Babylon Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 Theres alot of bloody ALDERMANS in there...Must all be inbred. ... or rich... some would say the two go hand in hand.
MPH Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 Ultra you do yourself absolutely no favors in this thread at all. to bring race or colour into the thread and then try and say that this in some say settles any accusations against the council of racism will just bring you ridicule... who cares about the colour of their skin, surely it should be about their contribution?
Thracian Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 I have no more conviction that Lineker is a worthy recipient either.Not sure how up to date this list is but it's from the Council website, how many of these recipients are low key citizens who do sterling but unpaid/lowly paid work to support their fellow citizens and how many are high profile well rewarded people who can easily afford their 'contribution' to society. There also seems to be a definite drift towards 'celebrity people'. Perhaps the council is thinking of the perceived reflected glory and publicity they can get from such awards rather than actual rewarding truly altruistic members of Leicester City. LIST OF PERSONS UPON WHOM THE HONORARY FREEDOM OF THE CITY HAS BEEN CONFERRED THOMAS WRIGHT J.P., ALDERMAN 25th October 1892 EDWARD WOOD J.P., ALDERMAN 25th October 1892 THOMAS WINDLEY J.P., ALDERMAN 31st March 1903 JOHN EDWARD SARSON V.D., COLONEL 31st March 1903 ALEXANDER BAINES J.P. 29th November 1911 THOMAS SMITH J.P., ALDERMAN 3rd July 1918 JONATHAN NORTH J.P., ALDERMAN 28th January 1919 DAVID BEATTY G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.B, ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET 28th January 1919 THOMAS FIELDING JOHNSON J.P. 8th July 1919 DOUGLAS HAIG (EARL HAIG OF BEMERSYDE) Kt., G..C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., FIELD MARSHAL 28 February 1922 THOMAS FIELDING JOHNSON M.A., J.P. 28th April 1925 CHARLES JOHN BOND C.M.G., F.R.C.S. 28th April 1925 ROBERT GEE V.C., M.C., M.P., CAOTAIN 28th April 1925 JAMES WENT M.A., CANON 28TH April 1925 EDWARD ATKINS B.S.c, CANON 28th April 1925 JOHN EDWARD FAIRE J.P. 28th September 1926 ARTHUR ISAAC GROVES J.P. 28th September 1926 JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD P.C., LL.D., M.P., J.P., PRIME MINISTER 29th October 1929 COSMO GORDON LANG P.C., D.D., ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY 28th May 1935 JOHN PARSONS, ALDERMAN 24th September 1940 HARRY PERCY GEE O.B.E., J.P. 26th July 1949 WALTER ERNEST WILFORD J.P., ALDERMAN 26th July 1949 THOMAS ROWLAND HILL C.B.E., ALDERMAN 3rd January 1956 ROBERT EDMUND MARTIN Kt., C.M.G., T.D., D.L., J.P., A.M.I.C.E., M.A., Hon. LL.D., LT-COL (T.A.) 3rd January 1961 CHARLES ROBERT KEENE Kt., C.B.E., J.P., ALDERMAN 31st July 1962 BARON JANNER, OF THE CITY OF LEICESTER Kt., B.A., Hon. LL.D. 26th October 1971 FREDERICK ERNEST OLIVER Kt., C.B.E., T.D., D.L., ALDERMAN 26th October 1971 SIDNEY WILLIAM BRIDGES, ALDERMAN 26th OCTOBER 1971 MAC GOLDSMITH Hon. LL.D 26 October 1971 DAVID FREDERICK ATTENBOROUGH Kt, C.B.E., F.R.S., Hon. D. Litt., Hon D. Sc., Hon. LL.D., Hon. Sc.D. 30th November 1989 RICHARD SAMUEL ATTENBOROUGH Kt., C.B.E. Hon D. Litt., Hon D.C.L., Hon LL.D. 30th November 1989 ALEC JOHN JEFFREYS, Kt, B.A., M.A., D. Phil., D. Univ. (Open), F.F.Sc. (India), Hon. F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Path., F.L.S., F.R.S., PROFESSOR 26th November 1992 GARY WINSTON LINEKER, O.B.E. 26th November 1992 The ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT 25th January 1996 ROSEMARY CONLEY D.L12th July 2005 FRANK EPHRAIM MAY, M.B.E. ,HON.LL.D, M.C.I.M.12th July 2000 LEICESTER FOOTBALL CLUB (The Tigers)12th July 2000 That Earl Haig sounds like some choice and I'm sure someone will enlighten me as to what he had to do with Leicester!: From Wikipaedia: "After the war Haig was often criticised for issuing orders which led to excessive casualties of British troops under his command, particularly on the Western Front, earning him the nickname "Butcher of the Somme"...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig
Fox You Forest Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 Mark Morrison will be absolutely livid. :laugh:
MPH Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 That Earl Haig sounds like some choice and I'm sure someone will enlighten me as to what he had to do with Leicester!:From Wikipaedia: "After the war Haig was often criticised for issuing orders which led to excessive casualties of British troops under his command, particularly on the Western Front, earning him the nickname "Butcher of the Somme"...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig he surely was 'some' butcher I'll get my coat...
Babylon Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 And the myth put around by some on here and elsewhere that the Council is somehow "anti-white" and "neglects its own" can now be laid to rest once and for all. The racial equality leaflet I designed and was asked to not put pictures of white people on says otherwise... a few years ago granted. I didn't do any more work for them after that. Maybe they've turned over a new leaf... hmmm.
Raj Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 Ultra you do yourself absolutely no favors in this thread at all.to bring race or colour into the thread and then try and say that this in some say settles any accusations against the council of racism will just bring you ridicule... who cares about the colour of their skin, surely it should be about their contribution? I think he's right. Dont see this Patron of leicester on that list!!
Thracian Posted 26 February 2009 Posted 26 February 2009 The racial equality leaflet I designed and was asked to not put pictures of white people on says otherwise... a few years ago granted. I didn't do any more work for them after that. Maybe they've turned over a new leaf... hmmm. QED!
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