On a very hot and humid day members of the Freemasonry in the Community Committee for the Middlesbrough Lodges spent Saturday 22nd July 2006 at the Cleveland Show, Stewart Park, Middlesbrough promoting Freemasonry.
Members of the public at the Show, of which there were an estimated 8,000 were able to study Photographs, read Display Boards, collect Information Packs and talk to members of the Middlesbrough Lodges as they passed the Stand. Anyone with a greater interest entered the Marquee to view the Display Boards inside. Interest exceeded the expectation of the organisers and some members of the public requested further information. Committee members will pursue their requests.
In addition to the Display Boards about Freemasonry in Middlesbrough there were Display Boards about Freemasonry on a Provincial, National and International perspective.
In addition to Middlesbrough residents there were visitors from other parts of the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Numerous visitors said how impressed they had been with the display and what a great idea it was.The unanimous view of all the Brethren who had worked on the initiative, and been present on the stand, was that it had been a very successful day and one worthy of being repeated, which hopefully it will be.
