Wife demands apology for Battle of Britain confrontation

3:10pm Thursday 10th January 2013 in News By Rebecca Cain

At the Battle of Britain ceremony At the Battle of Britain ceremony

THE wife of a town councillor demanded an apology for the way her husband was treated at a Battle of Britain ceremony.

At Tuesday night's Princes Risborough Town Council meeting Doreen Woolf asked Cllr Bill Bendyshe-Brown if he would apologise to her husband, Wally.

On September 16 last year at a Battle of Britain ceremony in High Wycombe Cllr Bendyshe-Brown confronted Cllr Woolf on why he was wearing the Mayoral chain when he was neither Mayor or Deputy Mayor. (Click here for previous story).

Cllr Woolf, who is a town councillor, was asked to represent the town council at the ceremony by Mayor Gary Hall as he could not attend, and neither could Deputy Mayor, Alan Turner.

On Tuesday night Mrs Woolf asked Cllr Bendyshe-Brown: "Have you any intention to apologise for the way you spoke to my husband at the Remembrance Service?

"I understand you are supposed to have written one but we haven't got it. Can you answer me please?"

Cllr Bendyshe-Brown, who has not been present at the last few town meetings, said: "No comment."

Comments(12)

Lucky Eddie says...
3:42pm Thu 10 Jan 13

They need to grow up. He was asked why he was wearing the "badge" of office for a position he does not hold. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Report this post »

Mr Totterdge Hill says...
5:48pm Thu 10 Jan 13

"Dressing up day???"

Report this post »

Honey33 says...
6:39pm Thu 10 Jan 13

Come on gents, stop squabbling and behaving like children when in public. People have elected you so that you can represent them and respect other colleagues. Sort out your differences, the lady has asked for an apology so be bald enough to do exactly that and move on.

Report this post »

geoffW says...
10:22pm Thu 10 Jan 13

The antics of Princes Risborough and Hughenden councils have kept me amused for several years now.

The same names keep cropping up. Some of them are so full of their own self importance and the grandiose image they want to portray that they forget the people who elected them.

Some are councillors on more than one council, be that town, district or county.

However in this instance it is noticeable that Gary Hall and Alan Turner couldn't turn up to an event ... and Bendyshe-Brown hasn't turned out for Town council meetings.

Report this post »

Yorkshiretyke1 says...
8:34am Fri 11 Jan 13

Sounds like Wally has more than one chain round his neck

I would expect B-B to be there as an ex RAF officer

Report this post »

miccles says...
12:35pm Fri 11 Jan 13

And people wonder why Princes Risborough is in such a state. If this is the attitude of being an Independent, thanks god i don't give them the time of day.

There are more important issues to discuss at these meetings, main priority setting a date to put the High Street back to how it was.

Report this post »

RenegadeJ007 says...
5:32pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Respect is earned and not bought or forced out of somebody. Same goes for this stupid case by people with so much time on their hands. Will this apology be really genuine or just an empty set of words scribbled aimlessly on a blank sheet of paper with a blank chunk of brain.

Report this post »

RenegadeJ007 says...
5:32pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Respect is earned and not bought or forced out of somebody. Same goes for this stupid case by people with so much time on their hands. Will this apology be really genuine or just an empty set of words scribbled aimlessly on a blank sheet of paper with a blank chunk of brain.

Report this post »

Risborough 14 says...
8:43pm Fri 11 Jan 13

miccles wrote:
And people wonder why Princes Risborough is in such a state. If this is the attitude of being an Independent, thanks god i don't give them the time of day.

There are more important issues to discuss at these meetings, main priority setting a date to put the High Street back to how it was.
such a shame Miccles i was just about to agree with you - but the last sentence has gone a ruined for me - its a new year and nothing new i see - same old incessant and never ending moaning about the PR one way system

Report this post »

Snowcap says...
7:20pm Sat 12 Jan 13

Honey33 wrote:
Come on gents, stop squabbling and behaving like children when in public. People have elected you so that you can represent them and respect other colleagues. Sort out your differences, the lady has asked for an apology so be bald enough to do exactly that and move on.
Well said Honey33 as I understand that is all that was required; people at that gathering were appalled at the way Cllr BBB spoke so rudely to Cllr Woolf.Still looking at past track record this is to be expected of BBB. I understand that he is known for saying things then refusing to apologise,but then whats new? Is there not a standards board or something in place to sort these things out? At least we can see Cllr Woolf is prepared to stand up and be counted. I agree that BBB should have the decency to apologise.

Report this post »

buftonp13 says...
12:06am Sun 13 Jan 13

Honey33 wrote:
Come on gents, stop squabbling and behaving like children when in public. People have elected you so that you can represent them and respect other colleagues. Sort out your differences, the lady has asked for an apology so be bald enough to do exactly that and move on.
forget what ever she thinks her husband should not have been wearing the chains in the first place, simple as that.

Report this post »

fair say says...
11:40am Sun 13 Jan 13

All the risborough town councillors are as bad as each other. They don't like anything said against them and most meeting are taken up with them squabbling and behaving like children. But they were quite happy to discuss in a public council meeting that the town clerk was off work sick including details of why she was off. The details were then printed in the BFP.
Which is worse, what one councillor said to another or give details about a staff member in a public meeting.
Only the mayor should wear the chains and to save any more squabbling sell the chains and cut our council tax. We don't need a mayor.

Report this post »

click2find

About cookies

We want you to enjoy your visit to our website. That's why we use cookies to enhance your experience. By staying on our website you agree to our use of cookies. Find out more about the cookies we use.

I agree