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Description: | November 1936.
The Jubilee Mayor of 1936 Councillor Harold Smith welcomes the new Mayor Councillor Brian Bradley Barker in a ceremony held in the Council Chamber of Morley Town Hall. The two Mayoral figures are central to the image with Councillor Brian Bradley Barker on the left and Councillor Harold Smith, right. The Town Clerk, wearing a wig, seen leaning forward in the foreground, is Mr. Edward Vincent Finnigan. He was the third Town Clerk of Morley. To the right of the image is the mace which was presented to the corporation on 8th December 1902 by Mrs. Alice Cliff Scatcherd of Morley Hall. It was designed by Mr. Walter Crane and the workmanship was carried out by Alexander Fisher of Kensington. It is supported upright by a pedestal featuring a loin which grasps the mace in it's forepaws.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Mace Mayor Town Hall | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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