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by **Tony Bennett** 24.08.11 8:48

As previously discussed, Edward Smethurst is a long-standing and promiment member of the East Lancashire Masonic Lodge, registered number 5332. For some reason, this lodge is also called the 'Commonweal Lodge'.

Photos of Freemasons in their full regalia are relatively rare - and ones of Edward Swethurst in his apron are even rarer, but thanks to a kind Freemason (not in the East Lancashire Branch I hasten to add), one has become available, you'll see Edward Smethurst in Photo No. 9 running down this link, the tall chap on the back row just to the left (as you look at it) of the large portrait hanging on the wall.

Underneath this pic the text refers to the 'Commonweal Lodge':

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by Guest 24.08.11 8:57

What we need to do is to identify all of the other people in that photo and find out what they do, as it is these people who will be the first ones that he turns to in an emergency.

by Guest 24.08.11 10:37

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To quote Mr Smethurst re: "Maddie: The truth about the lie": “We are currently demanding €1.2 million in damages, but we are reserving the right to increase this value as soon as we can ascertain what profits have been generated from the sale of this book.” [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

There's also mention of Smethurst here [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

TTW4 posted many articles on his blog about the freemasons and their links to the McCanns, but it's been whooshed now.

by Guest 24.08.11 10:51

Is there some kind of pecking order when they take these photos. The Grand Master to the front and the junior candidates to the back, I wonder?

by Guest 24.08.11 10:54

It would be interesting to know if Master Eyre or Master McCloud are in that pic winkwink

by Guest 24.08.11 10:56

This is what I'm wondering also.

by **Tony Bennett** 24.08.11 11:32

Stella wrote:Is there some kind of pecking order when they take these photos? The Grand Master to the front and the junior candidates to the back, I wonder?

You start at the bottom as a 'First Degree' Mason.

Play your cards right and you rise to the 'Thirty-Third' Degree.

By the way, I was told that in the police, where of course Freemasonic activity is rife, your position in the Masonic pecking order takes precedence over your Police rank. Thus a Detective Sergeant who has a higher Masonic rank than a Detective Superintendent can tell him what to do.

by Gillyspot 24.08.11 12:23

Admin wrote:It would be interesting to know if Master Eyre or Master McCloud are in that pic [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Do you mean Chris Eyres? He is in the West Lancs masons

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by Guest 24.08.11 12:25

Tony Bennett wrote:
Stella wrote:Is there some kind of pecking order when they take these photos? The Grand Master to the front and the junior candidates to the back, I wonder?
You start at the bottom as a 'First Degree' Mason.

Play your cards right and you rise to the 'Thirty-Third' Degree.

By the way, I was told that in the police, where of course Freemasonic activity is rife, your position in the Masonic pecking order takes precedence over your Police rank. Thus a Detective Sergeant who has a higher Masonic rank than a Detective Superintendent can tell him what to do.

Really, I would love to see that one in action. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by aiyoyo 24.08.11 13:19

I remember ttw4. He wrote extensively about freemasons involvement and no one took him seriously. He was very knowledgeable about it and he even asked about a bag gerry was carrying.

by **kikoraton** 24.08.11 17:25

Not to be confused with Chris Eyre, previously Acting Chf Constable of Leics Constabulary.

by Gillyspot 24.08.11 17:52

Sorry my mistake -wrong person. Note to self think before posting

by **Tony Bennett** 24.08.11 18:55

aiyoyo wrote:I remember ttw4. He wrote extensively about freemasons involvement and no one took him seriously. He was very knowledgeable about it and he even asked about a bag Gerry was carrying.

I spoke to TTW4 and met him on a couple of meetings to discuss the case in depth, he probed me about my stance on Freemasonry and I told him I would have nothing to do with it and regarded it as having great potential for doing evil, though I recognise that at the junior level it may be a cosy meeting-place for businessmen and the like. He seemed satisfied. I think he was right to probe into the Masonic aspects of the Madeleine McCann case and he made some good observations IIRC. He was a bit of a tecchie with a talent for graphics. I lost touch with him and don't know if his blog is still going?

by littlepixie 24.08.11 23:52

Is TTW4 the same as Buildafire? They post on MCF but don't know if its the same person.

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by **Tony Bennett** 26.08.11 8:50

Information continues to pour in about EDWARD SMETHURST, the McCanns' Masonic lawyer.

Here's a bit more information about the East Lancashire Lodge, Commonweal No. 5332; there'll be more coming along the way very soon:

CURRENT WORSHIPFUL MASTER

WBro Colin Ross Downie

I.P.M.

