Archief - Royal Albert Lodge, Loyal Orange Association Fonds

The Loyal Orange Association (L.O.A.) was established Trinity in 1873. The first meeting of the L.O.A. was held in a store owned by James Morris & Sons. on December 18th, 1873. The first officers appointed were as follows: Frank Knight, Worshipful Master; George Christian, Deputy Master; Robert Morris, Secretary; William Crocker, Treasurer; Benjamin Miller, Chaplain; and William DeGrish, Joseph Morris, William Frampton, John Fowlow and Henry Watts as committee members.

The L.O.A. hall was built and opened February 10th, 1875 conjointly by the Sons of Temperance (S.O.T.) and the L.O.A. for the use of both societies. Later, when the S.O.T. gave up its charter, as a goodwill gesture, they also gave up their part title to the Orange Hall. The Royal Albert Lodge #12 was built next to the old Courthouse on Gun Hill and later St. Paul’s School was built nearby. The hall was changed in 1915 when the spires on both ends were removed and gothic windows were replaced.

On July 4th, 1876 the by-laws were revised and adapted and three hundred copies were ordered to be printed. A band was formed and eventually got disbanded until the 1930's when Arthur Hiscock got the boys from the community together and formed a band again. The band would play for the Orange Society, the Society of United Fishermen #49, the Trinity Benefit Club for their annual parade on Candlemas’s Day as well as the Sunday School summer picnics.