Lodge Banner

The Taverners Lodge banner is interesting both for its manufacture and content. It was commissioned on 20′ August 1961 some six years after the consecration of Taverners Lodge and was made in Bangalore, India, by Barton, Son and Company for the princely sum of 550 shillings, or £27 10s!.

The background material of the banner itself is made of sky blue satin and the embroidery is cotton thread. The fringe, chord and tassels are in art silk.

At the centre of the banner is the emblem and motto of the Licensed Victualler’s Association. The motto ‘Hinc Spes Affulget’ can be translated from the Latin as ‘Hence Hope Shines Forth’. 

The banner was dedicated on 6″ May 1963 at our 35′ meeting by W. Bro Reverend G.W. Page, PG Chaplain, Assistant Grand Master of Hampshire and Isle of Wight.