(by Craig Bunday, Peterborough Freemasons, Peterborough Telegraph, Saturday 07 July 2018)
As has been mentioned many times in this column, 2017 marked 300 years of the formation of The United Grand Lodge of England. It was this time last year that Bridge Street was lined by Freemasons from all over The Province of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, as they paraded with invited dignitaries from The Town Hall to The Cathedral (pictured), to attend an evensong service marking the culmination of The Cathedral’s Festival of Music. This year of course sees another milestone, the 900th anniversary of Peterborough Cathedral. In future columns we shall be looking at the specific association Freemasons have with the building, including a procession that took place in 1922. Elsewhere in the Province, the charity ‘Carers Trust Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, and Norfolk’ benefitting from a £30,000 grant from Freemasons in this Province. The cheque was presented recently at St Ives Young Carers group. The grant came through the Masonic Charitable Foundation, which is funded by…
