Fylde Mark Lodge No 296
Warrant dated: 24th February, 1882 Consecrated: 1st April, 1882
Subcribing Members: 36
Meet at Blackpool Masonic Hall, Adelaide Street, Blackpool
on Fourth Thursday in Jan, Mar, Apr, Sep, Nov(I)
| Meeting | Date |
|---|---|
| Ladies Evening | 21st March, 2009 |
History of the Lodge
The Warrant of The Fylde Lodge of Mark Master Masons No.296 is dated 24th February 1882 and the Lodge was consecrated on 1st April 1882. The Lodge originally met at the Clifton Arms Hotel, Blackpool and, in 1898 was invited to invest in a new company founded to build a new Masonic Hall in Blackpool. Fylde Mark Lodge was the first Lodge to meet in that new building in Adelaide Street on 29th September 1899 and this remains the Lodge's home to this day. The Lodge met every alternate month throughout the year and it was not until 1909 that a summer recess was proposed. Until relatively recently the Lodge still had seven meetings per year.
The Edmund Taylor Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No 296 was formed in 1913 and many Fylde Mark Lodge members were founders of that Lodge. Fylde Mark Lodge is justifiably proud that the Blackpool and District Association of Mark Lodges was founded in 1971 from an idea of one if it's members, V.W.Bro Norman Nicholson, who became the first Chairman. The Association continues to hold an Annual Festival presentation which is very well supported by members of Provincial Executive. The Festival is hosted in turn by one of the seven Mark Lodges in the Blackpool and Fylde area.