A COUPLE of things Roger Farris wants to make clear from the start: there’s no naked chest beating, there’s no drinking wine from skulls and there’s no shadowy pacts of illegal loyalty.
The 78-year-old Master of Sheffield’s oldest freemason lodge thinks for a second.
But...
“There are secrets I won’t discuss,” he says. “Secrets about ceremonies, rituals, passwords. Nothing to cause concern but part of one’s obligation is to keep them secret. I’m an honourable man and I won’t break that obligation.”
Welcome, reader, to Tapton Masonic Hall.
Here in this grand building off Fulwood Road a very special, but perhaps little known, anniversary is being celebrated. Sheffield’s oldest freemason group, the Britannia Lodge No 139 is 250 years old.
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The 78-year-old Master of Sheffield’s oldest freemason lodge thinks for a second.
But...
“There are secrets I won’t discuss,” he says. “Secrets about ceremonies, rituals, passwords. Nothing to cause concern but part of one’s obligation is to keep them secret. I’m an honourable man and I won’t break that obligation.”
Welcome, reader, to Tapton Masonic Hall.
Here in this grand building off Fulwood Road a very special, but perhaps little known, anniversary is being celebrated. Sheffield’s oldest freemason group, the Britannia Lodge No 139 is 250 years old.
more Milestone for masons - The Diary - The Star