Mark snuck along to the Open Day held recently at the Victoria Park lodge room and did his best to blend in. Ok, so he stuck out like a peacock in a penguin enclosure but last year he got three candidates out of it so it seems to work.

After a while, he noticed that whilst it’s not advertised as such, the purpose of the Open Day is to attract candidates to the lodges that meet at that lodge room. Pity really, as there were about 20 members of the public in attendance (including one from Morley). He then discovered that a great many other lodges have held (or are slated to hold) similar events.

Obviously, this is something that those lodges that meet around the Midland area should consider doing. If the Membership Officers from those lodges would like to email me at GBLodge@outlook.com, we could give it due consideration.