Thatcham Town Council at 50: Meeting of the Mayors
On Tuesday 28th May 2024, exactly 50 years after creation of Thatcham Town Council, following the Local Government Act 1972, Thatcham Town Council and Thatcham Mayor Councillor Suzanne Adamantos invited all surviving Mayors of Thatcham to gather together to celebrate the anniversary.
Published: 24 May 2024
On Tuesday 28th May 2024, exactly 50 years to the day of Thatcham officially becoming a Town Council, the current Mayor, Councillor Suzanne Adamantos, hosted a special coffee morning, inviting all past Mayors to come together and reminisce.
Since 1974 there have been 36 Mayors of Thatcham and 9 of those were able to attend the event, which was open to all. The event featured a video montage displaying historic Mayoral photographs, accompanied by music from 1974, and concluded with the cutting of a celebratory cake and a group photograph of Thatcham Mayors, past and present.
Councillor Adamantos was pleased to welcome:
Roy Tubb (1979/80)
Keith Woodhams (1990/91)
Sheila Ellison (2004/05 & 2015/16)
Stephanie Steevenson (2009/10)
Gary Johnson (2014/15)
Ellen Crumly (2016/17 & 2017/18)
Jeff Brooks (2022/23)
Mark Lillycrop (2023/24)