27 April 2026 · Portsmouth · Mark
A grand room, a good meeting—and I stayed awake
The Mark Provincial AGM at Portsmouth Guildhall delivered plenty of spectacle, familiar faces and a very respectable afternoon out.
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Meetings. Music.
Memories.
A first-person Masonic diary—with friendship, festive boards and the occasional profiterole.
Read the featured entry →The Wandering Organist
I go to meetings, play organs, meet people and record what happened.
I’m Andrew Ferguson, a Hampshire & Isle of Wight Freemason and Masonic organist. This is the long version of the story: where I went, who I met, what I played and whether the dinner survived scrutiny.
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The diary
15 April 2026 · Lymington · Craft
A new club begins with camaraderie and cholesterol
Breakfast in Lymington, conversation without ceremony and a table where it was perfectly acceptable just to listen.
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8 April 2026 · Gosport · Red Cross of Constantine
Braving the visit—and getting away with it
A Red Cross evening in Gosport with the Divisional Sepulchre Guard, good company and no diplomatic incidents.
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The Orders
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Where I’m heading.
Public details are shown only after a privacy check. Plans can, and frequently do, change.
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Lyndhurst Lodge autumn meeting
Brockenhurst Masonic Centre
Royal Arch
Test Valley Chapter
Totton Masonic Hall
Mark
Vale of Avon Lodge
Ringwood
From the organ bench
The halls, instruments and tunes encountered along the way.
Part musical notebook, part travel log—and occasionally a record of what happens when the organist is given insufficient notice.
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