The Tim Heale Podcasts S3 E32 Councillor Lynn Hook

In this episode I chat with Councillor Lynn Hook from Gosport Council and about her time as Mayor of Gosport and how she got into politics. Would Gosport benefit from a Bandstand in Stokes Bay.

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Welcome to the Tim Heale podcast. In this episode, I'm going to have a chat, but Lynn, so Lynn, if you can tell me when and where you were born, and if you can describe what it was like, where you grew up, the sort of schools you went to and the education you received. Oh, to Lynn. Hello. Thank you. Hi, I'm Lynn Hook, but I was born Lynn Davidson long time ago in 1958 in Portsmouth and St. Mary's hospital. I was bought up around the battens area in Portsmouth. So it was a lovely childhood. And I've got an older brother. Unfortunately, he has passed now an older sister and a twin.

2 (1m 25s):
Oh yes. That's two at first it was a lovely childhood. Again, we spent many, many time banned at Batten's pond. I went to Westover, infant school and junior school where I got to say, I can't really remember much about the actual time there apart from, I don't like milk because we were made to drink little bottles of milk. But our teacher unfortunately thought that little children couldn't have an ice coat on their tummies and put it on the radiator to warm up all morning. So I do not drink milk at all. And daughters might've been fair enough. So where did you move on?

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So then the whole family moved on. My brother was in the Navy. He went fairly early. He went to whole book and then Vincent. So that course in those days we never saw much of him because they were two and a half, three year stints. So when I say the whole family obviously hits good. And my brother, we moved happened in Wesley and I went to St. Alban's school, junior school with a beautiful uniform. I was a member white crisp blouse, blue Pinafore, which has pleated bedtime and Yvette slash, and it was faced smart. And that was where my love of netball came. But did notice that you've, you've played for Hampshire.

2 (2m 48s):
I had to hit, yes, I got my colors as they called it. And that's literally where it started in that junior sports and opens and haven't followed it quite the way through until I couldn't play anymore. But too old, we all get to that stage. I got to that stage around about 54 playing rugby Arctic about then unfortunately I went to Oak park, senior school, but very, very short time. And then we moved on back to pitch me and that's where my, I spent all my best, my school years at Brittany school. We did CSCs in those days.

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Can't really remember. I think it was either seven or nine. We had to take which I passed all of them. And I totally enjoyed my time there. So bridge movie was, is the big score. It was one of the biggest in the country, I believe at the time. Yes. Some date. Yes. It was massive. We had two great big schools on the, on the field and one of them isn't there now, and that was knocked down some time ago. So in our day it was a huge, okay. So what did you do when you left school? So you've got quite a few CSEs and GCSS so what was your first job? First job. I went straight into banking. I worked for Barclays bank down in the high street, and that was absolutely amazing.

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We had a lot of fun there and it was a very serious business, but behind the scenes, it was a good laugh. We had about 55 staff at the time that worked there on the three floors. Nicole was, everything was done manually. It was all done by hand. Not like it is today with computers. Yeah. You're lucky. So about four people in the branch nowadays. I agree with you. Yes. It's been, yeah, really condensed down. It's like, oh, so how long were you there? I was there about 12 years until I had my birth till I have my son and then left, but short while and then went back part-time. But I went back to the wall bank of Scotland and fare them as Barclays.

2 (4m 59s):
Weren't taken on part-time staff at the time and spent several years there. Okay. So you're spending quite a lot of time in banking. So what was your actual job or you're a cashier or were you behind the scenes? Did you become a manager? It was actually the first cashier. That's what they call the chief cashier nowadays and see collecting in all the money, make sure we had enough money to pay all the wages for the big companies in those days and do north bone currencies and things. And obviously making sure we had enough cashiers on the actual front desk back then a weekly wage was in cash. And so lots of cash moving around, I guess yes.

2 (5m 41s):
Date. Yes. It was all cash in those days. Very few checks, certainly with companies who would bring in the check, but obviously to pay all way you did that. We had to make sure we had the right to nominations or they could then put them all in the little envelopes to pass out to their staff. So did you have any input on the natural shore wages, oil? It's just tradition around the larger amounts that they require. That's why I know they came in with a list every week of what they required and we just have to make sure we have that, you know, in the stock room. Excellent. So what happened, where did he go off to Ferrum then? So if you've spent a few years at Ferrum, what was your next job? She got divorced. So I had to go full time and they couldn't accommodate me.

