The Memorial Hall, Stapleton
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During the summer recess in 1961, The Filton Masonic Hall Company found and purchased the freehold the Memorial Hall in Park Road, Stapleton and the old School building in Brinkworthy Road nearby. The School building was demolished to make way for the Car Park, while work started on the Memorial Hall to convert it into a purpose-built temple for masonic use. It became the Filton Masonic Hall.
While the building works were in progress, the three lodges met by special dispensation at the Masonic Hall, Downend (Fidelity and Sincerity) and at the Masonic Hall, Avonmouth (Fortitude).
In 1962, the Hall was formally opened and the three lodges started new era in a Masonic Hall they could call their own.
Why www.fmhcl.org.uk ? The founding fathers moved their hall to Stapleton but still called it the Filton Masonic Hall where they started in Filton. The company that looks after the Hall is limited by guarantee, and is called the Filton Masonic Hall Co. Ltd, or FMHCL for short.
Information sourced from the “History of the Lodge of Fidelity” by W.Bro. K.Hearn – with thanks.
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