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London Mayors' The NOT THE DAY JOB - BARRIE ANDERSON London Mayors’ Association www.londonmayors.org.uk NEWSLETTER No. 33 Spring 2014 CIVIC VISIT TO SPA CITY OF BUDAPEST Cllr Frederick Thompson John Hinkley Cllr Jean Lammiman the Deputy Mayor of Budapest & Cllr Wendy Brice-Thompson espite the fog at Boarding the two DHeathrow the flight waiting coaches, to Budapest was not too Buda and Pest, we late departing and in just were whisked off to over two hours some 70 a light lunch at the plus LMA members safely Fisherman’s Bastion arrived in Budapest, which, with its magnificent like London is divided by views of the City. a river, the Danube, but The afternoon unlike London, hilly on started with a tour Cllr Robert Davis (right) & the Mayor one side, Buda and flat on of the neo Gothic of Szentrendre the other, Pest. Matthias Church, Editor: Cllr Robert Davis DL. Editorial Contributions by Helen Watson PRODUCED BY MANOR CREATIVE, EASTBOURNE Published by: The London Mayors’ Association, 8 Bentinck Street, London W1U 2BJ. Tel: 020 7486 9041 CIVIC VISIT TO The group BUDAPEST CONT.. the Royal Palace and the Hungarian National Gallery. On the Thursday evening we were entertained by the British Ambassador Jonathan Knott at his imposing Residence. During the rest of the visit we visited an array of magnificent buildings including the imposing State Opera House, built in 1884 to rival those in Paris and Vienna; the St Stephen’s Basilica, Esztergom Cathedral, the Country’s biggest church in the smallest town in Hungary, the Royal Palace in Visegrad; in Szentendre, the Margit Kovacs Ceramic Museum, not plates and mugs, but wonderful expressive human figures all demonstrating varying Bob & Wenda Belam experiences of life; and finally in Pest the stunning Byzantine Moorish style Great Synagogue with its sad WW11 history. Even our Hotel, the Corinthia, was stately and imposing, both inside and out. Lt Col John Bolton-Clark and Cllr Robert Davis Jenny Bianco signing the way to outside the the Buda Coach Matthias Church John & Patricia Clark outside the Opera House The Chairman of Lewisham Council & his Cllr Inder Singh Jamu in the wife Sandra Adefiranye Opera House 22 Bob & Wenda Belam Cllr Josephine Barrett & her son Michael Gibson Cllr & Mrs Michael Markham in Hon. Ald. Dorothy Laird Hero’s Square Budapest John & Patricia Clark outside the Opera House Helen Watson makes a purchase Cllr Michael Tickner & Dr Sarah Dalton in watched by Patricia Ann Payne Budapest Cllr & Mrs David Payne in Hero’s Square The importance of these Civic Visits is the many and varied people we meet. Other visits included Gellert Hill and This Civic Visit was no exception, and the Citadel and the Statue of Queen included being received by the Deputy Elizabeth (the Hungarian one) with their wonderful views across the Danube. Mayor of Budapest, who was joined by In Pest, we visited Heroes Square, the many of his Councillors and Civic Hall famous Andrassy Avenue, the Millennium staff; three Mayors who very kindly gave up part of their Hungarian National Day Cllr Inder Singh Jamu in the Monument and the imposing Museum of Opera House Fine Arts and Arts Museum. celebrations to be with us, namely the 3 CIVIC VISIT TO CONT.. BUDAPEST Cllr Robert Davis & Alderman Ian Luder Cllrs Lord & Lady Palmer in the in the Great Synagogue of Budapest Great Synagogue of Budapest Cllr Marie Collier & Bob Bone in the memorial garden of the Great Synagogue of Budapest Members in the Garden of the Great Synagogue of Budapest Cllr Josephne Barrett & Michael Gibson in the Cllr Mary Heathcote, Cllr Dennis Doe & Cllr the Lord Palmer iin the museum of the memorial garden of the Great Synagogue of Budapest Great Synagogue of Budapest Mayor of Esztergom, Èva Tétényi who was Food also seems a vital element of Civic accompanied by the Head of her Cabinet Visits. Meals provide opportunities to and her City Manager, all who joined us mix and chat to fellow LMA members for lunch; Mr András Félegházi, Mayor and local dignitaries and their staff and of the City of Visegrad who personally the chance to try local and traditional conducted the tour of the Castle and delicacies. On this visit no one could go entertained us with afternoon tea; and the hungry or be on a diet – slimming that Mayor of Szentendre, Dr Ferenc Dietz. is and on one evening in the Restaurant 4 4 The Matthias Church Members in the Memorial Garden of the Great Synagogue of Budapest Cllr Philip Kelly & Dorothy Jones Lord Palmer & Linda Schama Members in the Garden of the Great Synagogue of Budapest Cllrs Bryan & Marie Collier at The Fisherman’s Bastion Helen Watson outside the Royal Palace Cllr Mary Heathcote, Cllr Dennis Doe & Cllr the Lord Palmer iin the museum of