Borough of Lytham St Annes 1922-1974.
1922
In 1922 the two towns of Lytham &
St.Annes-on-the-Sea merged to form the Borough of Lytham St.Annes.
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Arms of the Borough of Lytham
St.Annes 1922-1974.
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Charter Day, Lytham St Annes,
1922. The Earl of Derby (centre), photographed outside the old St. Annes
Council Offices in Clifton Drive.
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Charter Day Certificate, Lytham St
Annes, 1922. In 1922 the Borough of Lytham St.Annes was formed.
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Letterhead of Lytham St Annes
Borough Council, 1939. The Southdown Hydropathic Hotel opposite
St.Annes Pier was converted for use as the Town Hall for the new Borough, opening
in 1925.This meant that there were two 'Town Halls'; the offices at
St.Annes and the old Lytham Council Offices, housed in the baths building on
Central Beach. Since 1925 the old Public Offices on
Clifton Drive have been used as an annexe to the Town Hall.
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Mayors of Lytham
St.Annes 1922-1972
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C.F.Critchley had
been Chairman of the old St.Annes Urban District Council from
April, 1920 to November 1922 when the Borough of Lytham St.Annes
was created. He became the first Mayor of Lytham St Annes,
serving from November 1922 until November 1925. From this date
onwards, Mayors were elected and served twelve months with a
couple of exceptions.
Mayor-making was in
November each year until 1949 when it was changed
to May, so J.R. Butterfield served 18 months from
November 1947 until May 1949.
Councillor Hinchcliffe was
elected Mayor in May, 1954 but died in office the following July;
Alderman Dewhirst became Mayor in August, 1954, for a nine-month
term.
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Charles F.
Critchley, 1922-25.
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Edward R.
Lightwood, 1925-26.
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Arnold England,
1926-27.
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W. F.
Holden, 1927-28.
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Sydney
Smith, 1928-29.
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A. J. Price,
1929-1930.
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Wilfred
Ingham, 1930-31.
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Harry
Eastwood, 1931-32.
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J. H.
Dawson, 1932-33.
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C. D.
Sharman, 1933-34.
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William
Hope, 1934-35.
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Charles W.
Urwin, 1935-36.
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Charles H. Riley,
1936-37.
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Lady Edge,
1937-38.
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William
Jowett, 1938-39.
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John Kay,
1939-40.
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Jane Rossall, M.B.E.,
1940-41.
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Lindsay Dobson,
1941-42.
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John W. Horsfall,
1942-43.
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James R. Taylor,
1943-44.
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Frank W. Pickles M.B.E.,
1944-45.
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James Simpson,
1945-46.
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E
Wren-Hilton C.B.E.,
1946-47.
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John R. Butterfield,
1947-49.
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Thomas Banks,
1949-50.
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Ernest Kenyon,
1950-51.
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Charles S.
Urwin, 1951-52.
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Ernest Hoyle, 1952-53.
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Arthur F. Williamson,
1953-54.
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John A.
Hinchcliffe,
(May to 16
July) 1954.
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Walter Dewhirst,
(from 3 August) 1954-55.
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John Faulkner,
1955-56.
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William Crook,
1956-57.
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Isabella Coope,
1957-58.
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G. Harold Smith, 1958-59.
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Traviss Carter,
1959-60.
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Norman S. Utley,
1960-61.
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Anthony E Wilding,
1961-62.
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Crossley,
1962-63.
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John
W.H. Lloyd,
1963-64.
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Henry Nuttall,
1964-65.
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Doris
E. Parfitt,
1965-66.
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P. A. Nicoll, M.B.E.,
1966-67.
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John M. Tavernor,
1967-68.
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Ernest Porter,
1968-69.
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Wilfred Callon,
1969-70.
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George R. Bowley,
1970-71.
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Alfred Jealous,
1971-72. |
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