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The " Greenwood Memorial Fund."

THE " GREENWOOD MEMORIAL FUND . "

THE details of a scheme which presents many features of interest to the Craft , and to the provinoe of Surrey in particular , are before ns ; and we note with considerable satisfaction the development of a movement in which the lato Bro . Charles Greenwood D . P . G . M ., and for nearly thirty years Provincial Grand Secretary ,

took a very deep and active interest . Many of onr readers are already familiar with that admirable scheme , designated the " Albert Institute , " at Southwark , which was founded in the year 1857 , for the benefit of the working-classes of that district , and for whioh it is now desired to seoure larger dimensions and an increased sphere of

usefnlness . At that time comparatively few displayed any practical consideration for the poorer classes , either in the way of sanitary accommodation , cleanliness , or health , and it was dne to the then Kector of Christ Church to inaugurate a scheme which has proved an inestimable boon to a very large number of the industrial classes in

that and adjaoent parishes . The idea was to provide a building which would afford much needed accommodation for those to whom " waahing-day " was a dreaded event , and a bath an almost unheard of luxury ; a meeting place at which quiet study and innocent enter , tainment could be enjoyed ; decent living rooms for married couples ,

and a large dormitory for respectable single men . Through the exertions of the Kev . Joseph Brown , a public subscription was raised , and the project having assumed practical shape , the trustees acquired a leasehold site in Collingwood-street , on the west side of Gravel-lane , and upon this were erected baths and wash-houses , dormitories and

living rooms for the working classes , and a working-men ' s club . The memorial stone of the " Albert Institute " wa 3 laid by the celebrated Earl of Shaftesbury ( then Lord Ashley ) , and Her Majesty the Queen evinced some interest in the well-being of the Institution by presenting it with two of her works , " The Early Years of the Prince

Consort , " and " Leaves from the Journal of our Lifo in the Hig h , lands . " The Institute , which was not endowed , was carried on successfully , under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners , for some years , and was entirely self-supporting ; while an infants ' school was established , and carried on upon the pnmises .

This school was subsequently affiliated with the Christ Church Parochial Schools , the trustees of which paid the Albert Trust £ 50 per annum for tho use of the school-room in Collingwood-street . The Albert Infants' School is now carried on in a temporary iron structure erected on the churchyard , and is conducted nnder

Government inspection ; but on the completion of the new building , which is now in course of erection , it will be removed there , and the trustees of the Christ Church Parochial Schools will again pay £ 50 per annum to the Albert Trust . In 1872 the requirements of the South Eastern Railway Company led

to negooiations for the purchase of the site and building , which were completed three years later , and in 1875 the company took the premises occupied by the trustees , for the purposes of their under , taking , and paid the compensation awarded to the Albert Trustees into the Court of Chancery , where it has since remained . The

buildings were pulled down in 1875 , but although an estimate was at once obtained of tbe cost of re-erection , it was not until two years ago that a site could be obtained for the purpose . The architect to the trustees , —Mr . C . N . Mclntyre North , —writing on the subject in "Archaeology and Architecture of Southwark and elsewhere , "

observes that " none of the original trustees remain , and now the Treasurer , my old friend Charles Greenwood , after successfully overcoming the many difficulties which beset and impeded the resuscitation of the scheme , has gone to his rest , without seeing the completion of the Institution for which he laboured so well and

disinterestedly . The dividends derived from the compensation paid by the railway company were received by the trustees , and were allowed to accumulate until last year , when a further scheme was applied for by the surviving trustee , Mr . Thorne , ancl this having received theapproval of the Charity Commissioners , the new buildings

were commenced in LSSfi , on the east side of Robert-street , Blackfriars-road , where tho intentions of tho founder and patron will be carried ont on an enlarged scale . The basement contains washhou < = es , laundry , baths , kitchen , lavatory for men , and the basement of the Institution ; a Parochial Hall on the left , consisting of rooms for

meetings , lectures , entertainments , & c . ; offices , & c ., on tho ground floor , and committee and club rooms on the firot floor , the principal staircase being of stone with wrought iron handrails and panelling . On the right hand portion of the block are situated fivo sets of rooms , each set consisting of living room , bedroom and scullery

complete ; additional baths and the superintendent's office on . the ground floor . The whole of the upper storoy is reserved as a dormitory for single men , as before . The new building is nearly completed , but the Charity Commissioners have forbidden tho trustees to spend tho full amount r-equired to put the Institution into working order by £ 500

, until they have raised a similar sum of £ 500 , by public or private subscription , in order to provide a further endowment . The present building is held by tho trustees on a building lease at a ground rental of £ 61 per annum , which sum is ( by the amalgamation of the Christ Church estate , or Marlborougu-street Trust "with the

The " Greenwood Memorial Fund."

