E11 Wanstead, Leytonstone
A life in politicsby Franklyn Georges |
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My name is Franklyn Georges. I have lived in the borough of Waltham Forest from 1978. I became involved in politics and in 1984 elected as a local councillor and in 1986 became the first African Caribbean councillor to be elected in Waltham Forest. I was the first African-Caribbean councillor to become a chairman in the borough and then became the first African-Carribean councillor to become deputy mayor of the borough and the first mayor of the borough. After that I was chairman of the Safety and Public Protection committee which received the first Charter Mark in Waltham Forest. |
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I came from a trade union background. I was chairman of the NUP branch at Moorfields Eye Hospital. I came from a religious family and my mother hoped that I would become a pastor in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. |
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In Stratford, at the Old Dispensary there was a display about Dominica and its people and achievements, organised by the Dominica UK Association. |
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My highlight in politics was twinning both Antigua and Barbuda and also Dominica with the Borough of Waltham Forest. The low point in politics is when you are within a party and your points of views are not taken seriously because you are a minority group. |
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