by Strand 1987 | Aug 20, 2026 | Lodge
The Lodge has always known how to put on an evening. In 1937 it booked one of the biggest names in British comedy, and got him cheap. Ladies’ Festivals were a serious business before the war. The Retrospect describes them as occasions of great splendour, and the...
by Strand 1987 | Aug 20, 2026 | Lodge
A gavel presented in 1894, cut from a ship that was given up for lost in the ice and then sailed home without her crew. In 1852 HMS Resolute sailed north as part of Sir Edward Belcher’s expedition, sent to look for Sir John Franklin and the men who had gone with...
by Strand 1987 | Aug 20, 2026 | Charity, Lodge
It has been going round the table since 1901, and it is made of a staircase Charles Dickens used to walk up. Every lodge has a charity box. Ours has a provenance. It was presented in November 1901 by W. Bro. C. E. B. Kibblewhite, and it is made of oak taken from the...
by Strand 1987 | Aug 20, 2026 | Lodge
by Strand 1987 | Sep 1, 2013 | Lodge
The Strand Lodge 1987 was extremely saddened to hear of the passing of W.Bro Vic Brady LGR, on Thursday 1st August 2013, at the age of 72. Vic was an immensley popular member of the Lodge, having been WM in 1993 and filled a number of roles within the Lodge, most...
