My Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It is with sadness that I have to inform you of the death of W. Bro. David Thomas, who was suddenly taken from us this week. Please have his wife and family in your thoughts and prayers. I have also received messages that David Russell, Alex Roberts and Tony Simon are very unwell, not from Covid 19, but other health problems. There must be others in not too good a health but I am unaware of these. Please also remember these brethren in your thoughts and prayers.

My Dear Friends and colleagues,

I start this week on sad news, our PGM, Rt. W. Bro. George Deacon attended the funeral of W. Br. Myron Peacock on Tuesday. He tells me that there were the invited 10 people in attendance and W. Bro. Mark Denton gave a very commendable Eulogy. It is with sadness that I pay respects to W. Bro. Andrew Wareham who passed to the Grand Lodge above a few days ago. Our thoughts go out to his wife and family and to Andrew‚Äôs father, Rt. W. Bro. Brian Wareham and his wife. Many of us knew Andrew through AMD, who was for a while, the Dep. G. Pref. of Southern Counties.

My Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It was so heart-warming to see so many of you celebrating the VE Day celebrations. Although we could not join with our families and friends it was good to see an abundance of pictures on Facebook and the accompanying comments. Pat and I were able to spend about an hour with our children, grand-children and great grand-children on Zoom. We all had high tea together, it was very enjoyable.

My Dear friends,

Tomorrow, 8th May, is, as you are aware, V.E. Day, which to quite a few of us will bring back memories. I recall my mother, on that day, coming out of the house and shouting, “It is all over.” I replied, “what is over, Mum?” She said, “The war.” I had never seen her so happy and she picked me up and swung me around. The whole country was still in turmoil, with bombed dwellings, shops and businesses. Thankfully we were not confined to our own homes and could mingle together, as it had been for the last five years.

Britain's wartime leader spoke about a "brief period of rejoicing" amid "toils and efforts" in the replayed speech.

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Dear Brethren,

In these worrying times it's not easy to have charitable giving at the forefront of your minds. Nevertheless the phenomenal work of the of the Mark Benevolent Fund goes on regardless. Of course there is much more focus at present on helping needy Mark and RAM Brethren and their families.

My Dear friends,

Well we are told that the “lockdown” is to continue for some time yet, better to be safe than sorry I feel. The 23^rd April, St. George’s Day, came and went and as usual I did not see any mention at all of our Patron Saint on any news broadcast. To those of us, who were or still are, involved in Scouting this is a special day. There will be no church services for them this Sunday, or whatever manner they wish to celebrate this day.

My Dear friends,

Here I sit thinking I should be in Portsmouth Guildhall at this time enjoying, your company at the Annual Mark Provincial meeting along with many of you. That is not to be though. Congratulations to all the Brethren who have “picked up” their Provincial Appointments today. Enjoy your year in office, as and when we become active again.