Operative Masonry
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Operative Masonry or The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Bricklayers or simply The Operatives is a fraternal guild claiming a history of hundreds of years over which customs, traditions, knowledge and practices were developed and handed down.Template:Sfnp
History
The guild arose from the practice of masons over several centuries with traditions and practices passed down.Template:Sfnp The guild was severely impacted by the United Kingdom Trade Union Act 1871 causing resulting in unions to an extent superseding the operative guild.Template:Sfnp
By the early 1900s two people in particular, Clement E. Stretton of Leicester and John Yanker of Manchester took the cause of reviving the guild and ensuring practices did not become extinct.Template:Sfnp
Stretton lived long enough to pass information to John Carr and a Lodge was formed in London in the mid 1910s enabling the traditions of the guild to be preserved.Template:Sfnp
Operative assemblies have since been formed in several countries.Template:Sfnp
Further reading
- Carr, Thomas (1911). The Ritual of the Operative Free Masons. Ann Arbor: Tyler Publishing Company. OCLC 2485331. OL 6562592M.
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References
Footnotes
Sources
- Belanger, John L. (29 August 2016). "Whence came you?". cryptic Masons International. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Kibble-Rees, David C. (2016). "Region of India". The Operatives. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
