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Description: | c1949-50. Norrie Ward was the youngest person ever to be Mayor of Morley and the first to be invested in the month of May. From 1886 after Joseph Schofield's initial period of office as first Mayor from April to November it became customary to change the Mayor in November. So Joseph Schofield continued to November 1887. In November 1948, Alfred Horsfall began his second term in office but unfortunately died on 10th February 1949. Thomas Redick substituted for him unti Norrie Ward was installed as Mayor on 23rd May 1949. His term expired on 22nd May 1950 and from this time until the end of the Borough (except 1973) the changeover took place in May. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Norrie Ward Mayor | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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