At the recent annual meeting of the Thurston Lodge of Freemasons at Ulverston Masonic Hall Martin Rigby took over as the new master in a masonic ceremony delivered by his predecessor Christopher Eccles.

Special guest on the evening was Chris Butterfield a senior masonic figure from Preston, accompanied by Furness and South Lakeland group chairman Peter Schofield. To mark the occasion Carnforth resident Martin presented Chris with a donation of £700 to the Masonic Charitable Foundation.

The Foundation has just given £4,000 to the local North West Ambulance Service as part of its annual distributions