2 (6m 24s):
So I went into accountancy, which was completely different world and stuck in an office with a few people and wasn't seeing the public and I think that's what I actually missed. So I did that for several years until I went self-employed I met my husband, my now husband, and we went self-employed. Okay. Okay. So that was accountancy as opposed to turf accountant. And during that time, I was able to go back to college and do a, B tech in a business and finance. I did a two year course and passed out with distinctions. So that was nice. So you're quite clever then.

2 (7m 6s):
Common sense. I think it's the logic. Yes. I think common sense puts above education itself. So you spend quite a bit of time as an accountant. So what sort of work was that involved? It was more of accountancies. I was like more of an assistant to an accountant. So I was doing all the behind the work scenes and making sure that everything tallied, they were doing all that hard work and I was just really double checking. So yeah, I wasn't an accountant. I was disciplined accountancy assistant. Okay. That's that sounds like a bit boring. Just looking at numbers all day long, indeed.

2 (7m 47s):
So what did you do after accountancy then? And then I went into shops and we opened what were the original if dipping pound shops in those days. And we had several shops all over, whether it was south Hampton, Portsmouth fathom Gasport then gradually over the time people thought, oh, this is a good idea. So they all started to come in. So we diversified just to really keep, keep going. So we went into furniture and carpets, completely different, completely different, politically different, but that worked. And then in the end I had my own car shop, which was absolutely polite.

2 (8m 28s):
It was lovely. And meeting the people. Yes. I think that's really what I like enjoy doing. Okay. So I noticed that you've, you're now retired and that you've gone into local politics. So how did you become involved with local politics to start with my husband, obviously as a politician, he's been doing that for over 30 odd years. And in those, it was all, all inquires were by phone, the house phone. And I could talk to the people, but I couldn't give them the answer. I wasn't allowed to give them the answer, although I might've known it, my thought, well get self-selected and then you can give them the, the answer they want.

2 (9m 12s):
So that's what you did. So, so what, what was the first year that you stood? Oh, actually, oh gosh, 2010 it's. 12 years. Yeah. Is that 2010? So was it a hard fought campaign or no one did the Intiman I don't, if know, Steve ward, he also counseling pill, common. We've got Steve full pot, obviously the long standing counselor here. So the ward stepped down. So I took itching tissues. There was a vacancy. So, and I guess that the local conservatives put you forward as the candidate for the area and you can't pay with Steven and Julia, I wasn't even at the residence of any kind.

2 (10m 4s):
What was your first experience again, into the council chamber? For the first time, it's actually be daunting and to stand up and make your first speech or comments, or, you know, were in full council and you have to introduce yourself, but I also had something I would need it to say. And you've got to remember that the protocol you have to ask the mayor to take to the mayor to speak, and then you have to thank the mayor, all the rest of the counselors, the alderman, et cetera. And you have to get it in the right order. So it's very daunting the first time. And I've got to say, I believe my jacket was actually moving. Cause my heart was beating, but I did it.

2 (10m 48s):
And that was it. The first one over. And then it gets easier. It gets easier from there. So, so over the last 12 years then what, what has been your highlight? Certainly being out and about, I'll say I'm a people person. I love that. And then becoming Mer back in 20 16, 17, it was such a privilege to do it, to meet, but we said, well, sport is a community. It's not a town. We've always been very fortunate with volunteers out there. And they're just amazing people and gospel and going into the schools or any, I dunno, business, everyone was paying well, knowing it was a great experience and such a privilege to be able to have done it.

2 (11m 37s):
How were you elected to, to stand as mayor? Again, you have to indicate you'd like to become a man and then the actual counselors that actually vote you in. So it's just literally the 30, you can't vote for yourself. That's four counselors actually you into that position and we do deputy for a year and then you have to be voted in again to be mayor. Did you vote for yourself? Yes. Be rude. Not to done. Yeah. So what was your first duty as mayor? Or let's just take it back a little bit. Let's let's look at, you put yourself forward to, and you became deputy mayor for the first year.

2 (12m 22s):
So that, I guess that was 2015. Was it? Yeah. So what were your duties as a deputy mayor? Deputy mayor is to actually assist the mayor. It was Keith at the time. And again, where you might get double booked as a mayor with, if you can't get to both, then the deputy mayor comes in and assess and goes to that venue and to meet with people. And which is, you know, it happens all the time, but yeah, it's great. So you just let it to pat the mayor up in any way you can really off the back of that, I guess that you, you learn that, that tri caster going around talking to people, but you you've got all those skills to start with.

