The 2018 MBF Festival |
Lincolnshire Show Ground on Saturday 7th July |
| 860 Brethren and Ladies attended the event, the 150th since the inception by Cannon Portal in 1868 when £79 was raised for the Charitable purposes of Grand Mark Lodge. |
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June and Keith Beardmore |
| This year the Brethren of the Province of Lincolnshire raised the sum of £870, 000, a magnificent sum for a Province that is by no means the biggest in the Order. |
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Marion and Geoff Lee |
| Lincolnshire Prov Grand Master Rt W Bro Rev Trevor Walker welcomed the Pro Grand Master along with the Dep and Ass Grand Masters, The President of the MBF Rt W Bro John Wright and their Ladies to the event. |
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Jude and Ian Nairn |
| West Lancashire was represented by Prov Grand Master Rt WBro Keith Beardmore and Mrs June Beardmore, Dep PGM V W Bro Geoff Lee and Mrs Marion Lee, Ass PGMs V W Bro Ian Nairn and Mrs Jude Nairn and W Bro Giles Berkley and Mrs Sandra Berkley, Rt W. Bro Peter Connolly and Mrs Lynne Connolly, V W Bro Eric Drinkwater and Mrs Drinkwater, W Bro Bill Ainsworth and Mrs Ainsworth and W. Bro Robert Allman and Mrs Allman, all pictured along with the banqueting suite at the show ground. |
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Sandra and Giles Berkley |
| The evening was rounded off with a firework display to make the 150th Festival. |
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Tegwen and Eric Drinkwater |
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| Lynn and Peter Connolly |
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Denise and Bill Ainsworth |
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| Lynda and Robert Allman |
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Overview of Dining Room |
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Followed by Fireworks |
| Words and pictures by Keith Beardmore |
