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Walter Martin Hughes, 1936 - 1937 Hughes was a draper and furnisher with his own business, Walter Hughes Ltd, in Highfield Road, Bradley. In November 1936 he was elected mayor. On the 18th March 1937 he and John Tomkys Baker, a councillor and alderman, opened the 2000th council house at 25 Park Road, Millfields. On the same day he was present at the opening ceremony of the new Library, Museum and Art Gallery, a ceremony performed by the previous mayor TR Wood. In July 1937 Hughes presented the local philanthropist J Luther Greenway with the Freedom of the Borough. Hughes died on January 9th 1943. Business
Address: Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1936. p.54 |
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