About the Lodge

The Lodge meets on the 4th Monday in September and October and then the 3rd Monday from November through to March. Our meetings are held at Goldsmith Street in Nottingham, the headquarters of Nottinghamshire Freemasonry, and we start at 6.30pm. Following our meeting we adjourn to the bar for a short while to give the chef and staff time to ready themselves to serve our meal, which is fun light-hearted but retains all of the dignity and decorum that one expects from Freemasons.
When formed, Porchester Lodge members were mainly tax, clerical and insurance men but now we have a very eclectic membership consisting of working and retired men from such occupations as farmer, builder, butcher, plumber, business and IT, musical band leader, police and other industries. Currently there are 7 within our membership who are Military Veterans and we have 19 members ranging from 1 month to 50 years of membership within the Lodge, so a wide age demographic with lots of experience.
Porchester Lodge is a modern lodge but also one that strives to retain the high standards, morals and values of Freemasonry and therefore life in general. We also maintain high standards in other areas such as: dress, behaviour, masonic etiquette, learning our lines for the ceremonies, pomp and ceremony within our meetings and after meeting dining. We have traditions within the Lodge that create structure in both the ceremonies and the social events, such as certain Lodge Offices always undertake certain parts of the ceremony so that nobody gets to do their favourite part all of the time, likewise, the lesser liked bits also get passed around!
Our social calendar has shrunk over the last few years due to the countries problems with socialising and it is our intention to revive this area of our lodge life. Our Ladies Festival takes place on the second Saturday of March each year and is one of the highlights of the calendar. We encourage members to bring along guests both Masonic and non Masonic and of course, the most important of all are the ladies.
Participation of lodge duties and ceremony is very much encouraged, so that our members can progress through the Office’s and become the Worshipful Master (Chairman) for the year. They then go on to occupy Office of an administrative nature to do with Lodge management. Progression is encouraged but not compulsory and is not necessarily for everyone although sharing the workload is important. Support and encouragement are key elements of developing participation and we have a weekly “study Group” each Wednesday evening to give those in office the chance to practice and the junior members get the opportunity to step in and begin to get to grips with ceremonial activities and learn their lines and movements.
In all , we are a happy lodge, committed to growth and to helping develop each other and to do our bit towards helping local and Masonic Charities.