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 isnt too well at present. Any news about this distinguished Chiswickian?
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