A Mystery
The piece of regalia illustrated below held in the Foresters Heritage Trust collection is something of a mystery. It is a presentation...
top of page
FORESTERS HERITAGE TRUST​
Search
Andrew James Pooley
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
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...
59 views0 comments
Andrew James Pooley
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
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...
11 views0 comments
Andrew James Pooley
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
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...
13 views0 comments
Andrew James Pooley
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
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...
6 views0 comments
Andrew James Pooley
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
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...
24 views0 comments
crscarpenter
- Aug 17, 2020
- 1 min
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;...
24 views0 comments
bottom of page