The Mace-Bearer Magazine - Guild of Mace-Bearers

SCOTLAND
I am 54 years old, married to Elizabeth for 30 years with one daughter
Ashleigh, who is about to give birth, so I will soon be known as Papa Paterson.
I have worked for East Dunbartonshire Council for 34 years, 16 years as a
janitor and 18 years as Council Officer which I have really enjoyed.
It has been a busy last few months as it has been our local election plus we
have a new Provost, most of the Scottish authorities have a new
administration and the Scottish Government is trying to cut the Councils from
32 to 19.
We are closing our Council Headquarters and moving offices to the Marina. I
have been told I am getting a water taxi. Ha Ha!
I would like to finish off and thank Joe Caruana for the Guild Conference. It was a great success. Good luck to the
Guild.
Slangevar.
SOUTH EAST
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Willy Paterson, East Dunbartonshire
To report on everything that all our members have been doing over the last year
would be impossible so I have called on just one of the 66 members of the South
East area to report on what his town has been doing. Every year I will be asking a
different member to report on their town and this year is the turn of the Town
Sergeant of Hythe, Terry Reene. His report can be found later in the magazine.
As possibly the youngest member of the Guild, I was asked by the editor to provide
an article for the magazine on how I became a mace-bearer. I hope you find this
interesting. Maybe for future magazines some of you can let us know how you too
became a mace-bearer.
I look forward to seeing many of you in Royal Wootton Bassett in February 2013.
Many Thanks
Christopher Hobbs-East, Dover
SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH WALES
We are pleased to report that Ron Crabb, Guild member from Exeter was awarded the British Empire Medal in the
Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
OBITUARIES
It is with regret that we have to inform members of the following death
Alan Hughes, Freeman of the Guild
Our deepest sympathies go out to his family.