I held my final reception in the Council Chamber on Friday 9 May and Edwina Cooper the Mayoress and I were pleased to receive something like 65 guests that evening. Many of those attending were our personal friends who had given us such good support during the year. We were also very pleased to welcome the Mayors of Hungerford and Thatcham, the Chairman of West Berkshire Council, the Member of Parliament, Richard Benyon and David Stone, the Mayor’s Chaplain. All the Civic Team, apart from the Town Marshal, and their wives were also there.
My speech was really to summarise the year’ activities and to thank all those people who had supported us by attending charity coffee mornings, the gala concert, the Mayor’s Ball and other functions. It was also an opportunity to thank the Civic Team. Last year a professional photographic firm visited the Town Hall and photographed the Macebearers, the Town Crier and the Town Marshal. I was able to get copies of their photographs and had them framed. These I presented to them with my thanks for their efforts. I also gave small gifts to Peter Curry, who is the Mayor’s Attendant’s husband who occasionally stands in for her when she is unavailable and to Colin Lewis, the Civic manager’s husband who always helps out on most occasions. In thanking David Stone, I presented him with a rather thick book on the Crusades which I think he would enjoy.
In conclusion, I did ask everyone to give the same support I enjoyed to my successor.
My speech was really to summarise the year’ activities and to thank all those people who had supported us by attending charity coffee mornings, the gala concert, the Mayor’s Ball and other functions. It was also an opportunity to thank the Civic Team. Last year a professional photographic firm visited the Town Hall and photographed the Macebearers, the Town Crier and the Town Marshal. I was able to get copies of their photographs and had them framed. These I presented to them with my thanks for their efforts. I also gave small gifts to Peter Curry, who is the Mayor’s Attendant’s husband who occasionally stands in for her when she is unavailable and to Colin Lewis, the Civic manager’s husband who always helps out on most occasions. In thanking David Stone, I presented him with a rather thick book on the Crusades which I think he would enjoy.
In conclusion, I did ask everyone to give the same support I enjoyed to my successor.
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