Lodge News

‘Amber’s Foundation’ To Be Founded in Memory of Amber Kathan

Lodge Brothers in Ashford recently conducted the funeral of 21 year old Amber Kathan, who’s life was tragically cut short less than a year after being diagnosed with Epithelia Sarcoma. Before Amber died she told her mother Averil, about her dream of starting a respite project to help homeless people and those impacted by domestic violence. Unlike other mainstream charities, Amber’s idea centres around hel...

District Manager Quentin Edgington Elected to Serve on Spelthorne Council

Quentin Eddington, Lodge Brothers District Manager for the Sunbury Area, was recently elected to serve on Spelthorne Council. He remarked, ‘It is a great honour for me to serve as a Member of Spelthorne Council, and I know my work at Lodge brothers will serve me well as a representative of the whole community.’ Photo shows from left to right District Manager and Councilor for Spelthorne Quentin Edgington, The May...

New Vicar for St Saviour’s Church, Sunbury

District Manager Quentin Edgington and Sunbury Branch Arranger Mia Taylor were recently invited to attend the Licensing of the New Vicar of St.Saviour’s Church Sunbury. The service, which was held at the end of July, welcomed Reverend Ron Cross to the Church. Quentin remarked, ‘The Service was very upbeat with lots of excellent music and Ron the New Vicar certainly seems to be a lively character.’ Mia Taylor B...

Ian Allan OBE – Publisher & Pioneer of Post-War Trainspotting Explosion, Dies at 92

Ian Allan, who has died the day before his 93rd birthday, triggered the post-war explosion of trainspotting as a British pastime by publishing the first booklet of engine numbers in 1942 and starting a club which had 230,000 members by the time steam gave way to diesel. He diversified the business to embrace magazines, bookshops, a travel agency, a Masonic publisher, a printing business, organic garden supplies, comm...

Off to the Races with Windsor Branch

Lodge Brothers in Windsor treated the managers from several of the local Nursing Homes to an evening at the racecourse last week. Beverley Lodge, one of the Directors, accompanied by District Manager, Richard Leachman and Branch Arranger, Jill Palmer, hosted the event for just a dozen people in their private suite at Windsor racecourse, on a beautiful sunny evening. Everyone rated the event a huge success, and severa...