Mayors of Ruardean (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, November 07, 2011, 19:34 (4753 days ago) @ ijriddell

As a small child in the late 60s/early 70s I vaguely recall Jim Whittington as he was a good friend of my late father William "Bill" Jones who was a lifelong worker at Edwards Coaches, Joys Green. I recall a short round jolly man with typical 60s blackrimmed glasses ?.
At the time I was very confused as to who he was, as I knew from panto of Dick Whittington but !?!

By coincidence re this post, according to family lore my dad's father Reginald Jones had apparently wanted to follow his own father's footsteps and become landlord of the Malt Shovel when he was invalided out of the colliery, but my Gran wouldnt allow it !