Mbro Cllr Bob Kerr
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:11 am
Another lying tow rag at Middlesbrough Council?
was given over from Middlesbrough Borough Council Housing Development to Middlesbrough Parks and Leisure:-
contradicting the spin from Ray Mallon, Members of Middlesbrough Council Executive and Middlesbrough Council Regeneration.
Middlesbrough Council Minutes shows the above factor covered by the signed caveat “these are a true record of procedures”
Councillor Bob Kerr should then be fully aware Site 44 aka Longridge wood“Councillor Bob Kerr, who during the 1980s and early 1990s was chairman of Middlesbrough Council’s leisure committee”
was given over from Middlesbrough Borough Council Housing Development to Middlesbrough Parks and Leisure:-
contradicting the spin from Ray Mallon, Members of Middlesbrough Council Executive and Middlesbrough Council Regeneration.
Middlesbrough Council Minutes shows the above factor covered by the signed caveat “these are a true record of procedures”
Ken Sherwood’s achievements during his time in the council’s parks department were praised by Councillor Bob Kerr, who during the 1980s and early 1990s was chairman of Middlesbrough Council’s leisure committee and by Councillor Mike Carr who was leader of the council.
TRIBUTES have been paid after the death of a man who helped shape Middlesbrough’s environment for more than 50 years.
Ken Sherwood’s achievements during his time in the council’s parks department were praised by Councillor Bob Kerr, who during the 1980s and early 1990s was chairman of Middlesbrough Council’s leisure committee and by Councillor Mike Carr who was leader of the council.
Cllr Kerr said: “Ken was Mr Parks for Middlesbrough. He was the guy you went to when you wanted to know about improving the environment of the town.
“He was a superb officer in Middlesbrough Council.
“He was a guy who lived his job and he was responsible for improvements in the general standard of the town.”
Cllr Carr said: “Ken Sherwood was an old-fashioned local government officer, larger than life and totally commited to public service and to Middlesbrough.
“He made a massive contribution to the environment of the town, particularly parks and open spaces, and he has left us all an enormous legacy.”
Mr Sherwood was born and raised in Middlesbrough and worked for the council in Middlesbrough all his working life.
He started in 1943 at Albert Park and over the years he worked his way through the ranks taking overall charge in 1972 as the Parks Manager.
He retired in 1990 and a trophy bearing his name is now awarded each year for the best park in the Northumbria in bloom Awards.
During his time as parks manager, Mr Sherwood developed wonderful floral displays across the town and in its parks.
That work was recognised with many awards culminating in Middlesbrough winning the Britain In bloom award for the best city in 1982.
Mr Sherwood was also a driving force behind many other projects such as the opening of Newham Grange Leisure Farm, Fairy Dell. the municipal golf course and the landscaping of the major becks, and estates across the town including Coulby Newham.
Mr Sherwood was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1991 and is survived by his wife Marina, his three sons Ken, John and Andrew and by two grandchildren Hannah and Olivia.
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