PG Secretary Bro Roy Gregory ROH Honorary Member PGP 1972

The Province: was formed in 1874 by the Lord Clyde and the Stanley Lodges, these Lodges unfortunately are no longer with us.

In 1897 the Province along with the Manchester and Rochdale Provinces were suspended from the Order “this was when the Northern and London Lodges split”, but when Grand Lodge moved to Birmingham in 1898 the present Bury Heywood and District Province was formed and readmitted.

Over the years 57 Lodges were opened in the Province, and in 1998 we celebrated 100 years of Buffaloism. Also the same year two of our Lodges celebrated their centenary, namely the Mathew Fletcher Lodge No 394 and the Perseverance Lodge No 534 and in 2001 the Haslingden Lodge No 736 celebrated their centenary.

On the 1^st January 2001 “Due to the unfortunate closure of the Rossendale Province” the King George V lodge No 1457 once again entered our Province having left in 1911 to form the Rossendale Province, we also lost the Forest Lodge in 1913 to the Rossendale Province but this Lodge only lasted 3 years and closed in 1916. On the first of January 2004 the Roy Waite Lodge No 10603 formally of the Rossendale Province came under our control, “having first of all gone to the control of the Burnley Province” on the closure of the Rossendale Province on 31^st December 2000

At the end of 2001 we had eight Lodges in the Province, but,, on the 31^st December 2001 the Radcliffe Lodge No 2633 unfortunately: had to close through shortage of Brethren so now we had seven very active Lodges. With the entrance of the Roy Waite Lodge that once again gave us 8 Lodges in the Province

List of Lodges

PGL Royal British Legion Water Street Radcliffe Grt Manchester 3^rd Mon 7.30pm

ROH Ass Royal British Legion Water Street Radcliffe Grt Manchester 1^st Tue 7.30pm

Kn Ch Heywood United Services Club Dawson St Heywood Lanc’s 3^rd Sun 7.00pm

394 Mathew Fletcher Queen Ann Hotel Little Lever Nr Bolton Sun Noon

534 Perseverance United Services Club Dawson Street Heywood Lanc’s Sun 8.00pm

736 Haslingden & Helmshore Conservative Club Bank Street Haslingden

Rossendale Lanc’s Fri 8.30pm

1148 Ramsbottom Old Dun Horse Hotel Bolton Road Ramsbottom Nr Bury Wed 8.00pm

1457 King George V Rams Head Hotel Newchurch Road Rawtenstall

Rossendale Lanc’s Wed 8.30pm

6343 Stopes Jennings Royal British Legion Water Street Radcliffe M/C Wed 8.00pm

8907 John Kelly Freemasons Arms Market Street Heywood Lanc’s Sun Noon

10603 Roy Waite Waterfoot Social Club Ashworth Rd Waterfoot Every other

Rossendale Lanc’s Sun 1.30pm

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List of future activities will be published below

Last Saturday every month the King George V Lodge have a stall on Rawtenstall Market. All proceeds go to charity.

S.T.B.

Wednesday 16^th March 2005 4^th Degree at the Ramsbottom Lodge Dun Horse Hotel Bolton Road Ramsbottom Lanc’s

List of No’s, for the PGP’s Charity Draw. Drawn on Monday 20^th December 2004

1^st 1469, 2^nd 1977, 3^rd 1486, 4^th 1444, 5^th 1903, 6^th 2150, 7^th 1655, 8^th 1279, 9^th 1943, 10^th 1490, 11^th 1479, 12^th 1775, 13^th 1252,

14^th 1263, 15^th 2179, 16^th 2188, 17^th 2121, 18^th 1299, 19^th 1758, 20^th 1706, 21^st 1513, 22^nd 2126, 23^rd 1525, 24^th 1590, 25^th 2139,

26^th 1542, 27^th 1605, 28^th 1412, 29^th 1273, 30^th 2090, 31^st 1853, 32^nd 1611, 33^rd 1995, 34^th 1999, 35^th 1984, 36^th 1407, 37^th 1630,

38^th 1975, 39^th 1431, 40^th 1239, 41^st 1519, 42^nd 1639, 43^rd 1667, 44^th 1364, 45^th 2134, 46^th 1864, 47^th 1581, 48^th 2101, 49^th 2200,

50^th 1400, 51^st 1427, 52^nd 1247, 53^rd 1583, 54^th 1284, 55^th 1705, 56^th 1676, 57^th 2080, 58^th 1789, 59^th 1961, 60^th 1963, 61^st 1600,

62^nd 1889, 63^rd 1593, 64^th 1473, The PGP for 2004 Bro Kevin Lloyd KOM would like to thank all who helped to make his appeal on behalf of Alzheimer’s such a success.

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