The days may
be beginning to grow shorter and the
weather may have started to turn but
the month of October ushered in a
fantastic slew of events for the
Mayoress and I. Thank you to the many
community groups, organisations and
local businesses who extended an
invitation to us this month – it was a
real pleasure to share these special,
celebratory moments with you and we
are both continuously humbled by the
honour of attending these
engagements.
October began
for us on a strong footing with
Amazing Accrington’s Future’s Event,
held at Accrington Stanley Football
Club. The day saw hundreds of young
people from the borough’s secondary
schools attending a fair designed to
highlight the many different career
paths and post-school options
available to them. The Mayoress and I
had a wonderful time talking to both
those manning the various stands,
taking part in their activities
ourselves, and chatting with the young
people who seemed to have thoroughly
enjoyed their time.
As part of our
roles as Mayor and Mayoress, we meet
hundreds of people from every walk of
life which is a real honour in itself
– every week we have the chance to
meet people who represent all of the
traits that we value most here in
Hyndburn and we feel a real sense of
pride from people in their local area.
With that in mind, we were humbled to
be invited along to celebrate the 107th birthday
of local resident Edna Warmsley at
Pendle Brook Care home. Edna is
originally from Great Harwood, an area
she continues to love to this day, and
it was heart warming to see so many
come together to celebrate this
special occasion with her. Thank
you
Edna, and the team at
Pendle Brook Care Home, for letting us
share this day with you.
The Mayoress
and I are firm advocates for
supporting the wonderful small
businesses here in Hyndburn and this
week we had the pleasure of showing
this commitment by attending the
Seasonal Sneak Preview evening at A
Bit O’Summat in Accrington. It was a
pleasure to see the local community
come together to celebrate the
one-year anniversary of the business
and to see the official unveiling of
their new Christmas stock and
displays. I encourage everyone to head
into the town centre and support the
local traders who help to make
Hyndburn such a wonderful place to
work and reside in.
Finally, it was
a true privilege to attend the
official unveiling of the new Broadway
banner, replacing the Accrington Pals
Banner that has sadly come to the end
of its life and designed to represent
the past, present and future of our
borough. So many people from across
the borough came together to celebrate
this moment and it was delightful to
see which parts of the banner
resonated with different people. The
banner may be just a small first step
in the exciting Levelling Up and Town
Centre Investment Plans that will be
coming to the borough very soon but it
is a well-welcomed splash of colour to
Accrington Town Centre and I for one
cannot wait to see what comes next.
This covers
just a handful of the engagements that
the Mayoress and I have had the
pleasure of attending but I am keen to
emphasize our gratitude for every
single invitation we receive – we have
thoroughly enjoyed everything that we
have attended and I sincerely look
forward to the months ahead.
