During the Year :
We raised £ ???. We donated £2073.35
Our Social Events were : Burns night, ladies festival, Quiz Night and Sunday Lunch.
Masters Charities : £979.35 donated as follows :
- £245.50 – Yatton Youth Club (the supply of 14 chairs to aid with club refurbishment )
- £247.19 – The Springboard Opportunity Group (purchased an ipad for use in classroom activities)
- £54.60 + £80 + £77.54- Julian Trust Night Shelter (Tinned foodstuffs for the homeless in Bristol)
- £249.52 – Every Child Needs Christmas (Christmas presents for underprivileged children in North Somerset)
- £25 – Royal British Legion wreath
We donated £1094 to the following worthy causes :
- £409 – Woodspring Lodge widows
- £50 – North Somerset Masonic Widows association
- £385 – Weston Hospicecare
- £250 – British Heart Foundation
We also donated £??? to various Somerset PGL Funds :
- £ – Somerset Provincial Grand Lodge – 2020 Festival (Ashler)
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Tony at Yatton Youth Club after donating 14 chairs to help with the refurbishment of the club. November 2018.
Food given to the Julian Trust Night Shelter
Joe, Tony (WM) & Frank at the Trust food store.
Tony (WM) with Laura Bartlett who collects the items for Every Child Needs Christmas. They distribute Christmas presents to underprivileged children in the North Somerset area.
Remembrance Sunday 12 November 2017 – Yatton.
Tony with Woodspring’s Wreath
Below – Wreath laid with others at the Yatton Memorial Garden and Part of ceremony
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.INSTALLATION 13th OCTOBER 2017
Our new Master is Tony Price, with his Junior (left) and Senior (right) Wardens
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On the 40th Anniversary of Woodspring Lodge,
WBro David Cox (Founding member of Woodspring Lodge October 1977) receiving his 50 year certificate from WBro John Winston Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Somerset.
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13th October 2017 : 40th Anniversary of Woodspring lodge.
Founding members Brian Cox (on left) and David Cox (on right) with Tony Snook (middle), Woodspring’s 1st Initiate (November 1977)
Brian, Tony and David in front of the Woodspring Board of Honours, which lists the Masters from our consecration in October 1977
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Lodge Meetings
Held on the Friday after the 2nd Wednesday from October to May. We tile at 18:30, Installations at 17:30.
The Proposed dates of our meetings for the 2017-18 season are :
- Friday 13th October 2017 : (17:30) Installation of Bro Tony Price
- Friday 10th November 2017 : 1st Degree Ceremony
- Friday 15th December 2017 : 1st Degree Ceremony
- Friday 12th January 2018 : No Ceremony – BURNS NIGHT, ladies to Dine.
- Friday 16th February 2018 : 2nd Degree Ceremony
- Friday 16th March 2018 : 1st Degree Ceremony (Past Masters)
- Friday 13th April 2018 : 2nd Degree Ceremony
- Friday 11th May 2018 : 3rd Degree Ceremony
- Friday 12th October 2018 : Installation
Proposed Fraternal Visits
- TBA : The Lodge of Agriculture in Yatton
- TBA : Backwell Lodge in Nailsea.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
Saturday 18th Nov – : 40th Anniversary Celebration – Yatton Masonic Hall [email a.price2@btinternet.com for details]
Friday 12th January 2018 : – BURNS NIGHT – Yatton Masonic Hall [email a.price2@btinternet.com for details]
Saturday 24th February 2018 : LADIES FESTIVAL – Cadbury Country Club, Yatton. [email a.price2@btinternet.com for details]
Saturday 24th March 2018 QUIZ NIGHT with Fish & Chip supper – Yatton Masonic Hall [email a.price2@btinternet.com for details]
Sunday 22nd April 2018 : SUNDAY LUNCH at Yatton Masonic Hall
Tony Price.
Tony joined masonry when he was initiated into ?name? Lodge in ??year??, passed in ??year? and raised in ??year?? .
Unfortunately Tony passed to the Grand Lodge above at the end of April 2019. His passing was very sudden, and a loss to Woodspring Lodge. He will be greatly missed.