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So did that make it easier for you? It did make it easier because they, once again, if you've got a shop in the highest doing it and you've worked in the bank and the high street, it's amazing how many people you already know. And that's what we're saying. It's more of a community. So it was quite easy to go in and talk to people. And what about standing up in do, do get large functions where you have to stand up in front of a large crowd of people. How do you feel about that? As I said, came quite easy because of the experience of being a counselor and have to stand up in meetings and to speak and address everybody.

2 (13m 47s):
And that is just, it's natural. You spend a year backing up the mayor. So what was the next thing? Once you got elected as mayor, what was your first engagement as a mayor? The first thing you have to do is hold a full council meeting. So again, that's quite an easy what I call routine because level your friends, they are. So when you're actually out there and running the meeting, it's quite a nice thing to do. And then the next biggest one, we have the freedom with the Navy was so watered down at time and space. That sounds fantastic.

2 (14m 27s):
So, so the mayor is actually the chairman of the council. So, so you, you chair all the meetings, but the full council meetings, just the full council meetings. Is there another chairman that does the day to day stuff? Yeah. We've got chairman that's set on regulatory board, which I do at the moment. You've got PNO, which is Ponzi, an organization standard and governance has all different sections in the council. So they've all got chairman. I said, there's different committees that, that set. And it's just a full committee that the, the mayor chairs got it. Okay. So what was, what was the most memorable function that you did as mayor?

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What was, what was your highlight as, as mayor? I got to say it was going into the schools, always enjoyed that the children absolutely loved seeing the chain you weren't in full gowns. You weren't allowed to do that in any way, those at civic functions, but the chain is isn't amazing China office. And does that pass around to the next mail? Yes. It's the same chain. Yep. And then you have your own road. You actually, again, it's one set of ropes that gets passed down. So we've got the two set. We've got the deputy mass net and the math and they get passed down throughout.

2 (15m 52s):
Is it a two change, one for the deputy one for the mayor, the deputy there's a lot smaller not wanting to out shine the mayor, I guess. Well, that's when you go to other towns, whether you go to fathom or happen to Winchester, you always have to wear what we call badge, which is a lovely Padgett at the slips onto the chain. But you actually wear on a ribbon and that is all the other mayors that visits a fathom will go in there. What we call batches, because of course the amount of fam as to out shine, everyone it's protocol that you have to follow. And if everyone comes into gospel, we way the big chain and everyone was there opens to come in and, and see us and visit.

2 (16m 38s):
Oh, brilliant. So look now looking that let's look at council work. Now I've got a little bit of someone who like to take out with the council where you kind of friend down the other week. And we wanted a park in gospel pop across to Portsmouth and come back and have a meal thinking in gospel and every single car park that we went to, they got a minimum or maximum or two hours stay and no return within an hour. So for us, it worked out fairly impractical. So we ended up actually, you ended up going to Farrah and spending that time there rather than in Gasport, which was a real shame.

2 (17m 21s):
Is there anything that you can do on the council level to change the parking system in the car parks? We don't mind paying the extra, but with a two hour limit, sometimes it's quite difficult to be able to spend that. Or if you're spending an hour, two hours, then you've got to go move the car and find somewhere else to put it, or in fear of being captured and find, unfortunately he mislead 24 hour car park, main car park, big one at Whirlpool park. It's a 24 1. We have, we have several smaller ones.

2 (18m 1s):
Like you save two hours. People just popping into the bank or to do their shopping. But there is a 24 1 that that's the opposite of police station, where, where the light is. Yes. Or didn't notice it also as we drove past the sort of size, that's another one. So next time then you've got that walk down to the sort of theory on the walk, into the town and stuff like that. So while they are doing a system, hopefully when you're doing it's a, one-off, it wouldn't work for you that you can park your car, get a bus down, literally one, stop down to the ferry and then maybe ticket and everything is included Slugger park and ride a float float.

2 (18m 50s):
And of course that's the people that obviously work in Portsmouth and we have that. They can use that. And I noticed we've got a new there's, there's a new bus line coming in. Right. Do you have anything to do with that? This company, we obviously looked at the plans that sort of to do with Hampshire county council, but we could actually look at the plans and the consultation and that's part of the extension of the bus route. So we'll come that little bit further into Gasport and then obviously makes people's journey slightly shorter. They can get on the eclipse buses and yeah, it should make the journey shorter and all going to be tying in with the new regeneration of the, the bus station.

