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Bert Crane

July 1st, 2006 · Posted by Skuds in Politics · 1 Comment · Politics

Bert againIt was good to see Councillor Bert crane at the special council meeting last night.

Nobody was expecting him to be there as he had recently had a heart attack or stroke or something and been admitted to hospital.

With the sort of timing perfected during a continuous spell of over 50 years as an elected councillor he arrived at exactly the same time as his apology for absence was being read out, and for the first time I can remember, a councillor got an ovation just for turning up.

It proves what many of us have thought for ages – it will take more than a heart attack (or stroke – I’m not sure of the details) to keep Bert away from a meeting about council housing, although I am still not sure it was the best thing for him to do for the sake of his health. I will probably write about the meeting itself over the weekend, I just wanted to take this opportunity to drag out one of my favourite photos.

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  • Richard W. Symonds

    Good on you Cllr Crane…

    And amidst the World Cup clamour of today, July 1st, could you spare a quiet thought/prayer for Sarah Payne’s Family.

    July 1st, 6 years ago, was the day little Sarah disappeared – “the one day guaranteed to envelop her mother, Sara, in grief”.