Meeting the Mayor!

He comes fom Yorkshire, where his family were brought up - and only moved down to Berkshire when he was sadly widowed, and left with three young sons to bring up. But there was never any sense of bringing them up on his own - with such an extended family, he has always been surrounded by them. He told me that, such is the size of their extended family and community, when his brother got married, they had five thousand family members turn up at the wedding! Perhaps we all have things to learn from such tight bonds!

Also, if you love your local history, watch out for South Today's special report on the "rescued" church of St Mary, at Hartley Wintney. It has been disused since 1870 but has recently been reopened (some times) to the public thanks to the Churches Conservation Trust. South Today's special report is scheduled for transmission on Thursday.