Mock mayor
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The election of a mock mayor is British folk tradition found in a number of communities throughout the British Isles. A mock mayor is an individual who is elected by a popular informal assembly of individuals as a parody of the official office of mayor in any given community.
Examples
Examples may be found in:
Cornwall
- Helston (known as the Mayor of St Johns)[2]
- Mylor
- Penzance, as part of the Golowan Festival
- Polperro
- St Germans
Elsewhere
- Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. (Known as the Mayor of Ock Street)[3]
- Barton, Gloucestershire.[4][5]
- Llansteffan, Wales.[6]
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.[7]
- Woodstock, Oxfordshire.[8][9]
See also
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References
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- ↑ The Mock Mayors of Barton Street. Paul Evans, Barton & Tredworth Community Heritage, 12 October 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ Who is the new Mock Mayor of Barton and when is the Gloucester Day parade? All you need to know. Ed Stilliard, Gloucestershire Live, 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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