2 (19m 36s):
No, that's a completely different separate thing. The pass station is past its date, really. And, and hopefully we got people coming in to actually revamp that, that will be taken down. The buses will be moved. Well. I think he used to be actually in the old days. I can remember that quite clearly down, at least maybe I was next to the, the council pub. Yes, but it's actually ranks the taxi rank. That's going to be moved slightly. I haven't seen all the plans yet. I'm not, it's very difficult being the chairman of make late to board the planning, because you can't get too involved at the stages because when the time comes and you have to vote on it, you can't be seen to be biased.

2 (20m 28s):
So I'll have to step back a little bit on that, that they will be diverting the buses three different ways to get down to that area. And Portland gardens will remain. Yes, they were not touched. It's just behind the bus station. Quite a large bus station at the moment is talking about 20 buses can accommodate at once. So is that it will be knocked down eventually. Yes. And we're hoping to not compete with come off, but compliment. Yes. I think that's something that really needs to happen with.

2 (21m 8s):
We've got boys that the high street needs some regeneration to be able to bring people across from, from gum Wolf Kaeser and from Portsmouth and to come across. I think that would be really good. Yes. Obviously with the museums as well, because we've got a submarine museum and hopefully soon we'll have the, the, the, the police barracks for that Hornet. I've been revamped at the moment, the Roche going on. So we've, we've, we've got the money the roof's been done. So the next part of the project is get the insides done and we're moving to port with that.

2 (21m 54s):
Indeed. And also of course pretty's hard. Yes. It's them having a lot of work throughout doing them. And of course, that will attract people. Yeah. All not scientists. Well, let's say, I says Clarence yard, that's, that's been also revamped. Quite a blow is already been done. And I think eventually the, the sea cadets will move out of Clarence shard into Hornet, which, which will be really good for them. So I'll know that the plans are under foot to, we're looking at what going to do with the guard room. And hopefully they're going to move into that if we can get it sorted out, but then what else should we got going on in, in gospel at the moment?

2 (22m 36s):
My thoughts, obviously the museums down in the high street, that's being revamped shortly and there that we will have to close for a period of time. And they can actually revamp that. When that, I mean, that's a lovely museum. I don't know whether you've ever been in there. They do some lovely exhibitions in, I haven't, I don't, we keep meaning. So we were, we were talking to Matt the other day was going to actually pop in now. So I was like, before it closes so we can see it before and then after yeah. Date. Yeah. Cause I think it would be. Yeah, but you'd be interesting. And of course, then we've got the bypass and it's coming in through stabbing Eaton and the re the, the dateless as well.

2 (23m 24s):
That's been the enterprise zone there. And hopefully with the bypass, it will attract more people or more businesses into, into gospel. Yeah. That's the plan. It's all about employment on that site. And if we can do that, then that will help people actually leave in gospel to get to work, trying to keep the workforce and all that experience gospel. I think, you know, it will come. I mean, it's certainly a fantastic place to live when we were both down here three years ago and we actually love it here. It's a, it's a great place to live. Although the highest rate is looking a little bit tired.

2 (24m 7s):
However it is, you can see that the changes are coming and for, from a resident point of view. And that's really good. We were very fortunate. Isn't it? We've got, you know, we've got state's baby or the, on the solar wind, we got the Harbor, they've got some lovely parks. We've got everything. Now. I don't know whether you're aware. We've just picked up akin cinema coming to cost at Stokes bay. I've already put the tickets and it's things like that that we can try, I suppose, and seeing how popular it is. I mean, it's the company that's coming in and running it that hopefully it picks accessible for them.

2 (24m 47s):
But how amazing that you can sit on the state's bay and watch brilliant. And of course, we don't want to make it too popular that he gets overcrowded. We have to get a right pallet and say, indeed. And I guess the main thing from the council point of view is, is to transport infrastructure and housing to, to get all that the balance is right and getting the rights or businesses in that are going to employ the local people rather than sort of bringing people in from outside, which then creates its own problems with traffic and not the rest of it.

2 (25m 30s):
And that's why we do try and do that with the planning that we ask companies to employ them when they are building houses or businesses. From your point of view, your husband is the current mayor of gospel. And I guess that you're obviously going out and enjoying functions. I saw that you, you had the rotary dinner in a Hornet the other night. What was that like? Unfortunately, I couldn't go because I was going south isolation. I got pinged, so I couldn't attend. So my daughter went on my behalf and she said it was lovely.

