By 1717 the Masonic lodges were already clubs having no connection to stone-masonry. Four London lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron pub in St Paul's Churchyard and formed the first Grand Lodge, initially just to have one dinner a year.
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Grand Lodge of England
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Freemasons
Corporation of the City of London Near this site the Grand Lodge of English ...
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Albert Edward Dack
Albert Edward Dack is the boy lying on his side on the front right in the photograph of the scout troop. Albert Edward Dack was born on 1 August 1899 in Walworth, the fourth of the ten children of...
2 memorials
London A - Z
London street guide. First developed by Phyllis Pearsall, it now covers the Greater London area, roughly within the M25. The picture shows the cover of the first edition.
1 memorial
4 memorials
Dickens Fellowship
A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens, based at the Charles Dickens Museum since 1925.
3 memorials
Christmas cards
The first card was designed by John Horsley. The Mail has some pictures of early Christmas cards.
1 memorial
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Kathleen Ferrier
Contralto singer. Born Lancashire. Her brief marriage failed due to physical incompatibility. She learnt the piano and in a 1937 music festival she also competed in the singing contest for a bet...
1 memorial
John Heartfield
Born Helmut Herzfeld in the outskirts of Berlin. Changed his name in 1917 in protest at the anti-British feelings in Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1938 he came to England where he was interned for ...
1 memorial
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