Page 7 - Triangle Summer 2013 Issue 14

From our Foreign
Correspondent
John, can I have a word in your ear?
Just Resting!
The morning after
the night before?
Was the sword too heavy or
maybe too much SAMM’s
Team demo in
Benidorm the day before?
Ye ancient double yellow line problem!
Farley, the talking dog!
him. We enjoy daily walks now and I have
made such a lot of new friends who also
have dogs, and I’m much fitter too!
He has made a huge difference to me in
our home. I am much more relaxed now
as I know any sound I miss Farley will tell
me and take me to the sound, and that is so
wonderful. My husband Steve, quite enjoys
being replaced by your wonderful dog!
Recently Steve has had to go into hospital, so
for the first time in years I have been on my
own at home; Farley has been my lifeline. I
feel so safe having him with me, and Steve
is not worried either as he knows Farley is
there for me.
He is a lovely, cute and wonderful dog and
we both love him so much.
I can’t imagine life without him!
Article reprinted from Mark Web Site.
Many brethren of the Mark Degree
contributed to the “Talking Dogs appeal”
as V.W.Bro John Lendon called it; we knew
it as the PGM’s Appeal for Hearing Dogs
for the Deaf.
One of the recipients of a dog funded by the
appeal is Mrs Wendy Barlow. She tells how
a dog has changed her life.
“My life changed completely when I
brought Farley home. Farley became a very
important new member of our family and
without really trying, just fitted into our way
of life so easily.
I became more confident going out shopping
with him beside me, as anyone who stopped
to talk to me instantly knew I was deaf
because of Farley, and took extra care in
speaking to me, as well as making a fuss of
You may have seen the story recently about
the council in Swindon painting double
yellow lines in an alleyway too narrow
for a car! It is not a completely new form
of madness as this two hundred year old
photograph, taken outside the Langport Arms
Hotel in deepest Somerset, clearly shows.
These Ancient Mark Master Masons, quite
clearly enjoying themselves, are waiting for
the Mail Coach to take them to a meeting
of Grand Lodge at the Goose and Gridiron
in London. Look carefully and you can see
the double yellows painted in the roadway, a
little narrower than they would be today but
probably just as menacing.
The Langport Arms was an old coaching inn
so they must have had some experience at
dealing with the problem!..Ray Guthrie.
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