the Great Synagogue of Budapest Cllr Philip Kelly & Cllr Bryan Collier in Visegrad The Deputy Mayor of Budapest & Alderman Ian Luder in the British Ambassador’s residence 5 CIVIC VISIT TO CONT.. BUDAPEST Ronnie Raymond Cox in Esztergom with Slovakia on the other side of the River Danube Cllr Anthony Ramsey and Cllr Jeanne Alexander in Esztergom Members in the Cathedral of Eszteregom John & Patricia Clark at the Royal Palace Cllr Michael & Janet Lewis outside the Esztergom Cathedral Dr Vivienne Manheim in the crypt of the Cathedral of Esztergom ‘Callas’ diners were entertained by a Quartet of Destination Events with Theresa Davis playing Hungarian music. We also enjoyed who assists so much behind the scenes in lunch on a boat trip along the Danube on a the office. We were fortunate too to have sunny Sunday afternoon. with us for the whole four days the two wonderful Andreas, our local guides who While overseas Civic Visits appear to go knew everything about their country and like clockwork, this is not possible without explained it all so well and simply, spoke the diligent and hard work during many perfect English, did amazing instantaneous months of preparation and throughout the translations, were interesting, delightful and visit itself of Bob, Geri and Lizzie Bone a joy to meet. 6 Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham and Cathy Longworth Cllr Anthony Ramsey the new Hungarian Ambassador to the Court of St James and Cllr Muhamed Javed in Budapest City Hall Cllr Anthony Ramsey and Cllr Jeanne Alexander in Esztergom The British Ambassador with Cllr Jean Lammiman and John Hinkley Cllr Inder Singh Jamu, the Mayor of Esztergom and the in the British Ambassador’s residence John & Patricia Clark at the Royal Palace Mayor of Barking & Dagenham Prince Nawab Ali Khan and Alice Cllrs Lisa Rutter & Dennis Doe Bob Belam in the British Enskat in the British Ambassador’s in the British Ambassador’s Ambassador’s residence residence residence The Deputy Mayor of Budapest gives a speech in City Hall Cllr Anthony Ramsey & the Mayor The British Ambassador & June Fewtrell in of Szentrendre the British Ambassador’s residence 7 CIVIC VISIT TO CONT.. BUDAPEST Cllr Robert Davis on the Danube Cruise in front of the Hungarian Parliament The Chairman of Lewisham Council & his wife Sandra Patricia Ann Payne with Alice & Michael Enskat on the Danube Cruise in front of the Patricia Creutzberg & Susan Bailey on the Hungarian Parliament Danube Cruise Cathy Longworth on the Danube Cruise Hon Ald Eleri Ebenezer in Esztergom in front of the Hungarian Parliament Bob Bone on the Danube cruise 8 The Mayor of Redbridge in front of the Royal Palace in Visegrad Cllr Lisa Rutter & the Mayor of Videgrad in front of the Royal Palace The Chairman of Lewisham Council & his wife Sandra Michael Enskat & Bob Bone in the St Stephens Basilica Rosie Daniels at the Citadel Tony Kerslake in the Ceramic Museum of Szentendre Bob Bone on the Danube cruise Cllr Jim Madden getting off the Danube cruiser Lin Luder at the Citadel 9 BEING MAYORESS – BY LINDA SCHAMA hen my husband, Brian, first mentioned With the above Wthat he’d been approached to put his in mind, and name forward to become Mayor of Barnet just in case any and asked how I might feel about becoming of you reading Mayoress, I confess I knew very little about this suddenly what was involved. find yourselves in the future I probably imagined being Madam Mayoress married to the was a little bit like being the wife of a vicar Mayor of a London borough, I should warn or an MP: attending the odd fete, opening the you of a number of things: occasional supermarket and dispensing a school prize or two. How wrong I was! Being ‘Mayor (1) Be prepared to spend a lot of time with of Barnet’ is rather more like a combination of your other half – I can honestly say that being the Queen (in that the Mayor is the ‘first I spent more time with my husband citizen of the Borough’) and the Speaker of the during his Mayoral year than during House of Commons (in that the Mayor chairs the preceding 38 years of our marriage all formal Council Meetings). combined. Picture the scene… a quiet suburban street in (2) Your drivers and macebearers will become Hendon one sunny May evening last year. A part of your family during your year of gleaming black stretch Jaguar limousine pulled office. up, adorned with a large iron crest on the (3) It is impossible to lose weight during your front and pennants fluttering at either side. Out mayoral year so banish any thoughts stepped a man in the smartest of dark suits, you may have to the contrary and start wearing a peaked cap and carrying a large slimming now! black case, who made his way, head bowed, down my front path.
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