Salisbury City Council prepares for annual Mayor Making ceremony

On Saturday 10 May, Mayor Making will take place to handover the Mayoral Chain from the outgoing Mayor to the new Mayor of Salisbury, who will become the 764^th The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Salisbury.

A Civic Procession of visiting Mayors from neighbouring towns and cities, local dignitaries and invited guests will leave the Guildhall in procession at 11.40am, via Fish Row, Butchers Row, Minster Street and into St. Thomas’s Church at approx. 11.55am, with a fanfare played by the Shrewton Silver Band.

The official Mayor Making Service and Full Council meeting of Salisbury City Council will take place in St Thomas’s Church at 12pm, which all are welcome to attend. There is an official hand over of the Mayoral Chain by the outgoing Mayor to the new Mayor of the City of Salisbury during this meeting.

The Civic Party will then make their way from St. Thomas’s Church via St Thomas Square and Blue Boar Row to the Guildhall where there will be a photo opportunity on the steps.

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