THE WILLIAM ALEXANDER MEMORIAL |
LOYAL ORANGE LODGE 1689 |
Loyal Orange Lodge (L.O.L) No 1689 helps represent Orangeism in London and Middlesex as part a group of Lodges who together form No 63 District of the Metropolitan Province of the Grand Orange Lodge of England
The Lodge was formed in 1960 in the Borough of Enfield, Middlesex and was then known as the "Enfield Emmanuel" being based on the Baptist Church of the same name. For a time the Lodge was joined by Ladies Loyal Orange Lodge (L.L.O.L) No 3, judging from the annual returns of the time, most of the members were related to each other. The Lodge had, by the early 1980's become dormant and was revived by moving to London where it now meets in the City of Westminster.
The new name was chosen to honour a distinguished Past Master, Bro William Alexander, like many members and officers, a Scotsman. A very will respected member of the Institution he was known to insist on the highest standards of dress and deportment, once throwing his hammer at a member who was not sitting up properly during a meeting. Bro Alexander traveled all over England and Scotland furthering the work of the Institution in a Reliant Robin motor car (selected it was said to save on Road Fund Tax). which once blew over in a high wind in Cumberland. Without hesitation he and his passenger left the vehicle turned it on its wheels and proceeded with their journey. Ever mindful of his duty to others on dying he left his body to medical science. Bro Alexander always believed that any Orange function was not complete without the singing of "Land of Hope & Glory".
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