Banbury Mayor Making

It is customary that Mayors from neighbouring towns make a point of visiting each other's Mayor Making ceremonies to foster helpful inter-town relationships - and generally learn about good practice elsewhere. So it was a great pleasure to be at the Banbury Mayor Making once again (Julie and I were there two years ago) to say farewell to last year's Mayor and welcome in the new one (Cllrs Shaida Hussain and John Colgrave respectfully). There was much good cheer from all parts of the council to welcome Cllr Colgrave to the position and his nomination speech was very funny. He seems like a cheery chap and I am sure that Banbury will benefit from his presence over the coming year.

The outgoing Mayor before handing over to the new one.