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Giving a damn
Article by Roz Whistance
The new High Sheriff is determined to make things better,
says Roz Whistance
“Councils of despair don’t interest me,” says Gay
Edwards. “Of course you can’t make it all better
but its wicked not to try.”
The new High Sheriff is earnest, with a humour
born of heaps of common sense. She describes
herself as “a law and order person”, having been
involved in the criminal justice system for years.
She also lends order to gardens, and, since one
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gardener leads to another, I raise the inevitable
“how d’you follow Alan Titchmarsh” question.
I suggest that at least he’s made the office of
High Sheriff so well known that no-one makes
the “where’s your gold star?” joke any more.
Apparently they do. The plate of biscuits Gay
offers me is decorated with a gold sheriff badge –
a present from her son-in-law.
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