Charge your Glasses One of the many things that often strikes new Freemasons is the formal toast list at the festive board. For many, if not most, people, the only formal toasting they see is the occasional wedding. In Dorset, this is even more of a novelty because of the “Dorset Fire”. On my initiation […]

If you want something done, ask a busy person Brother Benjamin Franklin This month, this year should not pass without remembering that 100 years ago, in August 1922 The Brethren of the Lodge of Honour and Friendship 1266 stood in silent tribute to the passing of their (To date) most famous son, Col Sir William […]

Thomas Dunkerley was born on 23rd October 1724. During his very active life, he was to become an extraordinary and legendary figure in Freemasonry throughout the second half of the eighteenth century. His mother’s marriage to a Mr Dunkerley was one of convenience as she had fallen pregnant to an un-named person of some importance. […]

Mike Lofthouse, of Honour and Friendship Lodge 1266 is undertaking research into the life of the celebrated Blandford sculptor, Alfred Stevens. Mike had found evidence that Alfred Stevens was assisted financially by two Blandford men; Samuel Pegler and Arthur Pegler and Mike wondered if they had ever been Freemasons in Blandford. First attempts at researched […]