Albert Trust ) provided for , so that tho trustees will have no outgoings to meet beyond working expenses and rates and taxes . Now tho question arises how to provide the sum stipulated for by the Charity Commissioners , so as to bring about the completion of a scheme that lay so nearly the heart of our lamented Bro .

Greenwood . It may be recollected that towards the end of last year a resolution was passed at a meeting of the Charity Committee of the Province of Surrey , held at 33 Golden-square , to tho effect " That an appeal be made to the brethren of the Province for the purpose of raising a fund to provide some suitable memorial to testify to the

services of the late Bro . Charles Greenwood D . P . G . M ., and for nearly thirty years Provincial Grand Secretary . " There can be little doubt that such an appeal will meet a ready response at the hands of the brethren of tho Province , in whose esteem our deceased brother occupied so high a position ; and the suggestion now is that the

memorial might take a befitting shape in connection with the " Albert Institute "in whioh be manifested so untiring an interest , and which might really be said to have been the pet object of his useful life . As Treasurer to the Trust he had been associated with the old Institution for many years , and the completion of the new buildings

wa 3 a matter to which he looked forward with the keenest anticipation . Moreover , he hoped to found a Masonic Lodge , the headquarters of which should be the Institution , and as the aichitect and builder are also Masons , no donbt the internal arraugemen ' . s oould be easily adapted to the purpose . It is well known that so far as

Masonic hall accommodation in the South of London is coucerned , and especially in this part of it , a great deficiency is experienced , therefore the establishment of sach a basis in the centre of the locality would be welcomed by many Lodges already in existence . There can be little doubt if the promoters of the Institute saw the possibility of a

Lodge taking up its abode there , and if they went out of their course to fit up rooms for that purpose , the same arrangements would be available for several others . In these days , when " temperance "

and class Lodges are being formed they wonld appreciate the form , ation of a home where meetings oould be held apart from the hotel influence , and this is a matter at any rate deserving consideration in connection with this scheme . Bro . Greenwood has been removed

from our midst ere the grand design of his life , and one of the fondest objects of his hopo , had reached its accomplishment ; and it appears to ns that no more graceful acknowledgment could be made by the brethren of the valuable services he rendered to the Province of Surrey , and to Freemasonry generally , than by devoting any fund

that may be subscribed to raising the sum of £ 500 required by the Charity Commissioners in order to complete the soheme . Bro . H . E . Frances P . P . G . D ., as Secretary of the " Greenwood Memorial Fund , " points out in a circular , recently issued in connection with that soheme , " that it is unnecessary to recapitulate the many great services

rendered to this Province by our late Bro . Greenwood , or to remind the brethren of the respect and esteem he was held in by the mem . bers of the various Lodges and Chapters , to influence you in asking the cordial support of your own Lodges and Chapters to carry out the purpose of this appeal , but that yon will act in conjunction

with the Committee in the endeavour to raise a sum for the above purpose that will reflect honour on the Province , and be a worthy memorial of a brother whose loss we deplore , and whose memory we desire to perpetuate . " We are informed that the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . General Studholme Brownrigg , C . B ., has promised ten

guineas towards thefunci , and several Lodges in the Province have also expressed their readiness to co-operate in the movement . If , therefore , by the combined efforts of the Masons in the Province a sufficient sum can be realised to meet the require . ment 3 of the Charity Commissioners—a result which it is no

very great stretch of imagination to hope for—the name of the building might be altered to that of " the Greenwood Institute , " or otherwise , a result quite in accordance with the wishes of the present trustees . In such an event one or f - , , J ) ° Suminees of the Provincial Grand Lodge might be added to the trustees of the

Institute , to provide for any necessary detail which the committee might deem advisable , and to provide for the specific application of the interest upon the fund . It is the desire of the promoters of the movement that the Institute shall be dedicated Masonically , and without question the Provincial Grand Master could be induced to

lend his countenance and assistance to the ceremony as its president . Moreover , this being the Jubilee year of Her Majesty ' s reign , and seeing that the Institute has so long borne the name of " Albert , " the Queen might be disposed to assist in some way , pecuniarily or otherwise , in bringing the memorial scheme to a completion .

These are matters which the members of Lodges and Chapters in the Province of Surrey , and indeed beyond it , —in circles where the genial presence of onr late Bro . Greenwood was welcomed for so many years , —aro asked to consider ; and wa aro confident that the

result will be snoh us to enable tho committee to erect a lasting monument to the memory of one who did so much substantial and practical service to Freemasonry , nnd to further indelibly associate tho name of Greenwood with an Institution which owes so much to his unwearying and praiseworthy efforts ever since its

foundation . For further information on the subject of the Greenwood Memorial we refer our readers to Bro . H . E . Frances P . M . P . P . G . D . ( 22 Cowley Eoad , Brixton ) , the Secretary of the Fnnd .

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