2 (26m 11s):
It's a great venue. Or I'm the social secretary of the club. So we have some fantastic evenings in there. I know when I was mayor before bye-bye yeah, yeah. It was amazing. Yeah. Yeah. It's a great place for us. It's a great local for local sailors. It's a, it's a really good spot. And we, we have dealings with Heisler marina as well, and the Hassler yacht club come and use our facilities. And that's what we were saying. Isn't it? You know, consequence has got all these little treasures at the submarine museum. My son got married, we'll have the reception there. Fantastic. Now the people coming down from London and all over to the wedding that was amazed at the outlook.

2 (26m 57s):
And like I say, it's the same from Hornet, isn't it this whole night looking over there, you know, the marinas. Yes, brilliant, brilliant. And of course, then we've got the cloud that is hanging over Blockhouse, which is which I think the DMO are gonna miss a big, big opportunity with that. I think they were the two carriers that we've got and all their entourage that we've got in a Portsmouth and they keep complainant. They haven't gotten enough accommodation Blockhouse is ideal to be able to revamp and use as the transit accommodation for the carrier crews.

2 (27m 39s):
And I think if they, if they do sell it off, then it will be a real tragedy. Yeah. I agree with you. I mean, I've been to some functions, download the officers, mess down there. And once again, looking out over the Harbor that, you know, it's got this lovely gem that haven't, they, and they could do so much more with it and like to say, to help making that into accommodation and keeping it that way would be amazing, but I'm not sure what the mod and they've got their own agenda. I think it wouldn't cost a huge amount either to revamp the place into real quality accommodation for the service men and women.

2 (28m 23s):
And particularly if they could bring another unit in a support unit might be for the adult yard. That would be a real, real gym. Yeah. I don't disagree with that. <inaudible> yes. I don't know whether the council has any influence over it at all. No, not really. We can obviously through the MP for our use across yes. But yeah, we're a little tiny section really, but we will keep trying and talking about our MP Caroline Dinesh, how much work do you do with her on a regular basis contact constantly, which is quite nice mainly cause my daughter's a senior parliament mentoree assistant take started when she was 16 and worked her way up.

2 (29m 22s):
So yeah, we have a quite regular hope. Certainly the leader would have regular meetings with Caroline and deep up to speed. And also you, then she would keep us up to speed from what's happening up in parliament. So she certainly very, very visible around gospel or she, she gets involved with a huge amount of projects. Indeed. Yeah. And she was down at Hornet the other day, looking at the whole police barracks with RT. So she's onboard with that and how, as she keeps going, I don't know.

2 (30m 3s):
She's a busy lady. Yes. Yep. Okay. I'll mention that to my daughter. So try and pencil in a <inaudible> so I can remember watching her dad on the television, on the house. He's amazing anyways. And he stays out with them garden in bloom competitions and he was a clever and everyone loved him. Yeah. So what's your plan for the future? Well, half retired, actually volunteering as well.

2 (30m 44s):
I used to volunteer at a local immigrant school with seven year olds, slightly behind what they were eating and just needed to be encouraged to pick up a book. And when it clicks, the light bulb comes on, that's all I can say. And then they fly and it's sort of the most amazing thing to see with these young people, because reading is everything. If you can't read, then, you know, I don't know how you get through life. And I know people do there's 17 of us that volunteer school that it changes how many children need that.

2 (31m 26s):
Just that little bit of push, I suppose, how many children are in a school? It's not a big, big school <inaudible> help with. Yeah. There's big classes in each year, since three years, maybe 13, a class, maybe slightly smaller. But of course, with COVID fortunately we been able to get in this, this, this COVID has been terrible, absolutely terrible for kids education. I know children or my grandchildren have had problems.

2 (32m 8s):
I mean it's okay. Sort of do the, the zoom classes and stuff like that, but they miss so much more of, of the social interaction and master that's the bit that they're gonna really struggle with in, in the years to come. I think so, you know, after you feel sorry for the young people, they've had to go through this and I think they've actually coped remarkably well, as you're saying zoom meetings or on two ones with their teachers, but it's difficult, you know, across all the ages and, and really it was it's unnecessary for them as well because they they're not vulnerable to the disease or the virus.