WBro RN Hartley PProvJGD

CURRENT OFFICERS

WBro MHG Harris - SW
WBro JH Bacon PProvJGW - JW
WBro BW Taylor PJGD - Chaplain
WBro CT Hartley PProvJGD - Treasurer
WBro WP Whitton - Secretary
WBro P Humphreys PAGSwdB - DC
WBro Dr S Lal PSGD - Almoner
WBro BW Taylor PJGD - Charity Steward
WBro SG Mangham PPGJW - SD
WBro EG Smethurst P ProvGStwd - JD
WBro JH Bacon PProvJGW - Asst DC
WBro MHG Harris - Asst Sec
Bro IJ Smethurst - IG
W Bro PA Ackroyd - Steward
Bro K Wheatley - Steward
Bro RJS Denton - Steward
Bro SH May - Steward
[Note by T.B. - This is Steve May, a former Detective Chief Inspector with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) who has now retired and runs a private detective agency. He has current connections with serving officers in GMP]
WBro A Hunter PProvDepSwdB - Tyler

District Committee Representative - Bro RJS Denton

Royal Arch Representative - WBro CT Hartley PProvJGD

Lodge Mentor - WBro JH Bacon PProvJGW

The Holy Royal Arch is the completion of Pure Antient Freemasonry.

Newly raised Brethren are eligible to be Exalted into a Royal Arch Chapter.

Further information may be obtained from WBro CT Hartley PProvJGD.

Commonweal Chapter No. 5332 meets in February, April, October and December.

At the Freemasons’ Hall, Bridge Street, Manchester M3 3BT

LODGE MOTTO

“Be very careful whom you recommend as a candidate for initiation. One false step on this point may end in the dissolution of the Lodge. Have a good Lodge, keep it select, great numbers are not always beneficial.”

FULL LIST OF 'PAST MASTERS' TO 2007

A Sharp PGD, - 1932
CH.Scarlett PDAGP (Gib), - 1933
SE.Hodgkinson PProvGSuptWks, - 1934
HL Marsden PProvGD, - 1935
HH Thomson CBE, PProvGW, - 1936
S.Richardson PGD, - 1937
AD Elstub PAGDC - 1938
F Wilkinson MBE, PProvGD – 1939
AG Lee CBE, LGR - 1940
GH Dodd MC - 1941
B Holgate PProvGD - 1942
ST Kinsman - 1943
W Crossley PProvAGDC - 1944
H Smith PProvGD - 1945
HDI Brown PProvGW - 1946
Sir S Bell OBE, PProvGW - 1947
VCT Lane PProvGW - 1948
B Brierley PProvGW – 1949
RH Crook - 1950
EV Greenwood PGD - 1951
JR Stansfield PGJD - 1952
HL Hockney - 1953
J Anderson PProvGD - 1954
HP Orrett PProvGD - 1955
GR Duck PProvGW - 1956
P Hindle - 1957
DW Elstub JP, PAGDC - 1958
HR Middleton PProvGW – 1959
NL Barlow PProvGD - 1960
JA Fawcett - 1961
GH Mankelopw PProvGW - 1962
G Sydall - 1963
JK Lawton - 1964
W Broadbent PProvGD - 1965
JH Brown JP, PJGD - 1966
GW Stott PProvAGDC - 1967
DC Lane PProvGSwdB - 1968
MP Lane PProvJGW – 1969
JM Billington PProvGD - 1970
BB Wallwork PSGD, PAssPGM – 1971*
GH Mangham PJGD - 1972
D Hill PProvJGW – 1973*
GB Hollingworth PProvJGW - 1974
A Clements - 1975
DE Stansfield PProvAGDC - 1976
BW Taylor PJGD – 1977*
JH Bacon PProvJGW – 1978*
C Scott PProvGSwdB – 1979
DM Draper PProvGSWks - 1980
A Southern - 1981
GW Dickinson - 1982
SG Mangham PProvJGW – 1983*
PC Maddison PProvAGDC - 1984
PJ Long PAGDC – 1985*
S Mangham PProvGD – 1986*
D Shaw PProvGD - 1987
RT Clutterbuck PProvJGD - 1988
Dr JB Scarr PJGD – 1989
RN Hartley PProvJGD – 1990*
BB Wallwork PSGD PAsstPGM – 1991*
GH Mangham PJGD - 1992
JH Bacon PProvJGW – 1993*
JH. Brown JP, PJGD – 1994
JR Bucknall PProvSGD – 1995
C Scott PProvGSwdB - 1996
CT Hartley PProvJGD – 1997*
WA Pollard – 1998*
CR Downie – 1999*
MHG. Harris – 2000*
EG Smethurst PProvGStwd – 2001*
MP Lane PProvJGW – 2002
DJ Ward – 2003
BW Taylor PJGD – 2004*
SG Mangham PProvJGW – 2005*
WP Whitton – 2006*
RN Hartley PProvJGD - 2007*

by **Tony Bennett** 30.08.11 9:40

More information is filtering through to us about Edward Smethurst and his friends.

