Carmarthenshire County Council - Civic Service

I attended the civic service in Carmarthenshire last year as Deputy Lord Mayor so it was a pleasure to travel up there again this afternoon as Lord Mayor.

This year's council chair is Councillor Kevin Madge, so the service was held in the wonderful Christchurch in his ward in Garnant, which dates back to the 1840s.

It is a remarkable building, abutted by the equally remarkable Vicarage, which I understand has been sold with a replacement being raised on the site of the former church hall. I have included below a photograph from 1910, which captures the magnificence of both buildings much better than the one above.

The service was enhanced with a remarkable solo performance of Schubert's 'Du Bist Die Ruh' by Ella Peet, who is also the consort of the Mayor of Llandovery Town Council.

We concluded the occasion with afternoon tea in the local school.