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Lodge Pollok, Pollokshields was chartered on the 1st of May, 1890 and celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2015.
We are a thriving Lodge with Brothers of all ages. We participate actively in visitations to other Lodges as well as finding time for a wide range of sporting activities covering golf, fishing and curling.
We are delighted to report that the Lodge is back operating fully in face to face meetings. Please see the Diary section for details of upcoming social events, deputations and Lodge meetings.
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The Office Bearers for 2022 – 2023
RWM – Bro. Howard Crooks
IPM -Bro. James Garside PM
Substitute Master – Bro. Derek Rankin PM
Senior Warden – Bro. Stephen Malloy
Junior Warden – Bro. Charles Gilmour
Secretary – Bro. Robert Garrity PM
Treasurer – Bro. Iain Smith PM
Almoner – Bro. Kitson Carey PM
Chaplain – Bro. John Waddell PM
Senior Deacon – Bro. Frank Jolly
Junior Deacon – Bro. Richard Hall
DOC – Bro. James Gray PM
Architect – Bro. Creighton Halliday PM
Jeweller – Bro. David Slicer
Sword Bearer – Bro. Robert Jenkins
Bible Bearer – Bro. Derek Pitt
Marshall – Bro. Graham Smith
Inner Guard – Bro. Craig Waddell
Organist – Bro. Neil Walker PM
Steward – Bro. David Mackenzie
Tyler – PM Rota
Our History
The Charter of the Lodge was granted by the Grand Lodge of Scotland on 1st May 1890.
The Lodge was originally within the Province of Renfrewshire East but was transferred to the Province of Glasgow in February 1898. Since then Past Masters of the Lodge have become members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow. The first regular meeting of the Lodge was held in the Burgh Chambers, Woodrow Circus, Pollokshields on the 14th May 1890.
The Office Bearers at this meeting were as follows:
Bro. Morris Carswell Bro. David R Clarke Bro. Peter Pringle Bro. William Stewart Bro. John W Ruddock Bro. John N Paton Bro. John Craig Bro. W W Tulloch Bro. John R Donald Bro. John Walker Bro. R Donaldson Bro. Wm S Hunter Bro. Neil McKinlay
With the exception of the D of M and IG, the above Office-bearers were Founder Members of the lodge, along with the following:
Bro. John Ure Primrose Bro. Robert Guy Bro. Peter Pringle Bro. John Campbell Bro. Charles O Hytten* Bro. John Lamont* Bro. William M Hutchison* Bro. Adam Aitken*
(The Brethren marked * were not present at the first Meeting)
The first meeting in the Burgh Halls, Maxwell Park was held on 25 October 1890. On that occasion the FoundationStonewas laid in the vestibule by Bro. Sir John Stirling Maxwell of Pollok, Bart., who with others were made Honorary Affiliates.
The first official deputation from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Renfrewshire East, headed by Bro. James Caldwell, PGMD, visited the Lodge on 13 October 1891. Six further visits were paid by commissioned office-bearers of that Province until 1898 when the Lodge transferred to the Province of Glasgow.
Regular annual visitations have been made by the Office-bearers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow since then, with the exception of the years 1913,1918 and 1941.
Since 1911 the Installation Ceremonies have been conducted by Past Masters of the Lodge. Previously, this was the duty of prominent Brethren holding office in Grand Lodge or the Provincial Grand Lodges of Renfrewshire East or Glasgow.
The first ‘At Home’, introduced in 1907 consisting of Whist, Supper and Dancing was held in December of that year
The first Masonic Devine Service of the Lodge was held in Pollokshields Parish Church on 14 February 1892 when Bro the Rev T B W Niven, Chaplain, officiated.
The Regular Meetings of the Lodge were held on the second Tuesday of the month until April 1892, when sanction was obtained to hold them on the last Tuesday of the Month. In December 1892 the present manner of the Office-bearers entry into the Lodge with musical accompaniment was adopted.
On the outbreak of War in 1914, Harmony and the annual ‘At Home’ were discontinued, and on account of the War the Semi-Jubilee of the Lodge, which fell on 1st May 1915, was not celebrated.
A Past Masters’ Evening was inaugurated at the Regular meeting of the Lodge held in October 1929, when eighteen Past Masters took part either in the ceremonial work of the Mark or as Office-bearers, while Bro. James Gallie Mus.Bac acted as organist. The ‘Loving Cup’ presented by the late Bro. David R Clark PM was used for the purpose of the Toast of ‘Past Masters’.
A stained glass window ‘To the Memory of Departed Brethren’ was placed in the South Wall of the Burgh Halls and was unveiled by Bro. Sir John Stirling Maxwell, KT, of Pollok, Baronet at the Regular Meeting on 26th November 1935.
During the War years 1939 till 1945, meetings of the Lodge were not held regularly on account of the Service of the Brethren in the work of national importance, the requisitioning of the Halls and the difficulties of travel caused by the lighting restrictions. All the social activities of the Lodge were discontinued until 1944, when the competition for the Aird Bowling Trophy was resumed.
The Master and other Office-bearers in 1939-1940 remained in office for four years until the Installation in November 1942. Preparations for the celebration of the Jubilee of the Lodge in 1940 were commenced but were abandoned because of war conditions.
In 1940 Bro. Dr R T Halliday, PM published a history covering the first fifty years of the Lodge – 1890 till 1939. In the year 1944-45 a full programme of Regular Meetings was resumed.
An Emergency Meeting of the Lodge was held within the Burgh Halls on Tuesday 9th May 1950 at 5.30pm to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Lodge. Present were the Depute Grand Master Bro. Dr Douglas L C Radford, Bro. Leonard Melrose, Grand Treasurer and Bro. Robert Battison, Grand Director of Ceremonies; The Provincial Grand Secretary Bro. D Belford Stephen and accompanying Provincial Office-bearers and Masters of neighbouring Lodges.
After the Lodge was closed the remainder of the evening was spent in harmony. This took the form of a Dinner at which 127 were present, the Brethren from Grand Lodge, Provincial Grand Lodge and the Masters of neighbouring Lodges were our Guests of Honour.
There were also present as guests of the Lodge the senior member Bro. John Wylie who was initiated in 1895 and the Senior Past Master Bro. Arthur J Murray who occupied the chair in the year 1909/10.
Toasts, interspersed with songs, entertained the company to a late hour. The function was an enjoyable and fitting celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Lodge.
In 2015, the Lodge celebrated its 125th Anniversary with a special meeting and dinner. Commemorative tumblers were created and distributed amongst the Brethren.
2022 28th March – A Short History of the Sword – Presented by Bro. Secretary 26th April – MM Degree 27th September – Talk 25th October – MM Degree 29th November – Annual Installation 2023 10th January – First Degree 31st January – Second Degree 28th February – Third Degree 28th March – Mark 25th …
2022 The Master will be pleased to have the company of any Brother wishing to join his Deputation to Lodges. June 12th 2022 @ 3pm – Lodge Montefiore Annual Divine Service at Garnethill Synagogue, 129 Hill Street, Glasgow G3 6UB. The visit includes a guided tour of the synagogue starting at 1.30pm. November 5th – …
2022 June 2022 – Visit to Lodge Albrecht Durer, Germany. Summer 2022 – Please look out for our golf and other sports events & support these where you are able. 29th May – Annual Match Pollok v LOE, Buchanan Castle Golf Club. First tee time is 11:54. 29th July – No.1’s Annual Quatercentenary Match at …