Congratulations to Chris Lomax on a big moment at southribblebc
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.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”.
“[At school], I went straight to class five, set five – ‘GTTs’ [or] general twits and twerps, as it was known by classmates and teachers. 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.
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. 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.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”.
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. His nominated charities are St. Catherine’s Hospice, Tender Nursing Care and Tippy Toes.Mayor making – in which his voice cracked with emotion on several occasions – by declaring that you “should know where you come from”.
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