“Mum, Dad and father-in-law Bob… done alright, haven’t we?” he concluded. Catherine’s Hospice, Tender Nursing Care and Tippy Toes.Ĭllr Lomax ended a moving speech – in which his voice cracked with emotion on several occasions – by declaring that you “should know where you come from”. He will be supported in his mayoral year by his wife of 36 years, Kim, who will be his mayoress and with whom he has three children.

Yet he still seemed reluctant to see in himself the leadership qualities that to others were by now obvious – initially turning down requests to become a union rep and also a councillor, before eventually “they wore me down”. That move led to him getting a job in a children’s home in Leyland and later with Lancashire County Council, in the authority’s family support team, trying to keep children off the at-risk register and working with those already on it. His true talents began to emerge when – during 20 years working in an outdoor pursuit shop in Preston – he started to volunteer as a youth worker. has been elected Surgeon to the General Hospital, Bristol. Leaving school I had a reading age of about 10, with two CSCs – technical drawing and religious knowledge – so the world was my oyster,” Cllr Lomax said, before proudly adding that he had never been unemployed. Topham, Herbert, Guy's Hospital White, Arthur Calcutta, St. “, I went straight to class five, set five – ‘GTTs’ general twits and twerps, as it was known by classmates and teachers. READ MORE: Fire tears through residential home as emergency services rush to scene in early hours Revealing what he described as “tendencies” towards dyslexia and dyspraxia, he added that it was at the age of 17 that he began the lengthy process of teaching himself “to hold a pen and write legibly”.

He then turned the clock back to his school days to explain why the honour was one that he would never have expected to come his way. For Chris Lomax, his rise to become South Ribble’s first citizen is one that seemed to amaze him even in the moment that it was happening.ĭuring the ceremony which saw him installed as mayor, the Walton-le-Dale East representative even asked the assembled audience: “How did this happen?'

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