''l am not a tjreat talker —only a Walker," said Alderman George Walker when he accepted the unanimous invitation from all parties, at Bradford, England, to be the next Lord Mayor of that "ity.. "They tell me I shall have to wear a top hat ana u morning coat. I do not like that, but they say 1 have to keep up th© dignity of the city, and if clothes will keep it, 1 will try to oblige." A.lderman Walker has in the past looked askance at forms of dress to distinguish a man from lvs fellown. The late Alderman Tom Blvthe, who *vns Labour Lord Mayor of Bradford, a few years ago, refused to have . anything to do with top-hats. He wore a ■aft felt hat, tiltad at a jaunty anele.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20415, 9 December 1931, Page 14
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