Hello all. I’d like to thank everyone who took part in, or spectated at, yesterday’s Ava Berlin’s Death and Joan Collin’s Birth Days Parade. It was a fabulous day for all the family, which could perhaps become an annual affair? Thankfully trouble was kept to a minimum with the day only slightly spoilt by a large group of shaven-headed well-wishers drunkenly shouting in German and throwing rocks at the army trucks. Special thanks must go to the star of the parade, birthday girl Joan Collins (90 years young), for portraying our Queen with such aplomb from the roof of a post-office van, and to 11 year old Rebecca Pinner (pictured) of the Beckworth Girl Guide Recorder Group. Rebecca provided the musical accompaniment when she replaced the army marching band at the last minute (the whole band having succumbed to the norovirus after eating dodgy kebabs). I, for one, loved the red arrow flypast and the army vehicle motorcade. Of particular note was army general, and local celeb, Ross Kemp looking very proud as he led the parade on his bicycle. So let’s hope we can do it all again next year, weather permitting. Thanks. G. Grimsby. Mayor