Mayors Diary

An unveiling of a life-size oil painting of Sir Henry Percy (aka Harry Hotspur) at the Battlefield Church of St Mary Magdalene. The unveiling is a commemoration of the Battle of Shrewsbury, 21st July, 1403. It follows a previous unveiling on 8th June by Hotspur's descendant, His Grace the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick Castle.…

Private Viewing evening at Bear Steps Gallery, Shrewsbury. A large number of collectors and key people in public positions will be invited, along with the press. Also, representatives from national charity: The ABF Soldier's Charity will be present as Elizabeth is their official artist.

RAF Shawbury are organising a charity concert where the RAF Regiment Band will play songs from famous films in one of the aviation hangars. We also have Lucy Illingworth, the winner of the Channel 4 competition 'The Piano' who will be performing for us. This is a corporate funded event that combined has kindly donated…

A small gathering of the local Korean War veterans and their families to mark the Armistice of the Korean war which was on the 27th July 1953 There will be an opportunity for the veterans and guest to view the Korean War display in the Soldiers of Shropshire Museum, swap stories and reminisce.

Mr Mayor to come out with Shrewsbury Street Pastors patrol on a Saturday evening. Patrol starts 22.00hrs on a Saturday evening and is likely to finish around 3.00am in the early hours of Sunday morning

Summer fair held on the playground. We want to show the Mayor what the Friends PTA have been fundraising for the last couple of years being a large play structure and a Multi Use Games Arena. We would also love for the Mayor to be the special guest on the fair and answer any questions…

Presentation of 20 year long service and good conduct medals; 30 year clasps and 40 year clasps to Fire Service personnel