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Provincial Grand Secretary Worshipful Bro. Christopher Leslie Saville
Personal Chris was born in June 1947 (a baby boomer!) at the Central
Middlesex Hospital. His mother was a 'Clippie' and his father a sergeant in
the Royal Fusiliers. Chris's early life was spent, in military fashion,
never staying in one place for more than three years. Early schooling was at Harlesden Primary School in North
West London (long enough to make Chris a life long Arsenal supporter!) and
Montague Road Primary School in Edmonton. By this time Chris's father was a
local shopkeeper and Chris stayed in Edmonton for six years. Secondary school
was at Latymer Grammar School, Enfield, passing the usual scientific based
'O' levels. At the end of his first year of 'A' levels the family moved
to Kingsdown near Deal. Chris attended Dover Grammar School but several
bouts of illness resulted in his leaving school with nothing to show. A confirmed bachelor by the age of thirty, Chris was best
man to his best friend, met the chief bridesmaid, Gill, and married her in
1980. They have not been blessed with children. Chris and Gill moved to
Great Mongeham, where he now lives, in 1993. Professional Chris worked as a laboratory technician at Pfizer, an ordering
clerk for the National Coal Board, a counter clerk at the Post Office and for 15
years as a Foreign Exchange Cashier for Townsend (P&O) Car Ferries. In 1987,
following three years of Open University courses, Chris secured a European Ferries'
Bursary to complete a degree at Buckingham University, where he gained an Upper
Second Class Honours Batchelor of Science Degree in Computer Science with Applicable
Mathematics. Chris worked in the IT department of P&O Ferries as an
analyst from 1990, gradually gaining promotion to Project Leader in charge
of all non navigational onboard I.T. systems out of Dover and central stock
systems group wide. He was heavily involved in designing and implementing
P&O systems for the duty paid era and the millennium. In 2000, aged 52, Chris made the 'Good Life' decision but
in 2003 became Sub-postmaster of the local village Post Office until its
enforced closure in early 2008. Masonic Initiated in The Trinity Mariners' Lodge number
8406, on 10th June 1995, his 48th birthday. He served as Master for two
years, in 2000 and 2001. After one meeting as IPM, he became D.C., in which
office he continues. He is a member of The Kent Provincial Grand Stewards' Lodge
No. 5866 and Snar Gate Lodge No. 6770 and Cornwallis Lodge of Installed Masters
No. 9515. He was exalted into Radnor Chapter in 2001 and became First
Principal in 2008. Interests Chris is the secretary for the local Bar Billiards League
and a past secretary of the County Bar Billiards Association. He has been an
officer in several local clubs and associations. He is a member of the
patients' panel in one of the large local surgeries and has collected
thousands of pounds for the RNLI. Chris enjoys playing cue games, principally the old pub
sport of Bar Billiards in which he has been County champion many times,
National Pairs champion twice, Captain of the National Pub Team Champions
twice, National Over 50's champion twice and National Singles Runner-up. Chris enjoys hill walking (having ascended both Sca Fell
Pike and Snowdon), cycling and is fascinated by steam trains and classic
motorcycles. His holidays are normally organized around walking/riding in
unspoilt hilly areas, preferably with a preserved steam line within reach
and meeting new people over a glass of real ale. He also played cricket for
many years and kept wicket until he retired at 58. He owns classic BSA motor cycles, attending and riding in
several rallies each year including the Isle of Man and Colombres in Spain.
In 2009 he completed an off-road Himalayan trek on an Indian Royal Enfield,
riding 1000 miles in the high Himalayas, to an altitude of 17,000ft, through
valleys that have been open to foreigners only in the last few years. Chris, voluntarily, designs and prints paperwork for
several local and national associations. He has designed and runs several
websites, most recently that for the Masonic Province of East Kent and the
E.K.P.C.A. Chris is a keen home handyman at everything from carpentry
and plumbing to electrical work and has carried out extensive home
improvements.
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