Johnstone in 1841

It is interesting to look at old directories of the town. This one (Fowler’s) shows the lodge office bearers in 1841 and what is perhaps surprising is that the lodge is the only ‘society’ left in the town and that it’s number is wrong. It also shows the number of OBs which is nowhere near the length of the list today. Being a small ton, there is also a cross over of people in societies. For example, James Reid would become master of 242, but it clerk to the Yeomanry and a Friendly Society. Also in the Yeomanry were Bros. Riddel and Murdoch. Strangely enough, we had no members in the Johnstone Total Abstinence Society!

Bro Doc Filpz finishing the Boston marathon last year. Can you tell he represented the Craft?!!