Cardiff Exchange Lodge No. 3775

<BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#000080" VLINK="#000080" BACKGROUND="Image1.jpg"> <CENTER><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=749> <TR><TD WIDTH="164" VALIGN="TOP" rowspan=10 BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=82> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=1 COLOR="#ffffff">United Grand Lodge of <BR> Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of England<br> <IMG SRC="Image7gold.gif" WIDTH=136 HEIGHT=134></P> </FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#ffffff" size="4">Province of<BR> <b> South Wales</b> <BR> Eastern Division</font></P> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=1 COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=4 COLOR="#ffffff"><P ALIGN="CENTER"> </FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=5 COLOR="#c0c0c0">Lodges <BR> in the Province</B></FONT></B> </FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> </CENTER> <TD WIDTH="526" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4" color="#c0c0c0">Cardiff Exchange Lodge No. 3775</font></b></TD> </TR> <CENTER> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="88" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 align="left"> <P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="332" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="263" VALIGN="TOP" ROWSPAN=4 HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="center"></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="202" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <B><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Warrant Date:</FONT></B></TD> <TD WIDTH="264" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <P><font face="Arial"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">20th June 1916</span></font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="202" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <B><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Motto:</FONT></B></TD> <TD WIDTH="264" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <P><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Spectemur Agendo <br> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial"><font size="2">(By your deeds shall you be known) </font></span></i></font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="202" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><B><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2>Meets at:</FONT></B></TD> <TD WIDTH="264" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <P><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica">Cardiff Masonic Temple</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="202" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2> <B><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Meeting Dates:</B></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="264" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <P><font face="Arial, Helvetica">3rd Wed: Oct to Dec, Mar & Apr<br> 4th Sat: Feb (Inst.)</font></TD> <TD WIDTH="263" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="center"></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="173" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><B><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2>Contact:</FONT></B></TD> <TD width="264" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> </TD> <TD WIDTH="263" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="173" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>Mother Lodge:</b></font></TD> <TD width="348" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><a href="1992.htm">Tennant 1992</a></font></TD> <TD WIDTH="263" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="173" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>Daughter Lodges:</b></font></TD> <TD width="611" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 colspan="2"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><a href="5317.htm">Howardian 5317</a>; <a href="8105.htm">Juventus 8105</a>; <a href="8418.htm">Concord 8418</a></font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="88" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 align="right"> </TD> <TD width="348" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> </TD> <TD WIDTH="263" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="center"></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="164" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=8>  </TD> <TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> </CENTER> <TD WIDTH="699" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 align="right" colspan="3"> <font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">The Summer Time Act was less than two months old when this Lodge received its Warrant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Mr Asquith was Prime Minister, and in France the Allied Forces were preparing to engage in what was to become the bloodiest battle ever fought on land to date - The Somme. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">The Lodge name was derived from the exclusive 'Cardiff Coal and Shipping Exchange', which has long passed into history. Originally its members were restricted to principals and Associate Members only, and it was not until May 1925 that this ‘exclusive’clause was rescinded. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">The Lodge was consecrated on Wednesday 17th January 1917, this being the Bi-Centenary year of United Grand Lodge. The Consecrating Officer was the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, W Bro Henry Pendrill Charles, whose son-in-law was soon to be killed in action in France. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">The war, in fact, was having a direct bearing on the numbers of Candidates for Initiation, due mostly to imminent call-up for active service. Five was the maximum number, but at one Meeting fifteen Brethren completed their Second Degree, whilst at another, seven attained the Third Degree. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">One very interesting item of tradition is the 'handing down' of the Master's Apron from Master to Master. Each Master also signs it before it is passed on. Yet another tradition is the signing of the VSL by each Master. This VSL had been presented to the Lodge by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, V W Bro Edgar J Rutter, in 1951. <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">During the 1939-45 war three Brethren, all Master Mariners, paid the Supreme Sacrifice, as did the sons of three Brethren. In 1942 Captain R. Seaborne was Initiated, and subsequently completed his Third degree in 1943 in Capetown, South Africa, whilst on active service.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="../author.htm">Adapted from a work by W.Bro. Denis J Woods, P.Prov.D.G.D.C.</a></font></b></font> <p align="justify"> </TD> </TR> <CENTER> <TR><TD WIDTH="164" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=8>  </TD> <TD WIDTH="12" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="88" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 align="right"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="348" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> </TD> <TD WIDTH="263" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> </TR> </CENTER> <CENTER> </TABLE> </CENTER> <p align="center"><a href="../plodges.htm"><img border="0" src="fll.gif" width="126" height="25"></a> <a href="../Locations/cardiff.htm"><img border="0" src="ldg.gif" width="97" height="25"></a> <a href="../cardiff_diary.htm"><img border="0" src="loc.gif" width="85" height="26"></a> <a href="../ra/Locations/cardiff.htm"><img border="0" src="lra.gif" width="137" height="26"></a> <a href="../main.htm"><img border="0" src="mix.gif" width="87" height="26"></a> </p> <CENTER> </CENTER> </BODY>