Victoria Cross Talk

At our next Regular meeting on 8th March we are lucky enough to receive a talk on W. Bro. Petty Officer Tommy Gould VC by W. Bro. Trevor Paffett PPDGSwdB

Paddock Wood Freemason's gift to local Community Advice Centre gratefully received

We have received this letter which may interest you

"All of the volunteers and staff at the Paddock Wood Community Advice Centre are delighted to be recognised by the Paddock Wood Freemasons and thank them for their enormous generosity at a time when our clients are experiencing particular difficulty. We have recently increased our capacity by recruiting an expert in domestic violence, welfare benefits and housing as our Advice Session Supervisor and we aim to start the New Year by reaching out to the local community to ensure that both the public and local professionals are aware of the full scope of our services. In the past year we have had 6,217 client contacts and our volunteers gave 5,196 hours of their time in supporting the work of PWCAC and helping clients and we have ambition to increase this in 2023. If you would like to find out more about volunteering with us, please email info@pwadvice.org, we’d be pleased to hear from you."

Denzil fills the Gap.

Our Secretary W. Bro. Denzil Peach stepped in at the last minute for our December Meeting as our planned ceremony did not take place.

Coming up to Christmas and as brethren would have a lot of things on their mind, he suggested a non-masonic subject and gave a talk on “The Lighter Side of Banding” giving an account of some of the funnier side of being a member of a band such as marching off an arena leaving a fanfare team stranded in the middle, or playing the “Laurel and Hardy” theme whist a group of Instructors marched of a parade square having just been inspected, much to the enjoyment of the spectators and the annoyance of the drill instructor. He also explained a little bit about the instruments he plays and as you can imagine it was a very pleasant evening.

Denzil is a members of several bands and only recently arranged for 12 members of the Royal Engineers Association Band to play for the East Kent Provincial Carol Service which was held at the Garrison Church Brompton on Friday 9th December 2022. As you can see there is another side to being a freemason.