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VISIT BY HAVERING’S MAYOR The Club revives its old custom of the Mayor’s annual visit.
and pursue a successful career in local politics. What she did not make generally known is that one of her sons died of tes- ticular cancer at the age of 21, giving her an experience which no mother should have to un- dergo.
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The Mayor of Havering, Councillor Mrs Pam Light, addresses our Club on her life, work and aspirations during our August 12th meeting
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August this year was the Mayor of Havering, Councillor Mrs Pam Light. Proving her- self very easy to get on with, the Mayor traced the life‟s path which had led her to her pre- sent position. Growing up in South
he guest of honour and speaker at our regular luncheon meeting on 12th
London as the daughter of a crane driver and active trade unionist, Pam was quickly im- mersed in Labour Party mat- ters. However, success in the 11+ Examination and a gram- mar school education led her to a change in political views, and she joined the Young Con- servatives. Whether or not it was
countant, produce and bring up a family of five children, care for a number of other members of her wider family,
in the community around her, and put a lot of energy into helping neighbours to deal with their problems: “Being a busybody”, as she self- deprecatingly put it. Not sur- prisingly, a local Councillor persuaded her to stand for election, and at the second at- tempt she was returned to a Council seat. On that occasion, she had two four-year stints on the Council, but then her busy family life forced her to with- draw. As domestic pressures eased, Pam again had time to take part in the civic activities of the Borough, and she was elected for the Harold Wood Ward in 2005. She was in- stalled as Mayor of the Bor- ough in May this year. Councillor Light‟s posi-
am had long been a per- son who took a keen inter- est in what was going on
tion as Mayor of the Borough requires that she should take an unbiased view of all Haver- ing‟s many and varied activi- ties, and she is determined to be fair and unprejudiced in all her work. However, as an in- dividual her overriding interest is the welfare of the elderly, and she can claim considerable success in this respect. Like all those who be-
this change of direction which galvanised her energies into a life of dynamic public service we do not know, but the fact remains that Pam has managed to gain qualification as an ac-
The Mayor and President John compare collars.
come Mayor of the Borough, Pam is also amazed at the mass of voluntary work which goes on in Havering, and declares that the Borough would be a much poorer place without it. For her part, The Mayor pledges herself to visit and ad- dress any one of these organi- sations which cares to invite her, whenever and wherever this may be within our Bor- ough of Havering. Altogether, this was a very interesting visit by an extremely energetic lady, and our thanks again go to Ron Geggus for arranging it.
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