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HISTORY
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Photo
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 Thanks to Ian Beach of www.sedgleymanor.com for sending us this interesting picture of members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes of the Upper Gornal Britannia Lodge No. 5663 in the early 1930's.
'Antediluvian' means 'relating to the period before the biblical flood' or, more generally, 'ancient'. The Order was founded in the early 19th Century by theatre workers, and is a charitable brotherhood that has some structural similarities to masonic systems. It is still active and there are many references to it on the web (and one could not wish for a better internet search selection word than antediluvian!). We do not know, however, if a Gornal branch still exists.
It is thought that meetings of Upper Gornal 'Buffs' were held at Sally Perry's Britannia Inn in Upper Gornal, where we believe this picture was taken.
Ian's maternal Grandfather William George Yates is on the front row, second from the right. Mr. Yates was the local Undertaker in Badger Street Upper Gornal, and a church warden at St. Peter's.
We would be delighted to hear from Yampy readers who recognise fathers and grandfathers on the photo. Email us at admin@yampy.co.uk.
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