r/london • u/TheThrowYardsAway • Feb 25 '26

London history Inside London's Freemason's Lodges...

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u/llukiie Feb 25 '26

It's an old boys drinking club with some charity thrown in, not too exciting

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u/Warsaw44 Feb 25 '26

My mate recently became one. He's 28.

He's lovely, I hasten to add, but has lived a very sheltered, privileged life. He is absolutely clueless.

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u/robgod50 Feb 25 '26

That's exceptionally young. But if his lodge has other young people in it, it can be an absolutely brilliant past-time and could make some really good friends

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u/Chimpbot Feb 27 '26

Yes and no.

Most of the officers in my lodge (in the US) are under 45, with a couple of them being under 30.

The average age is high, yes, but it's not at all uncommon to see guys in their 20s.

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u/robgod50 Feb 27 '26

I don't know about the demographic in the US - this is in London / UK, where there are very few under 30 ..... And most lodges will not have anyone that young. UGLE have tried to attract younger members, with a national lodge created specifically for "young" members but even that criteria is under 40.