Worshipful Master 

W.Bro. Richard Benney

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Worshipful Brother Richard was installed as Worshipful Master of The Shoeburyness Lodge 6665 on October 14th 2026.

It was a fine installation by the acting Installing Master W.Bro Rob Shurmur.


Our new Worshipful Master installed his new officers that were present in a fine manner and we had an excellent address to the brethren delivered by W.Bro. Richard Jordan.

We had an excellent festive board and the Masters Song was delivered by W.Bro. Keith Hudson accompanied by our guest organist W.Bro. Roger Davis.


W.Bro. Richard's charity this year will be The Music Man Project and SSAFA, The Armed Forces Charity. 

New Members
 



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We have recently innitiated Brothers Dan Bryant, Mitch Bliss and Dan Brooks into the lodge and we are delighted to welcome Brothers Richard Benney and Dan Cottrell as joining members and they have immediatlely stepped into active offices.

W.Bro Roy Bryant welcomes his son Simon Bryant into the lodge after his initiation. There is a long-standing custom in the lodge with fathers welcoming their sons into The Shoeburyness Lodge to keep up the family tradition.
Recent innitiates that have entered Freemasonry through the Shoeburyness Lodge are Brother Mitchell Bliss and Brother Dan Brooks.
Both had splendid ceremonies led by our Worshipful Master W.Bro. Craig Bliss ably supported by his officers.
 

We have recently welcomed two joining members into the lodge, Brother Mike Dixon and Bother Dan Bryant who have both taken active rolls and slotted in amongst our growing band of younger members and W.Bro Brian Cattermole who has become an active and valued member of the lodge of instruction.

W.Bro Roy Brown has recently joined the lodge after being a regular guest for many years and stepped straight into the ADC roll.

Social Functions



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Our last supper club was held at The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant on the 22nd April 2026.

Both the food and company were excellent.


We held a supper club at the Eyna Turkish Restaurant in Basildon on the 22nd of October 2025.


The June 2025 supper club was held once again at The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant in Rochford.

The food and service were excellent and plentiful and there was plenty of banter and good humour. We will definitely return again next year.


The April 2025 supper club was held at The Gallo D'oro Italian restaurant ion Hadleigh. It was well attended and reports say that the food was excellent.


The October 2024 supper club was held at the Mughal Dynasty Leigh on Sea, one of our favourites and we are never disappointed there.


A Previous supper club was held at The Eyna Turkish Restaurant in Basildon.

It was a great venue, very plush inside and outside, excellent service, great food and ample parking.

Definitely a place to go back to.


A previous supper club was at The Picollo Restaurant, Westcliff on Sea and we had some fabulous Italian food.


A previous supper club was at The 

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant at 6 East Street, Rochford SS4 1DB.

We had a good turnout and excellent food and service. Another great night, well done, Ian. 


The last before one supper club was at The Pipe of Port and we had a splendid night, great company, great food and the wine was flowing nicely.


The last but two supper club in January at The Myhosh Turkish Restaurant in Hadleigh was a great success.

Fabulous food and lots of it, great service and free parking nearby.


The November supper club was at The Mango Loung in Rayleigh and previous to that at Il Mondo great menus, excellent food and a good nights out.


The recent supper club was at the Pipe of Port, excellent food, excellent beer and excellent company. Great evening.

Well done Ian.


We hold supper clubs for the brethren in various restaurants including The Indian Diner, The Pipe of Port, Spaghetti Junction and various other restaurants and usually have a Ladies Festival with a live band where we all dress up in our finery. We also usually have an informal Sunday lunch where we can entertain our family and guests.

There are some very keen golfers among us and regularly play in masonic societys and tournaments as well as friendly games.