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Masonic Lodge No. 669 Freemasons' Hall Arthur Square, Belfast N. Ireland

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January 29, 2016 By JT 1 Comment

On Saturday 23rd January 2016, W. Bro Bal Madrid was installed as Master of Sir George Clark Memorial Lodge 669. The WM would like to thank all the Brethren for their support.

Photos below:

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November 1, 2015 By JT 5 Comments

We had a great Christmas Lunch Saturday 12th December with over 60 people in attendance.

If anyone wants a printed picture of your child (Or Adult) with Santa please email me at [email protected] with your address and I will have this posted to you within the week.

I can also print and post any other pictures shown below.

On behalf our WM we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

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October 8, 2015 By JT Leave a Comment

Please support Bro Neil Merritt in his half Marathon Run on Sunday 11th October for NSPCC. Very worthy cause to support.

Help him meet the target of £500 by donating online at this link www.justgiving.com/NeilMerritt
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Every childhood is worth fighting for. We did and we made it. We’re not fully out of the woods yet but we have come so far in the last year and a half.  The NSPCC is there for families like ours and hopefully to stop others from going through what we went through but they can’t do that without our support.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

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June 8, 2015 By JT 4 Comments

We would like to thank everyone who attended the Sir George Clark Memorial Clay Pigeon Shoot on Saturday 6th June,

Special thanks to W. Bro Mike Lewis for organizing the event and thanks to Bobby, Peter and Chris for marshaling on the day, and also thanks to W. Bro Pat Elliot for bring along his trap. Lodge would like to thank Janet Tarr for providing the BBQ.

It was a great day out and the weather did not stop us.

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W. Bro Johnny Tarr 2nd

W. Bro Tom Lamont 3rd


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May 22, 2015 By JT 9 Comments

Bal1Bro. Bal Madrid will be installed as WM of Lodge 669 Saturday 23rd January 2016.

Installation Arthur Square 4.00pm

Festive Board Arthur Square 7.00pm

Can you please complete the registration form below if you are planning on attending.

Festive Board Cost £25.00 Per Person

Starter: Vegetable Soup

Main Course: Sirloin Steak

Desserts: Pavlova or Fresh Fruit Salad

(Each Table will have Cheese & Biscuits)

Tea and Coffee

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April 20, 2015 By JT 1 Comment

After the visit to Rosslyn Chapel we had the pleasure of visiting Lodge Rosslyn St Clair No 606, with RWM Geoff Spence and Bro Peter Avent who had arranged a great buffet lunch with cake.

We would like to thank RWM Geoff Spence and Bro Peter Avent for their hospitality

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April 20, 2015 By JT 7 Comments

On Saturday 18th April 2015 20 members from 669, 651, 51, 133 and 1012 visited Rosslyn Chapel. After the Rosslyn Tour Guide has completed the group talk we were greeted and met by RWM Geoff Spence and Bro Peter Avent from  Lodge Rosslyn St Clair No 606 who have us an indepth Masonic Tour of Rosslyn Chapel. We would like to thank RWM Geoff Spence and Bro Peter Avent for an excellent tour of the Chapel.

During the weekend in Scotland we also had the pleasure of:

Visiting Lodge Rosslyn St Clair No 606.

Visiting the Edinburgh Castle Lodge

Visiting the Celtic Lodge 

 

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W. Bro Tom Lamont

Bro Bal Madird

Bro Fred Presbitero

Bro Romeo Godines

W. Bro Ken Beggs

W. Bro Ronnie Craig

W. Bro Johnny Tarr

Bro Bruno Putegnat

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W. Bro Chris McCauley

W. Bro Rennie McGrath

W. Bro Gardiner McGrath

W. Bro Gary Slieth

W. Bro Sean McKinney

Bro Maurice Clarke

Bro Andy Godden

Bro Craig Walsh

Lodge 51

W. Bro Paul Harvey

W. Bro Phllip McCann

Lodge 133

W. Bro Stephen Burgess

Lodge 1012

Bro Rodel Jazul

 

 

 

 

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April 20, 2015 By JT 2 Comments

On Friday 17th April, members of 669, 651, 51, 133 and 1012 had the pleasure of visiting Lodge Edinburgh Castle 1764 at Lodge Caledonian Hall.

Special thanks to Bro Jim King for making all the arrangements for our visit, and thanks to the RWM Willie Ross and his Warden and Brethren for their outstanding hospitality.

During the meeting WM W. Bro Chris McCauley acted as a candidate for the excellent working instructions of a Scottish 3rd, this was thoroughly enjoyed by all brethren present and was an honour to see this conducted in exemplary fashion

After the meeting we enjoyed a time of fellowship and a great night was had by all.

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April 20, 2015 By JT 1 Comment

On Saturday 18th April, members of 669, 651, 51, 133 and 1012 had the pleasure of visiting The Celtic Lodge 291

Special thanks to Bro David Hull PM for making all the arrangements for our visit, and thanks to the RWM Robert McClean and his Warden and Brethren for their outstanding hospitality:

Everyone enjoyed a great “Rabbie Burns” Evening

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March 17, 2015 By JT 4 Comments

We hope you have seen our very own W. Bro David Beggs and W. Bro Willie Cardwell playing with Major Sinclair Memorial Pipe Band through Belfast City

Another great event and fantastic day enjoyed by everyone. Please see pictures below. 

HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY

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PLEASE SEE BELOW PICTURES OF “GREENINGS” FROM AROUND THE WORLD 

The Great Wall of China and Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland® Paris

The Treasury in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, Egypt

Chicago’s Wacker and Willis Towers
Christ the Redeemer statue, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa; Whistler ski resort in British Columbia; the Tower of Hope, atop the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg; Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in St John’s; City Hall, Toronto; and City Hall, Montreal.
In London, the world-famous London Eye went green, along with Selfridges and the iconic Abbey Road.

The ‘Armadillo’and SSE Hydro in Glasgow and Town Hall, Manchester

Selfridges in Manchester and Birmingham joined the greening celebrations.


|In Austria, ‘greenings’ included the Skiwelt Söll (ski resort); Kaprun Castle, in the
Zell-am-See region; the Burgtheater (City Hall), and the Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel
in Vienna.

 

TV tower in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz; the Town Hall, in Hannover; the Town Hall and Neumünster Church (built over the tomb of St Kilian) in Würzburg; as well as (below) in Munich, the Allianz Arena, the Amerikahaus, the Olympic Tower and the BMW Welt. While in Theilheim, the Baroc church went green.

Ljubljana’s Castle and the city’s Triple Bridge went green in Slovenia; while in Switzerland, the Rhine Falls, in Neuhausen (one of Europe’s highest waterfalls)

In the Czech Republic, Petřín Lookout Tower, Prague, and the City Hall Viewing Tower, Ostrava, went green.
In Brussels, the Grand Place was lit up in green, and the Manneken Pis statue was “dressed” in Irish costume for the day!

In Shanghai, China, the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower and  the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel (old and new towers)

Guangzhou, in southern China, the Canton Tower, Guangzhou while in Qingdao, the Derry~Londonderry~Doire Clipper Race yacht

The Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, Bratislava, went green, along with the ICEconcert Hall in Luleå, Swedish Lapland.


The Holmenkollen ski jump, Oslo, Norway and The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Denmark,

In the Netherlands, Evoluon Eindhoven and Splendor music centre in Amsterdam
went green.

 

Italy: Città Alta – Porta San Giacomo, Bergamo, along with the Leaning Tower of Pisa; the Fountain of Piazza dei Martiri in Reggio Emilia and even the Virgin Active fitness centres in Milan greened their spinning classes!

 

Malta’s Porte des Bombes, Floriana went ‘green’.

And, the Prince’s Palace in Monaco, was also ‘greened’ again.

 

Going green in Spain were the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Tower of Hercules, in La Coruña; Salamanca town square; and the Cibeles Palace and fountain in Madrid.

Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães, Caiscais, Portugal, and the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) in Luxembourg city.

 

The Spanish Monument and the Galileo Galilei Planetarium, both in Buenos Aires, Argentina, turned green.

The N Seoul Tower in South Korea was ‘greened’.
In Mexico The El Ángel de la Independencia

Burj Al Arab in Dubai and Kingdom Tower, Saudi Arabia, went green.

  

In France, the famous Moulin Rouge became the “Moulin Vert”; while the Embassy of Ireland in Paris,
the Euronext Paris (the historical stock exchange) and the Hôtel de Ville in Lorient, all went green.

Pictures (above) show the State Bank of Countryside; the Chicago River; Chicago Board of Trade and Navy Pier; the Jay Pritzker Pavilion; Trump International Hotel & Tower; the Cadillac Palace Theatre; and the Soldier Field stadium – home to the famous Chicago Bears team – which all went green as part of the celebrations in Chicago.

Also in Chicago, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, the Wrigley Building, the United Center and Old St Patrick’s Church all went ‘green’.

 Also ‘greened’ in Chicago were the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, the Wrigley Building and the United Center.

Iconic skyscrapers go green in Philadelphia – the Cira Center, One and Two Liberty Place and BNY Mellon Center went green, along with the famous Boathouse Row.

And, elsewhere across the United States, the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas;   the Empire State Building, New York; City Hall, San Francisco
and the Massachusetts State House, Boston, all joined the Global Greening.

Once again, the iconic Niagara Falls was lit up for the St Patrick’s celebrations; while Savannah’s City Hall went green

City Hall in Houston also lit up in green again this year.

And, at Downtown Disney®, Orlando –  including the DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park, a ‘Mighty St Patrick’s Festival at Downtown Disney®’, took place with a special ‘Glow with the Show’ where visitors lit up with their ‘greened’ Disney ears!

Meanwhile, down under –  the Old Parliament House in Canberra; Hyde Street Barracks in Sydney; the Council House in Perth;
and The State Library of New South Wales in Sydney – all went green.

And, the Sydney Opera House and the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand, were among the very first icons to go green again this year, in honour of the island of Ireland and St Patrick’s Day.

Table Mountain, South Africa, and Scott Base, Antartica both went green as part of the global greening celebrations.


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