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VIDEO: TV crew film at Wycombe Mayor Making
4:06pm Saturday 19th May 2012 in High Wycombe By Rebecca Cain
Chauhdry Shafique on the weighing scales
CHEERS and boos were heard across Frogmoor today as the annual Mayor Making ceremony took place, which was also filmed by an ITV show.
Ade Edmondson was there filming Ade in Britain with his film crew, which travels across Britain meeting traditional food producers and people continuing ancient customs.
The Mayor Making ceremony, which was first introduced in the 17th century to root out those dining at taxpayers’ expense, weighs councillors and public officials each year.
The town crier shouts either “no more” if their weight has not increased since last year or “some more” if it has.
Incoming Mayor Chauhdry Shafique was greeted with cheers as “no more” was called out, as did new deputy Sebert Graham and outgoing mayor Chaudhary Ditta.
Outgoing mayoress, Jane White, however had “some more” as did outgoing deputy mayor, Trevor Snaith and Wycombe MP Steve Baker.
Cllr Shafique said: “I am relieved. It is not something I had planned for- it just worked out that way.”
He said of the ceremony: “Talking to people going around today they really enjoy the Mayor Making ceremony.”
Cllr Graham said he was pleased he had put on no more as he had not been following any special exercises.
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He said: “I think today has been the best day. The weather has been kind to us. The crowd is getting bigger and bigger each year. It is the Mayor’s day and the people’s day.”
Cllr Ditta said he was expecting to put weight on.
He said: “I am feeling so great and happy. I got up from the scales hearing “no more”.
“That is a great relief. I don’t know how I did it.”
Comments(17)
g-wagen
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7:53pm Sat 19 May 12
It sounds a bit petty but the free parking really helped the day - initially we were only going to one shop but ended up spending several hours including having a cup of tea, watching the ceremony and visiting the rye... rather than rusing back to the car.
g-wagen
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8:05pm Sat 19 May 12
(The car was not up for a joke!)
stevet123
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11:46am Sun 20 May 12
Matt Ingie
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12:12pm Sun 20 May 12
stevet123 wrote:It was on Frogmoor last year too.
What is going on, this annual Mayor Making ceremony, is always done outside the guild hall and the Falcon, now is it because the film crew was there that it was moved from from the traditional place, if so was the film director dictating where to do it, as this years ceremony was not in its tradition
deecee01
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12:43pm Sun 20 May 12
piran
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1:08pm Sun 20 May 12
M40
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5:39pm Sun 20 May 12
Frogmore has become Ghost Town Wycombe, I doubt if they will film all the empty businesses, by all means film our town but don't portray it as something it isn't. Closing off the streets and re-routing the buses was O.T.T.
They say the camera doesn't lie, filming a normal day without the hype could show Wycombe as it really is DOUR.
stevet123
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9:07pm Sun 20 May 12
M40 wrote:lol, i agree, but the road by primark to where santander is road was dug up
Were the film crew there to film the TRUTH?
Frogmore has become Ghost Town Wycombe, I doubt if they will film all the empty businesses, by all means film our town but don't portray it as something it isn't. Closing off the streets and re-routing the buses was O.T.T.
They say the camera doesn't lie, filming a normal day without the hype could show Wycombe as it really is DOUR.
M40
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9:17am Mon 21 May 12
As for the locals being excited about it, I think that exaggerates the truth, I have yet to meet anyone who has any interest in the weighing in and out, perhaps those who were asked were those taking part.
Pound shops, Charity Shops, Banks, Building Societies, Estate Agents and numerous empty premises does not make a town centre and Eden is still as uninviting as ever.
DannyDiv
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10:06am Mon 21 May 12
Iszalex
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11:59am Mon 21 May 12
Scarletto
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5:58pm Mon 21 May 12
ImpeturbableLawrence
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11:50pm Mon 21 May 12
g-wagen wrote:Apparently the 'tradition' was reintroduced during I think the late 19th century. Nonetheless, when I saw it some years ago in pouring rain people of different ethnicities were walking slowly and seriously, some with umbrellas, to be weighed and I thought it was somehow a moving scene linking us, whoever we were, with the history of the town in previous centuries.
I have lived here all my life however this is only the second time I've see this. It really bought the town to life again, especially the 17th century re-enacters and the morris men.
It sounds a bit petty but the free parking really helped the day - initially we were only going to one shop but ended up spending several hours including having a cup of tea, watching the ceremony and visiting the rye... rather than rusing back to the car.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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12:39am Tue 22 May 12
Iszalex wrote:Actually there were lots of Italian prisoners of war here during 1939-45 - so maybe it's a bit more traditional than it looks at first sight.
Although I enjoyed the day I think calling it a 'Medieval fayre' was a bit far fetched. It was also a bit strange to see an Italian market next to a traditional English event.
stevet123
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1:02am Tue 22 May 12
J B Blackett
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5:03pm Tue 22 May 12
M40 wrote:The citizens and denizens of Wycombe Town hereby to respectively request that you together with your gratuitous insults (inaccurate btw ) do not visit yourself (including your kith and kin) on the ancient Town of High Wycombe and its folk.
Aylesbury and Downley buses routes 300 and 31 still use Frogmore except for the whole of Saturday for this event.
As for the locals being excited about it, I think that exaggerates the truth, I have yet to meet anyone who has any interest in the weighing in and out, perhaps those who were asked were those taking part.
Pound shops, Charity Shops, Banks, Building Societies, Estate Agents and numerous empty premises does not make a town centre and Eden is still as uninviting as ever.
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You obviously hate the place - so what's the point of all the abuse ?
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Unless you get some perverse kind of kick out of it. If that is so , then we all politely advise you to seek psychiatric help of some kind. Good Luck with that. But , in the meantime , do try to be a bit positive about Life. Please. For everybody's sake.
Matt Ingie says...
7:53pm Sat 19 May 12