Beehive Lodge No. 6265

<BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#000080" VLINK="#000080" BACKGROUND="Image1.jpg"> <CENTER><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=749> <TR><TD WIDTH="150" VALIGN="TOP" rowspan=9 BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=90> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Arial" 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> </FONT></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><font face="Arial" color="#ffffff" size="4">Province of<BR> <b> South Wales</b> <BR> Eastern Division</font></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <FONT face="Arial" SIZE=1 COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=4 COLOR="#ffffff"> </FONT><B><FONT SIZE=5 COLOR="#c0c0c0">Lodges <BR> in the Province</FONT></B> </FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> </CENTER> <TD WIDTH="545" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=33> <P ALIGN="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#c0c0c0">Beehive Lodge No. 6265</font></b></TD> </TR> <CENTER> <TR><TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="126" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 align="left"> <P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="241" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="146" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=9> <P ALIGN="center"></TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> <TD WIDTH="126" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <B><P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT face="Arial" SIZE=2>Warrant Date:</FONT></B></TD> <TD WIDTH="253" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <P> <font face="Arial">6th March 1946</font> </TD> <TD WIDTH="146" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=25> <p align="center"> </TD> </TR> </CENTER> <CENTER> <TR><TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33><P></P></TD> </CENTER> <TD WIDTH="126" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><B><FONT face="Arial" SIZE=2>Meets at:</FONT></B></TD> <CENTER> <TD WIDTH="253" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <font face="Arial">Cardiff Masonic Temple</font></TD> <TD WIDTH="146" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=25> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="126" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"> <B> <FONT face="Arial" SIZE=2> Meeting Dates:</FONT></B></TD> <TD WIDTH="253" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <font face="Arial">2nd Sat: Oct to Apr (Inst.), <br>                                   except Jan</font></TD> <TD WIDTH="146" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=25> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> </CENTER> <TD WIDTH="126" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><B><FONT face="Arial" SIZE=2>Contact:</FONT></B></TD> <CENTER> <TD WIDTH="253" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <a HREF="mailto:cr6265@freemasons.freeuk.com"><FONT face="Arial" SIZE=2>cr6265@freemasons.freeuk.com</FONT></a></TD> <TD WIDTH="146" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=25> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="126" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <p align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Mother Lodge:</font></b> </TD> <TD WIDTH="253" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> <a href="3250.htm"><font face="Arial">Hendre 3250</font></a></TD> <TD WIDTH="146" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=24> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 align="right" width="126"> <p align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Daughter Lodge:</font></b> </TD> <TD width="387" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 colspan="2"> <font face="Arial"><a href="8524.htm">Cape St.Vincent 8524</a></font> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> </CENTER> <TD WIDTH="545" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=80 align="right" colspan="3"> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">The Lodge was founded shortly after the World War 2 by members of Lloyds Bank, and until 1999 membership was restricted to staff of the Bank.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">The Lodge takes its name from the earliest symbol of Lloyds Bank which was apparently introduced in the 1820s as a distinguishing mark for banknotes; although it is possible that it had been used from much earlier times, as there was a mention of it in connection with the bank in the Birmingham Gazette of 1765. The use of the Beehive by the Bank is not surprising as the symbol of the Beehive has for centuries been a symbol of thrift and industry.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">The Lodge founders held their first meeting on November 17th 1945 with W Bro C W Jones, Past Provincial Grand Treasurer, Past Master of St David's Lodge Aberdare presiding and the Hendre Lodge No 3250 willingly agreed to be the Sponsoring Lodge.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">The Lodge was consecrated on April 27th 1946 by the Provincial Grand Master, RW Bro R P St John-Charles and the Installing Master was VW Bro Edgar J Rutter, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, who installed W Bro C W Jones as the first Master.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">The Lodge Badge depicts the Beehive together with the date '1677' and these are surmounted by a Welsh dragon. The date '1677' is more correctly connected with the more well known Lloyds Bank sign of the Black Horse which began to be used by the Bank in the 1880s and thus its appearance on the Lodge Badge is a little poetic licence.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial">The 'Lodge is one of a family of 'Lloyd's Bank' lodges which meet on a regular basis. The others are the Bee-Hive Lodge No 2809 (London), The Black Horse of Lombard Street Lodge No 4155 (Gloucestershire) and (since the amalgamation with the TSB) the Lodge of Prudence No 8946 (Northants & Hunts).</font> </TD> </TR> <CENTER> <TR><TD WIDTH="150" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000080" HEIGHT=8>  </TD> <TD WIDTH="6" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33></TD> <TD WIDTH="126" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33 align="right"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="241" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=33> </TD> <TD WIDTH="146" 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>