Mardale Village Floating On The Astral Interacting At Lammas With The Physical World

Mardale village which is now no more - may well be floating around in the etheric atmosphere as a ghost village. When looking at old pictures and postcards of Mardale, in the Lake District -  a village which was removed in order to make a reservoir, the place still seems very - well - REAL

These are photos of our coven's Lammas celebrations and all sorts of energies were present.

Mrs Cotterill - Specially Gifted By The Gortonian Lodge - 4668, Of The Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes 6th June 1959

Who was Mrs Cotterill and what is the history of her brooch pin? This is something I very much wanted to know.

The little pin had an alure and I was immediately taken with it,when it came in to my possession - though originally the eyes were missing and I had to have them replaced. The inscription on the back says that the item was made for Mrs Cotterill on the happy occasion of her anniversary which was on June 6, 1959.

After a lot of scouting around, taking, for some reason, a long time, I found the brooch pin had been commissioned specially by the Gortonian Lodge of the Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes for Mrs Cotterill herself - but who was she?

Well, her husband was not a member of the Gortonian Lodge nor ever had been. The Gortonian Lodge disbanded in 1986 but in the 1950's the lodge met at The Waggon And Horses, in Gorton, Manchester.

I got the Gorton bit immediately, as I had heard of the place before, but nonetheless, it was only extreme tenacity and persistence that even gleaned the small amount of information I now have, which was only obtained after several emails, two telephone calls and a lot of patience.

Mrs Cotterill may have been the landlady of the Wagon and Horses in Gorton back in 1959 where the Gortonian Lodge met - this seems a strong possibility. Whoever she was, the Gortonian Lodge members all thought very highly of her, to have a little pin with a buffalo head specially crafted in her honour on the occasion of her anniversary.

I presume this refers to a wedding anniversary. It also seems feasible that Mrs Cotterill's husband was given a gift too, though that has probably disappeared over the sands of time.

See also http://postulatingpippin.blogspot.co.uk/