"...the number of lodges which were formed and demised then it really gives the impression that Grand Lodge was once more willing to take risks when handing out new charters."
An obvious point, but one I've never really appreciated until I read it inyour blog (lodges often met without charters, but in boom times GL's must also have been handing the out fast and easy in comparison to now...)
(P.S. you've got chamber of refraction rather than reflection..... stupid auto correct
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