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

Present were the Right Worshipful Master Bro Ian Simpson, office bearers and Brethren as per the attendance register the Lodge was at capacity with 67 visitors and apologies were received from 12 brethren a copy of which is recorded and held on file and there was a total of 9 visiting lodges in attendance

Opening

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

The RWM 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.

Correspondence

A letter was received form the Provincial Grand lodge of Stirlingshire with the date and venue for the charity Bowling trophy which will be held on Sunday the 2^nd of August starting at 8.30am with the venue taking place at Falkirk Bowling Club Cochrane Street FK1 1QB

A letter was received from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirling shire on behalf of the RWM Bro James MacAulay with regards to a raffle he is running with permission of the R.W.P.G.M.

A letter was received from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirling shire with the details of the Charity fishing Trophy Association to be held on Saturday the 6^th of June venue is Linlithgow Loch 9am start.

Almoners Report

The WSW Bro Alan Banks had raised concerns regarding having not seen Bro Tom Fenwick attendance at the lodge the Bro Secretary paid Bro Fenwick a visit and reported that all was well and due to family commitments, he couldn’t attend the lodge but thanked all that were concerned and thanked the Bro Secretary for the visit.

Visitations

The WJW Bro Graham Black gave a report of the visitations he with various brethren had made over the past couple of weeks. Our RWM thanked all who accompanied the WJW and other brethren on their extensive visits and promoting lodge Polmont, the RWM then asked the brethren to give a vote of thanks for the various visits that were made.

2^ndDegree

The RWM then passed the lodge to the second degree and instructed the bro DOC to introduce the deputation from Stirling Royal Arch No 76 headed on this occasion by their RWM Bro Ronnie Bateman. The deputation entered the lodge with the sound of the pipes and drum and after a few introductions the RWM Bro Ronnie Bateman was invited up to the East . The degree was then carried out with most solemn, Precise and dignified manner as practiced by the RWM and office bearers of lodge Stirling Royal Arch No76, at the conclusion of the degree the RWM with our RWM Bro I Simpson made their way to be the first to congratulate Bro McNee on becoming lodge Polmont’s newest fellowcraft and to introduce him to the brethren. RWM then instructed the deacons to uplift the collection which realised the sum of £335.07 to which the RWM thanked the brethren. The RWM then thanked the brethren in the columns for their quiet attention during the ceremonial, to the organist he thanked for the musical accompaniment, to Bro P Anderson for playing the drum and Bro Gregg McCulloch for playing the pipes he thanked them for their exceptional talent, to the members of Lodge Polmont he once again thanked them for their continued support and 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 give the visitors a hearty vote of thanks.

Invitation to speak

Bro A Curr DOC on behalf of Bro A Fernie and himself thanked all that attended the recent quiz night which had raised over £700 which will be split between lodge funds and Strathcarron hospice, Bro S Alston announced that his band would be playing in the lodge again on Saturday the 14^th of March, Bro A Ure PM Sec announced that he was still collecting eggs but was well short of what the lodge had achieved last year but had every faith in the brethren to step up to the mark. DM Bro Malcolm M Hamilton 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 congratulating the RWM Bro Ronnie Bateman and his degree team for an exceptional fellow craft degree and congratulating in his absence Bro Barry McNee on becoming lodge Polmont’s newest fellow craft finishing off by bringing warm and fraternal greetings from all the visiting sister lodges but more in particular his own mother lodge, lodge Camelon No 1456.

Intimations

The RWM gave the following intimations. The next regular meeting is on Wednesday the 11^th of March which will be a third degree conferred upon Bro Garry Cunningham the RWM then invited those who could 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.