A young Tommy Gray never had the notion that he may one day have had the title of mayor bestowed upon him.
There is not much about the past eight decades in the district that he does not recall - and he believes that that will enable him to relate to those with similarly long memories of the borough he loves and also to impart some of his acquired knowledge to the many younger people he will meet over the next 12 months.
“I can remember places like the dance hall and the skating rink [that Chorley used to have],” said Cllr Gray, whose daughter Michelle - one of three children he has with his wife Mary - will be his mayoress. He also has vivid memories of more troubled times in the borough’s past, which later generations might know little or nothing about - and which the new mayor says are important to be passed on.
“There was the flywheel that blew at the cotton mill on North Street [in the early 1950s]. That was so sad - one gentleman got killed and there were a few people injured, because [the debris] went all over the place
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