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It's taken a long time, I agree, but I am now able to claim a true Vernian connection

From: Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:09:04 +0000
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

As members know, Verne had a very interesting career outside writing.
He gained a law degree in 1849, was a coastguard during the Franco
Prussian war in 1870 and in 1888 became a councillor. Members will also
know that since 2004 I too have been seeking election to various
councils in Ceredigion, the most recent of these is the county council
of Ceredigion (where I am the duly nominated Liberal Democrat candidate
for the Llansantffraed ward) but can say this evening, that what took
Verne 60 years to do, I have managed to do in a little under 38.
  
"I, being the Returning Officer at the above election, report that the
persons whose names appear below are duly elected Community Councillors
for the said Community without a contest. COLLEDGE, GRAHAM EDWARD;
HAYFIELD, HARRY; HUGHES, JAMES; JAMES, MEURIG (Plaid); LAWTON, MALCOLM
JOHN; LEWIS, GERALLT ELFYN (Plaid); LLOYD, LODWICK; MORGAN, DENNIS;
REED, IORWERTH OWEN; TOMLINS, BRYAN CHARLES".
  
Which means that in the middle of May (regardless of what happens in
the county ward I am contesting) and once I have signed the legal
documents that entitle me to say it, I shall be able to say "Hello, I'm
Cllr. Harry Hayfield, the Liberal Democrat community councillor on the
Llansantffraed Community Council!"
Received on Fri 06 Apr 2012 - 00:12:02 IDT

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