talents to the members of Lodge Polmont he once again thanked them for their continued support and to the visitors he thanked them once more 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 give the visitors a hearty vote of thanks.

Invitation to speak & Response

RWM Bro Alan Buchanan replied on behalf of the visiting brethren for the warmth and cordiality on entering the lodge something that has always come to be expected at lodge Polmont to the installing team for a fantastic installation to Bro John Galloway for his musical accompaniment to Bro Greg and Ross McCulloch and Bro Peter Anderson for their musical talent finishing off by bringing warm and fraternal greetings from all the visiting sister lodges but more in particular his own mother lodge, lodge Callendar No 588.

Intimations

The RWM gave the following intimations that the next regular meeting is on Wednesday the 10^th of December and is a first degree, the festival of St Andrew is on Friday the 5^th of December 7pm for a 7.30pm sitting, the general committee meeting due to take place on Monday the 15^th of December is cancelled and moved to Tuesday the 16^th of December the RWM then invited those who could to stay behind to do so for some lodge hospitality and to the brethren that could not that they have a safe journey home there being no further business the RWM closed the lodge in due and ancient form.