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A Mystery

The piece of regalia illustrated below held in the Foresters Heritage Trust collection is something of a mystery. It is a presentation...

The Independent Order of Royal Foresters?

History is full o f mysteries - one of which is the Independent Order of Royal Foresters. On the 7th October 1837 the following...

Notes on Forestric History

One aim of these Blogs will be to build up a picture of the Friendly Society world in 1903. It is an entirely arbitary date but it is...

Notes on Forestric History

Hawaii is not a name that jumps to the lips when thinking about the history of the Ancient Order of Foresters. Yet, in the 19th century...

Notes on Forestric History

Providing Convalescence for members was very important to members of Friendly Societies in the 19th Century and beyond. If you were sick...

Notes on Friendly Society History -

This site is primarily about the history of the Ancient Order of Foresters. We do however cover other traditional branch Friendly...

How the trust began...

It all began........ Friendly Societies have been important in the lives of ordinary working men and women since the early 19th century;...

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