2 (32m 57s):
Oh, no, not as much. I don't know in Alison improvements that couple of months ago, not quite that long ago, once in a little bullies, they get COVID immediate. The year two bubble was closed down and five children in that class got COVID including my small grandson. Luckily they were ill, but not seriously ill, but what was strange that none of the siblings, moms, dads, aunties, uncles, grandparents, I'll take now whether that was because we are double jab or, and the parents are first jab possibly helped, but it's a funny, funny, funny.

2 (33m 48s):
It is indeed. And from that, I, I do volunteer because I can't get into the school. And at the moment I volunteer at fascination scent, I'll do the can down there at the moment to try and get people chat, but I'm not a person that does the injections. So you can all relax. Well, I've been double jabbed. And what, what are your thoughts on the passport? I personally, personally, I've been double jabbed. I think I had COVID last year before it got really popular. And I think that is one step too far to expect me to show that I've been jabbed to go into a pub or into a restaurant or to go into a shop.

2 (34m 37s):
I think having a COVID passport is one step a is strengthened because we do we're opposite there. I think it's helpful to have that mainly for the young people as well, and they can go about their business. And then we have a driving license. We have passports and I don't see having that extra bit of paper is not different. That's my personal opinion. You don't have to show that you've had a flu jab to go anywhere over the winter. It's no wonder you have to show that you've had a COVID in that vaccine.

2 (35m 19s):
Oh wow.

0 (35m 20s):
My letters on its way, it's in the palace

2 (35m 22s):
Coming to me and I'll hold it mine. I just think he's one, one step beyond one more control of the government's enforcement on us. It might only be for a few years. We don't know. Once, once I start, I would just keep pushing until somebody pushes back. Now we'll wait. So on the history side of gospel, what do you see? Gosport being able to give gospel has got a great history over the years. And when I spoke to, to save and he, he had sort of 30 odd years of I've been in local government and, and seen all the changes that happened in, in and around gospel and what he's been able to bring to the, to that aspect.

2 (36m 14s):
Would you see, you bring him to sorta took us port on the history front history on, you know of, I suppose there's not really history, but it could be in years to come. I have always wanted a bandstand in Gasport. I think that would be amazing somewhere in town. I know we have time space, which actually is an open air facility, but it isn't used enough. And I think the band starts to stand somewhere, whether that be in one of the parks or all pool park, people have suggested maybe the bay.

2 (36m 56s):
So they'd have that wonderful view. I don't know, but that would then be in years to come. That would be something great. I think it might be done at stamps by and, and have bands playing during the summer, particularly on something like cows week. So we haven't got the weather this week when, when you've got lots of boats out sailing and you've got a band playing and joinder the walk along the different there and people enjoying having barbecues. Cause they've got that little barbecue area now. Right? Yeah. They've got good barbecue pits as I call them without two things now. But yeah, that's the, I would love something like that. I mean, we are stay, we've got so much history already and that submarine museum we've got, you know, the explosion, we call it the faults.

2 (37m 45s):
Hopefully they get those back up and open. Yeah. We were so rich with history or something. Maybe slightly different. Yes. And something for everyone to enjoy as long as, because you can have all sorts of boundaries, it doesn't have to be a brass band. It can be just sent a little festival and in the park, Morrisons the bands playing over the weekend. So he could something like that. Yeah. That would be fantastic. I think. Yeah. Yeah. And I think most people enjoy music. It cheers them up. It absolutely.

2 (38m 25s):
It brings a smile to the face so that it could be something, a little project that you could bring to the fore and bring to fruition. So we'll give it a go. It's been fascinating talking to you, but thank you very much. And I wish you absolutely really well in the future as a counselor. Thank you. Yeah. So we've got all our elections in may. Is there the boundary changes? Nope. All the counselors pull up the election and make normal, have two votes in regulation, but it won't be explained near the time.

2 (39m 7s):
Okay. Does that mean that some will have less counselors? So the move the boundaries around a bit only slightly, but they are. And that, that would be less counselors. Wait and see how that goes. So fingers crossed. So hopefully would it reduce four down to 28? It is. So she's gonna lose their jobs. Some of them will naturally retire. My husband's stepping down after 13 plus years. Is this gonna take her a step back? Yes. He's given a lot to the residents in that way, and this has decided to take a back step, but I decided to put my name back in the hat.

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You'll get my vote. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Once again. No, it's been lovely to be here. Thank you. That was my absolute pleasure. Thank you for coming and thank you for listening.

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