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Article SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LODGE OF ANTIQUITY, NO. 146, BOLTON. ← Page 4 of 4 Article AN UNKNOWN WATERING-PLACE. Page 1 of 5 →
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Some Account Of The Lodge Of Antiquity, No. 146, Bolton.
At the present time the Lodge is in an exceedingly prosperous condition , and the Master of the Lodge for the time being is a Vice-President of the three Great Masonic Institutions , thus demonstrating the fact that , in its prosperity , the Lodge has not neglected its duty in supporting the Charities of our Order . Indeed , whenever the Lodge is appealed to for the support of any worthy object , , the result is invariably successful . We congratulate the Lodge on its prosperity , and Avish for a continuance of thasame for many years to come .
An Unknown Watering-Place.
AN UNKNOWN WATERING-PLACE .
BY BRO . EMEA HOLMES . . . Member of the Durham ancl Northumberland Archaohc / ical and Architectural Society : Author of "Tales , Poems , ancl Masonic Papers" "Amabel Vang flan" etc .
[ Written for the Masonic Magazine . ) < 0 | NE of the most interesting and picturesque places in Cornwall ( that most picturesque ^ of counties ) is the ancient town of Fowey ( originally spelt and still pronounced Foy ) , and yet it is a place which to the general tourist is utterly unknown . It is true that some of our yachting men have discovered that there is here one of
the loveliest and safest land-locked harbours in England , ancl within the last few years the Duke ancl Duchess of Argyle , the Duke of Sutherland , the Earl of Roden , the Earl of Ducie , the Duke of Bedford , Baroness Burdett Coutts , Lord Alfred Paget , Sir George Stukeley , Bart ., Lord Cremorne , Earl Beauchamp , Lord Penzance , the Marquis of Stafford , Baroness de Rothschild , the Earl of Gosford , and other distinguished people have visited Fowey in their yachts , and gone aAvay Avell pleased with their discovery of so charming a locality . But though there is the old Ship Inn , Avith its quaint gables , and deep barge boards , and its quainter rooms , with carved mantelpieces centuries old ,, near the town quay ; ancl the Commercial Inn , at the head of the town , a modern
hostelry of the country sort , of which the landlord , by the way , is a brother Mason , and the accommodation very good though limited;—• with these exceptions there is noplace Avhere visitors can stay , except tAvo very comfortable though small lodging-houseson the Esplanade . An enterprising builder , Avith capital at command , might do Avorse than come to FoAvey and build some villa residences for residents ancl visitors on the hills above the toAvn . Entering Fowey Harbour from the sea , on your right are the great cliffs
above-Polruan , rising some four hundred feet out of the sea in perpendicular height , and atthe hi ghest point , Black Bottle Head , presenting a bold and precipitous , not to say a pitiless , front to the waves . Woe to the ship that comes ashore on this iron-bound coast—no chance of safety except a lifeboat were near—no sandy shore on Avhich a vessel might be safely grounded , nothing but great boulders and jagged rocks , Avhich ,. in the rough south-west gales that visit these coasts , Avould grind a vessel to tinder , ancl dash its crew to pieces in a very few short minutes . At the entrance to the harbour , on the Polruan side , is a white cross , knoAvn as
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Some Account Of The Lodge Of Antiquity, No. 146, Bolton.
At the present time the Lodge is in an exceedingly prosperous condition , and the Master of the Lodge for the time being is a Vice-President of the three Great Masonic Institutions , thus demonstrating the fact that , in its prosperity , the Lodge has not neglected its duty in supporting the Charities of our Order . Indeed , whenever the Lodge is appealed to for the support of any worthy object , , the result is invariably successful . We congratulate the Lodge on its prosperity , and Avish for a continuance of thasame for many years to come .
An Unknown Watering-Place.
AN UNKNOWN WATERING-PLACE .
BY BRO . EMEA HOLMES . . . Member of the Durham ancl Northumberland Archaohc / ical and Architectural Society : Author of "Tales , Poems , ancl Masonic Papers" "Amabel Vang flan" etc .
[ Written for the Masonic Magazine . ) < 0 | NE of the most interesting and picturesque places in Cornwall ( that most picturesque ^ of counties ) is the ancient town of Fowey ( originally spelt and still pronounced Foy ) , and yet it is a place which to the general tourist is utterly unknown . It is true that some of our yachting men have discovered that there is here one of
the loveliest and safest land-locked harbours in England , ancl within the last few years the Duke ancl Duchess of Argyle , the Duke of Sutherland , the Earl of Roden , the Earl of Ducie , the Duke of Bedford , Baroness Burdett Coutts , Lord Alfred Paget , Sir George Stukeley , Bart ., Lord Cremorne , Earl Beauchamp , Lord Penzance , the Marquis of Stafford , Baroness de Rothschild , the Earl of Gosford , and other distinguished people have visited Fowey in their yachts , and gone aAvay Avell pleased with their discovery of so charming a locality . But though there is the old Ship Inn , Avith its quaint gables , and deep barge boards , and its quainter rooms , with carved mantelpieces centuries old ,, near the town quay ; ancl the Commercial Inn , at the head of the town , a modern
hostelry of the country sort , of which the landlord , by the way , is a brother Mason , and the accommodation very good though limited;—• with these exceptions there is noplace Avhere visitors can stay , except tAvo very comfortable though small lodging-houseson the Esplanade . An enterprising builder , Avith capital at command , might do Avorse than come to FoAvey and build some villa residences for residents ancl visitors on the hills above the toAvn . Entering Fowey Harbour from the sea , on your right are the great cliffs
above-Polruan , rising some four hundred feet out of the sea in perpendicular height , and atthe hi ghest point , Black Bottle Head , presenting a bold and precipitous , not to say a pitiless , front to the waves . Woe to the ship that comes ashore on this iron-bound coast—no chance of safety except a lifeboat were near—no sandy shore on Avhich a vessel might be safely grounded , nothing but great boulders and jagged rocks , Avhich ,. in the rough south-west gales that visit these coasts , Avould grind a vessel to tinder , ancl dash its crew to pieces in a very few short minutes . At the entrance to the harbour , on the Polruan side , is a white cross , knoAvn as