From the time that the Lodge moved to the Masonic Hall, the Festive Board was held
at the Complete Angler Hotel, except during the war when a social buffet was held
at the Chequers Hotel. After the war, Festive Boards were first held at the Crown
Hotel and later at the George and Dragon Hotel.
In the autumn of 1970 several members of the Lodge called a meeting of representatives
of the other Lodges and Chapters using the Temple with the view that alterations
and improvements could be made to provide kitchens, dining accommodation, a bar and
lounge so that the premises could be made a complete home for the members. Meetings
continued and on 4 September 1972 a plan was approved at an estimated cost of £28,000
and completed in May 1974. The Lodge still meets at the Masonic Hall which is now
renamed the Marlow Masonic Centre.
FREEMASONS’ HALL AND THE HALL STONE JEWEL
The decision of the Grand Lodge after the Great War (1914-1918) to erect a Masonic
Temple in Great Queen Street, London, as a memorial to those Masons who had lost
their lives in the service of their country was energetically supported by the R.W.
Provincial Grand Master, Rear-Admiral Sir E.F.Inglefield, K.B.E. The Masonic Million
Memorial Fund was launched and it was proposed that it would be financed by voluntary
contributions from the entire Masonic community. This would be recognised by the
issue of commemorative jewels. Members of a lodge who contributed ten guineas or
more were awarded a silver breast jewel and members who contributed 100 guineas or
more were awarded a gold breast jewel. Lodges who’s membership all contributed to
the fund were to have the name of their Lodge recorded in the new building as a Hall
Stone Lodge and the Master of such a Lodge was to be entitled to wear a gilded silver
jewel attached to a light blue collarette. Marlow Lodge was not slow to take up this
challenge and in January 1923 it was reported that the Lodge had become a Hall Stone
Lodge. It is a matter of pride in the Province of Buckinghamshire that every Lodge
at the time did the same and the Province has the distinction of being the only Hall
Stone Province. On 3rd March 1926 W.Bro. W.A.Porter, Worshipful Master, was invested
with the Hall Stone Collar and Jewel by the Provincial Grand Master, M.W.Bro. Lord
Ampthill, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., and this collar and jewel has since been worn on every
Masonic occasion by the Worshipful Master of the Marlow Lodge.