If we go back to the pic of Edward Smethurst in his Masonic regalia, lier in the thread, there is a burly-looking bloke immediately to his left (as you look at the photo), with grey-white hair and beard.

We can now reveal his identity as ALVIN SHUTTLEWORTH, the Legal Director of British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL): [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

It would appear that it was Shuttleworth who gave Smethurst his job at BNFL; Masonic sources say that the two men have been close for 20 years and that Smethurst looks up to Shuttleworth as a kind of mentor and 'father figure', probably from Smethurst's days as a teenager when his father died suddenly in a mysterious fire and Smethurst was brought up largely by the Masons, as he and his mother gradually became estranged (she and Smethurst have no contact these days).

The closeness of Shuttleworth and Smethurst is reinforced by the fact that Shuttleworth is a fellow Director of one of Smethurst's new ventures, viz. his Palladium company.

Dr Gerald McCann is of course very much connected to the British nuclear industry in his role as adviser to COMARE.

We might add that Shuttleworth & Smethurst appear to have played lead roles in helping BNFL refuse liability for many people who claimed to have suffered the ill-effects of radiation.

More coming soon.

by Guest 30.08.11 9:53

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Well what can I say....

Is Gordon Brown's brother in this get-up too ?

by happychick 30.08.11 9:54

Tony Bennett wrote:Shuttleworth & Smethurst appear to have played lead roles in helping BNFL refuse liability for many people who claimed to have suffered the ill-effects of radiation.

by Guest 30.08.11 10:21

It is looking more and more like Gerry's reputation and his position on COMARE, is what is being protected here.

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by Gillyspot 30.08.11 12:01

I am sure that Gerry wasn't appointed to COMARE until after they returned from Portugal.

Any one find the article about that?

Only thing I can find regarding it was from this dated 24.11.07

"The father of the missing little girl was about to be assigned to a position in the team led by Gordon Brown, the British Prime-Minister… additionally, sources from Portuguese authorities reveal to 24horas some “not very normal” facts…"

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by **sharonl** 30.08.11 12:34

According to Comare 12th report - Dec 2007 Gerry McCann was part of a sub - commitee

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MEDICAL PRACTICES SUBCOMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN

Professor A Elliott BA PhD DSc CPhys FInstP FIPEM

Western Infirmary, Glasgow

MEMBERS

Mr L Gabriel DCR

DMS (Health) Imaging Department

Wellington Hospital, London

Dr C J Gibson BA MSc PhD FIPEM

Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Oxford

79

Dr F V Gleeson FRCP FRCR

Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

Ms J Lockhart

Patient Representative

Dr C G Markham MB ChB DObstRCOG FRCR

Royal College of Radiologists, London

Professor M D Mason MD FRCP FRCR

Oncology and Palliative Medicine

University of Wales College of Medicine

Dr G McCann BSc MB ChB MRCP MD

Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester

Professor L Parker BSc PhD FRCPH FFPM(Hon)

Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health

Newcastle University

by Guest 30.08.11 12:37

Gillyspot wrote:I am sure that Gerry wasn't appointed to COMARE until after they returned from Portugal.

The way the masons work is, they have people lined up well in advance for all these positions, so the actual start date is not that important in practice, only on paper.

by **kikoraton** 30.08.11 15:57

The question is "how come that Gerry, a run-of-the-mill cardiologist, got appointed to COMARE?" The answer would appear to be, that he knew Shuttleworth and Smethurst through Masonic links well enough in advance (of whatever date he was appointed - it's not really important) in order to be trusted by them and by those in the Government who wanted COMARE to be a reliable rubber-stamp for Govt policy.
On another level, perhaps PdL, and the OC in particular, was chosen because Smethurst knew his way around there and could recommend it as a place where anything goes.

by aiyoyo 30.08.11 16:02

littlepixie wrote:Is TTW4 the same as Buildafire? They post on MCF but don't know if its the same person.

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Doubt they are the same person, different posting style.

by Daisy 30.08.11 21:41

happychick wrote:
Tony Bennett wrote:Shuttleworth & Smethurst appear to have played lead roles in helping BNFL refuse liability for many people who claimed to have suffered the ill-effects of radiation.

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Indeed.

Families lose fight to sue BNFL: Court ruling ends legal aid for leukaemia children who lived near nuclear plants

"Alvin Shuttleworth, BNFL's legal director, said: 'We have lived with this shadow over us for a long time. Following our decisive victory in the
Hope and Reay cases it was only right that the rest should either be proceeded with or dismissed. As the judge noted, even the plaintiff's
barrister agreed that these cases would fail if they came to trial today'.!

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by Gillyspot 30.08.11 21:47

Isn't this just another example of what a GREAT (not) country the UK has now become when who you know means you get what you want - even if you trash others lives in the process. Not whether you deserve it or not - that is not important.

I am ashamed to be British with all that has been going on and the McCanns are the least of it lately.