At the Annual Meeting of the Council on Wednesday, 15th May 2019 Councillor Mary Dalton was duly elected to the appointment of Mayor of Great Aycliffe for the year 2019-2020. The Chain of Office was handed to Mary by the previous Mayor, Councillor John Clark.
Councillor Dalton thanked the Council for her election as Mayor and announced that her nominated charity for her year in office would be to raise funds for SSAFA – The Armed Forces Charity.
Councillor Mary Dalton was born in Holland and moved to England in 1948 when she married her late husband Reg who was a veteran of the Normandy Campaign. They met when he helped liberate the village where Mary lived.
Mary has lived on the town for many years and is looking forward to meeting people at events throughout her busy Civic year.
