This brief history of the building
is taken from the History of the Lodge of Fidelity
and reproduced by kind permission of W.Bro. K.Hearn

Filton War Memorial Hall was, of course, a public building and in daily use for various local activities. Meetings were held there until the Hall was demolished in 1962 to make way for the Filton Link road.

The Hall stood next to the then Shields Laundry which later became Filton Technical College, and sited approximately in the centre of what is now the dual carriageway.

On the day of Lodge meetings, the main hall had to be transformed into a 'Temple' ready for the ceremony. This entailed a lot of hard work by the brethren starting at about 5pm. All the Lodge Furniture (including the bulky and very heavy harmonium) was stored in a room at the rear of the stage. All of it, including the tesselated carpet and folding chairs, had to be unloaded and transformed into the Temple by 6.30pm Following the meeting, brethren with visitors took them over the A38 to the Anchor Pub for a drink.

Meanwhile, the stewards (about 8 in those days) aided by brethren without guests had the job of manhandling all the furniture back into the storeroom.They then erected trestle tables and laid them up for dinner, all in the space of half an hour. The meals were cooked in those days on two gas stoves and a few gas rings in a small room adjoining the hall - quite a task when cooking for 70 to 80 people.

Why www.fmhcl.org.uk ? The founding fathers moved their hall to Stapleton but still called it the Filton Masonic Hall. The company that looks after the Hall is limited by guarantee, and is called the Filton Masonic Hall Co. Ltd, or FMHCL for short. A small masonic secret revealed !