by Gordon Mackay | Nov 19, 2021 | General Articles, Home Page
W.S.W. Trevor Cooke represented the Lodge at the Remembrance Day Service held a Cruden Bay Parish Church on Sunday 14th November 2021.An ex-serviceman himself Bro. Cooke served for 9 years in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers with Postings at; 5 Airborne...
by Gordon Mackay | Aug 31, 2021 | Ythan Raft Races
The Spirit of St Olaf The Spirit of St. Olaf raft marked the final outing of the lodge in the Ythan Raft Race. It was the summer of 1995 and the Lodge entries had won top prizes in each of the 9 previous years. This year however was to prove to be something quite...
by Gordon Mackay | Dec 5, 2019 | Home Page, RWM's Lodge St Olaf
Presenting our new RWM One of Scotland’s youngest reigning RWM’s was installed on Thursday 5th December 2019. At 24 years and 6 months of age, Ewan Mackay was placed in the chair of King Solomon by PGMAE Bro. Douglas Nicol, Installing RWM, Bro. Norman Daniel PM (Lodge...
by Gordon Mackay | May 11, 2019 | General Articles, Home Page
Centenary Celebration Lodge St Olaf 1188 was founded in 1919 by a group of local men, many returned to the area from the 1st World War. The first official meeting was held on 4th May 1919, and on the 11th May 2019, the Lodge celebrated its 100th anniversary with a...
by Gordon Mackay | Oct 1, 2018 | Home Page
I was recently approached by the widow of a passed brother (Bro. James Mennie at 90 years of age) who had found amongst his belongings his dress apron. There were no family members to pass the apron onto and knowing that I was in the craft, she approached me and asked...