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Topic: The old Mayors of Brentford and Chiswick. (pre 1965)
Posted by: Jim Lawes
Date/Time: 06/03/15 23:45:00

Before 1965 the Borough of Brentford and Chiswick was independent from that "H" place down the road and "we" had our own Mayor.

An interesting list of those proudly serving B&C appears in cyberspace
and is reproduced here.

• Charter Mayor: James Clements JP CC
• 1932-33: Frederick S Hayburn[1]
• 1933-34: Charles H Curtis [1]
• 1934-35: William John Lane
• 1935-36: George Robert Davidge
• 1936-37: R S Howard
• 1937-38: Maurice Leahy
• 1938-39: George Jenkin
• 1939-40: George Jenkin (second term)
• 1940-41: Kenneth Cleland
• 1941-42: A W H F Davis
• 1942-43: A W H F Davis (second term)
• 1943-44: C Edwards
• 1944-45: T W Stroud
• 1945-46: L F Pett
• 1946-47: Patrick Fullerton-Bustard
• 1947-49: R G Sinclair[2]
• 1949-50: Hedley G Fry
• 1950-51: Rev. Oswald Breston
• 1951-52: Arthur Charlton
• 1952-53: H Deane
• 1953-54: Eric Anthony Charles Branczik
• 1954-55: J Connor
• 1955-56: Richard Leslie Avery -
• 1956-57: Alice J Burden 
• 1957-58: R S Howard
• 1958-59: F G Murray
• 1959-60: Michael J Digby
• 1960-61: Mrs H Gladys Saunt
• 1961-62: T J Crispin
• 1962-63: A W Walker
• 1963-64: Cecil A Pocock
• 1964-65: George E Henniker

• Do you remember any of them?

• In the following picture  Alderman Cecil Pocock is greeting Councillor Henniker. Interestingly they both lived in Harvard Road.

The local Catholic Newsletter currently asks for prayers for Cecil. Perhaps is isn’t too well at present. Any news about this distinguished Chiswickian?
"Alderman


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The old Mayors of Brentford and Chiswick. (pre 1965)06/03/15 23:45:00 Jim Lawes
   Re:The old Mayors of Brentford and Chiswick. (pre 1965)06/03/15 23:58:00 Jim Lawes
      Re:Re:The old Mayors of Brentford and Chiswick. (pre 1965)07/03/15 11:24:00 Mari Austin
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