W
Bro Sylvester Crowley
Personal History
Born and brought up in Maesteg.
Married Isabel 1963, no children Widowed 2015
National Service - Ammunition Examiner
Bridgend General Hospital & St Thomas' Hospital London -
Chemical Pathology and Blood transfusion
Spent some years in London in charge of Biochemical marketing
with Anderman & Company liasing with E Merck Darmstadt,
Schleicher und Schull of Dassel and Eppendorf of Hamburg
Changed direction in 1975 into Financial Planning and
Investments in City of London and operated a private agency in
the City whilst living in Barbican.
Membership Secretary of the Barbican Association
President of the Barbican Good Neighbours Scheme
Justice of the Peace for City of London Bench sitting at
Guildhall and Mansion House.
Secretary of Cripplegate Ward Club and worked at that for a few
years. Since leaving London has remained as their database and
Membership administrator and the Internet Manager ever since.
Sold the finance business in 1986 and retired to travel Europe
in a large motorhome with Isabel for a few years.
Settled in Llanbadarn Fawr near Aberystwyth and in 1989
converted a lifelong hobby into a full time business of
restoration of clocks watches and barometers and developed a web
site design business as a side-line.
Living now at Geoffrey Ashe Court in Cowbridge. Aged 82
(2018)
Masonic History
LONDON:
1. Initiated: Barbican
Lodge 8494, City of London, 22 October 1984
2. Passed Barbican Lodge 8494 06 December 1984
3. Raised Barbican Lodge 8494 18 February 1985
4. JW Barbican Lodge 8494 1990-1991
5. SW Barbican Lodge 8494 1991-1992
6. Master Barbican Lodge 8494 1992 to 1993 Resigned
1996
7. Joined Lodge of Protection, London 1985 Resigned
1986
LLANBADARN FAWR:
8. Joined Aberystwyth Lodge 1072
1989 Resigned 1996
9. Joined St Padarn Lodge 5472 1994 Resigned 1996
10. Exalted Ystwyth Chapter HRA 1072 1990 Resigned 1995
11. Inducted Rheidol Conclave OSM 1993 Resigned
1994
Spent several years whilst
living in Llanbadarn Fawr assisting a number of Lodges and
Orders in Ceredigion producing address labels and other
paperwork for the administrators.
Was active participant in the Lodges and LOI of both Aberystwyth
and St Padarn Lodges.
Carried out Bar duties at the Hall and also some basic
refurbishment work on fittings & fixtures
BRIDGEND:
12. Joined Llangeinor Lodge 4194
2001
13 Re-Joined Llangeinor Lodge 4194 2008
14 Tyler Llangeinor Lodge 4194 2009-10 and 2010-11
15. SW Llangeinor Lodge 4194 2011-12
16. Master Llangeinor Lodge 4194 2012-13
17. IPM Llangeinor Lodge 4194 2013-14
18. Tyler Llangeinor Lodge 4194 2014-15
19 Joined Cymru Conclave OSM 1996 Resigned 1998
20. Joined Adare Chapter HRA 11 October 2012
21. Tyler Lodge of Benevolence 7305 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
22. 2014 to 2018 Acted as the
email recipient for all emails generated from the Provincial Web
Site and routed them to the appropriate Brethren for action.
Worked from home engaged in Provincial Administration tasks
including summons proof-reading and special request tasks using
Adelphi assisting W Bro Gerald Rowbottom PSGD PAsstPGM ProvGSec.
and later W Bro Phillip Aubrey AGDC..
COWBRIDGE:
Present
activities include work with the Bridgend Regalia Exchange
(Co-Founder) and the Bridgend Masonic Lodges Charitable
Trust. I write and manage the web sites for both these
groups.
I remain a
subscribing Past Master of Llangeinor Lodge No 4194
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