Residents and Visitors are invited to a special open day at the Mansion House, giving them the chance to meet the Civic Party.

The doors of the Mansion House will open from 11am-3pm on Tuesday 30 October for the first ‘At Home’ of the civic year, with everyone invited to join the Lord Mayor in his historic Georgian home.

Local charity Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association (PSP) will also be at the event, raising awareness of the condition and providing refreshments for a small charge. PSP is a rare and progressive condition in which increasing numbers of brain cells become damaged over time.

The Lord Mayor said: “I’m looking forward to welcoming people to the Mansion House, and even better if we can raise some money for a good cause at the same time.”

Also at the event the Sheriff’s Lady will perform the traditional passing over of the ‘staff of office’ to the Lady Mayoress. The ‘staff of office’, a silver tipped ebony cane, is originally given to the Sheriff’s Lady on Lord Mayor’s Day which she is at liberty to use on the Sheriff to keep him in order, before being passed on to the Lady Mayoress on the first ‘At Home’ for the remainder of the civic year.