W.Bro Dave Morton
Walnut Tree Lodge News
we extended a warm welcome to our newest initiate Brother Mr Gary Simmons. The Charge was delivered by W Bro Ricky in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good Christmas meal served amongst fellow Brethren, visitors and friends, together with lively conversation and sincere toasts.W. Bro. A Thomas retained the mastership of the Lodge for the second year. The addresses to the Master, Wardens and the Brethren were delivered in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fish and chips meal served amongst fellow Brethren, visitors and friends, together with lively conversation and sincere toasts.we heartily welcomed our newest Brother and initiate Mr John Atkinson. The festive board was thoroughly enjoyed, served amongst fellow Brethren, friends and visitors.Bro. Paul Brady was Passed. Bro Kevin Dark doing the floor work and W.Bro Roy Howard giving the explanation and demonstration of the second degree working tools. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a healthy meal served amongst fellow Brethren and friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.we extended a warm welcome to our newest Brother and initiate Mr Paul Brady. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good Christmas meal served amongst fellow Brethren, visitors and friends, together with lively conversation and sincere toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. A Thomas. The addresses to the Master, Wardens and the Brethren were delivered in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good roast meal served amongst fellow Brethren, visitors and friends, together with lively conversation and sincere toasts.W Bro Roy Howard and Bro Vince Knight were welcomed into our Lodge. Bro James Gatehouse was raised to the 3rd degree, W.Bro Dennis Sharp performed the ceremony. Bro Kevin Dark gave an explanation of the working tools. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board amongst fellow Brethren and friends, new and old, together with friendly conversation and entertaining toasts.W Bro Jeffrey Conway PAGReg Provincial JGW was our visitor to the Lodge. Bro Bobby Prior was invested as Senior Deacon. W Bro Steve Yuill was welcomed into our Lodge. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board amongst fellow Brethren and friends, new and old, together with friendly conversation and entertaining toasts.Bro. James Gatehouse was Passed. W. Bro Lee Storey performed the 2nd Degree ceremony and Kevin Dark giving the explanation and demonstration of the second degree working tools. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a healthy meal served amongst fellow Brethren and friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. M Prior. The addresses to the Master, Wardens and the Brethren were delivered in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good roast meal served amongst fellow Brethren, visitors and friends, together with lively conversation and sincere toasts.scheduled for December, March and June were abandoned due to the Continuing Coronavirus outbreak.due to Covid safety guidelines, only 6 brethren were able to attended this meeting. For the first time ever W. Bro, Chris Lees retained the Mastership of the lodge for the third time. After the meeting there was no Festive Board, but the Brethren were able to dine on two separate tables. It was good to be able to meet up, even under these strange conditions. Stay safe everyone.Scheduled for the 9th June was abandoned due to the Continuing Coronavirus outbreak. Remember to keep safe everyone.Ken Barnett (PPAGReg) and Barrie Schriven (PPGReg) both received promotions in 2020. We thank them both for their continued work and support to the Walnut Tree Lodge and Freemasonry in general.Scheduled for the 17th March was abandoned due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Keep safe everyone.W. Bro. Ricky gave an excellent insight into ‘Solomon’ and W. Bro. Tony Barrett, a visitor to our Lodge, presented a Grand Lodge Certificate to Bro. Kevin Dark. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good hearty meal amongst fellow Brethren and friends, both old and new.the Mastership of the lodge passed again to W. Bro. Chris Lees. The address to the Master was delivered by W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, and the address to the Brethren by W. Bro. Brian Tyrrell both in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good hearty meal amongst fellow Brethren and friends, both new and old, and again joined by brethren of the ‘other’ Walnut Tree Lodge.James Gatehouse was Initiated. The Working Tools was given by W. Bro. Chris Lees and the Charge by W. Bro. Barrie Scriven both in an excellent manner. An explanation of the Tracing Board was given by Bro. Steve Traynor of Caterham Lodge No. 2095. We also had a joining member W. Bro. Lee Joseph Price. The festive board was enjoyed amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts. £230 was raised for Prostrate Cancer.Timothy David John Jonck was Initiated and we also had a joining member W. Bro. Roy Brown. An explanation of the Working Tool was given by W. Bro. Chris Lees and the Charge by W. Bro. Brian Tyrrell both in a most excellent manner.After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine hearty meal, amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.Bro. Kevin Dark was Raised to the Third degree. W. Bro. Barrie Scriven took the Masters Chair. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine Christmas meal, amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed again to W. Bro. Ricky Reeves. We had a special guest present at this meeting, Asst Provincial Grand Master, Chas Elliott. The addresses to the Master, Wardens and the Brethren were delivered in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good hearty meal served amongst fellow Brethren, visitors and friends, together with witty conversation and sincere toasts.Bro. Kevin Dark was passed to the second degree. The explanation of the second degree tracing board was given by W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, and the Working Tools were presented by Bro. Adam Thomas, both in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine meal, amongst friends, new and old, and even a visitor from another Walnut Tree Lodge!Bro. Adam Thomas was raised to the third degree.The Traditional history and the 3rd Degree Working tools were given by W.Bro. Barrie Scriven, both in a most excellent manner. A Grand Lodge Certificate was excellently presented to Bro Bobby Prior by W. Bro Tony Barrett, from Chafford Lodge No. 5510. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine meal, amongst friends, new and old, and the usual lively conversation and toasts.Kevin Dark was initiated. The Working Tools were presented by Bro. Adam Thomas, and the Charge to the Initiate was given by W Bro Brian Tyrrell, then Bro Trevor Taylor presented the Initiate with his white gloves and Bro Steve Traynor gave an explanation of the 1st Degree tracing board, all in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine Christmas meal, amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. Chris Lees. The address to the Master was delivered by W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, and the address to the Brethren by W. Bro. Brian Tyrrell both in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good hearty meal amongst fellow Brethren and friends, both new and old, together with witty conversation and jolly toasts.Bro. Bobby Prior was raised to the third degree.The Traditional history and the 3rd Degree Working tools were given by W.Bro. Barrie Scriven, both in a most excellent manner. An address from W. Bro. Colin Felton Prov.G.Ch.Stwd was well received. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine meal, amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation, a rather large raffle and the usual entertaining toasts.Bro. Adam Thomas was passed to the second degree.The explanation of the second degree tracing board was given by W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, and the Working Tools were presented by Bro. Bobby Prior both in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine meal, amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation, a rather biased raffle and entertaining toasts.Bro. Bobby Prior was passed to the second degree. W. Bro. Stuart St Clair-Haslam took the Masters Chair and the explanation of the second degree tracing board was given by W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine Christmas meal, amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and very entertaining toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. Ken Barnett. The address to the Master was delivered by W. Bro. Brian Tyrrell, the one to the Brethren by W. Bro. P. Nichols and that to the Wardens by Brian Tyrrell, all in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good hearty meal amongst fellow Brethren and friends, both new and old, together with witty conversation and toasts.Adam Thomas was initiated. The Working Tools were presented by W Bro. Paul Nichols, and the Charge to the Initiate was given by W Bro Brian Tyrrell, both in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good meal amongst friends, Visitors and Brothers new and old, together with lively conversation and a \'straight from the heart\' speech from our Honorary member W. Bro. Gerald Winstanley.Bobby James Prior was initiated. The Working Tools were presented by W Bro. Paul Nichols, and the Charge to the Initiate was given by W Bro Brian Tyrrell, both in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good meal amongst friends, Visitors and Brothers new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.due to unforeseen circumstances, we had a practice run 1st degree with a W. Bro. as a worthy stand-in initiate. An explanation of the Working Tool was given by W. Bro. Paul Nichols and the Charge by W. Bro. Brian Tyrrell both in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine Christmas fare, amongst friends and visitors, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. Stuart St Clair-Haslam. The address to the Master was delivered by W. Bro Barrie Scriven, the one to the Brethren by W. Bro. Brian Tyrrell and that to the Wardens by W. Bro. P. Nichols all in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good hearty meal amongst fellow Brethren and friends, both new and old, together with witty conversation and toasts.Bro. Michael Prior was Raised to the Third degree. The Traditional history was given by our Worshipful Master W.Bro. Barrie Scriven, & the 3rd Degree Working tools by W.Bro Paul Nichols both in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine hearty meal, amongst friends new and old, together with lively conversation and toasts, with visitors from as far afield as Spain.Bro. Barrie John Strutt was raised to the third degree. An explanation of the traditional history was given by our Worshipful Master W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine meal, amongst friends and visitors, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.For those who have regularly attended the Walnut Tree Lodge LoI’s we celebrated Christmas by dining in The Old White Horse in South Ockendon on Monday the 15th of December. No top table, no toasts and no speeches, just good old fashioned cheer and friendly banter was had and shared amongst good fellow friends – and one or two bottles of wine were also consumed as well.Bro. Michael Prior was passed to the second degree. An explanation of the second degree tracing board was given by Our worshipful Master W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a fine Christmas meal, amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. Barrie Scriven. The address to the Master and Brethren was delivered by W. Bro. B. Tyrrell and that to the Wardens by W. Bro. P. Nichols both in a most excellent fashion. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good meal amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.Walnut Tree Lodge in association with the Abbs Cross Chapter No. 6920 hosted it\'s 2nd Charity race night on Canvey Island. Another hugely successful race night, this time at Smallgains Hall, Island Boys Pavilion, Creek Road, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 8QP. Thanks to Ian Taylor and every one involved in organising this event and thank you to all that turned up to make this a \'Big Fun on the Big Screen\' night and raise £850 for Charity.
On the 14th August 2014, Walnut Tree Lodge No. 5533\'s brand new web site, www.walnuttreelodge.org.uk which gives our history, information and forth-coming events, has now been given formal approval from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex. So now we can publish this site and proudly carry the Provincial logo.Bro. Barrie John Strutt was passed to the second degree. APGM Peter Hammond and his DC Geoff Turpin were in attendance. An explanation of the second degree tracing board was given by W. Bro. Barrie Scriven, in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good meal amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation.W.Bro. Ricky Reeves and his Lady Lisa held their Ladies Night at the Hilton Hotel in Dartford, Kent. This was an excellent venue and the staff, who were highly professional, friendly and welcoming, ensured that it was a huge success for them and all of their guests. Great food was served and money raised for charity and finished off with a disco into the small hours of the night completing a perfect evening.Michael Samuel Prior was initiated. The Working Tools were presented by Bro. Robert Knapp, and the Charge to the Initiate was given by W Bro Brian Tyrrell, both in a most excellent manner. A Grand Lodge Certificate was presented to Bro. Tony Mason by W. Bro. Ron Radley of the Sir Francis Drake Lodge No. 4240, in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good meal amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.Barrie John Strutt was initiated. A Grand Lodge Certificate was presented to Bro. Steven Howard by W. Bro. Ron Radley of the Sir Francis Drake Lodge No. 4240, in a most excellent manner. After the meeting the brethren attended the festive board and enjoyed a good meal amongst friends, new and old, together with lively conversation and entertaining toasts.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. Ricky Reeves. The address to the Master and Brethren was delivered by W. Bro. B. Tyrrell and that to the Wardens by W. Bro. P. Nichols both in a most excellent way.the Mastership of the lodge passed to W. Bro. Terry Earwicker The address to the Master and Brethren was delivered by W. Bro. B. Tyrrell and that to the Wardens by W. Bro. P. Nichols both in a most excellent way.