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April 17, 2008
I WAS able to follow closely behind the Duke of Gloucester on his visit to Oldington and Foley Park and Broadwaters last week.
This visit confirmed how pleasant he is and his genuine interest in people and their efforts for the community.
The children at the new primary school at Birchen Coppice sang for him. He met members of the staff, local wardens and CSOs and signed the visitors' book. He had a word for everyone and the rain held off for his visit to Broadwaters Mill where he admired the working water wheel and the children's colourful fish murals.
Then he planted a tree putting several spadefuls of soaking soil onto the tree roots and stamping them down quite unlike most celebrities! I thought it was a very successful royal visit.
Last Saturday I went to a meeting of the British Medical Association (BMA) Junior Doctors Forum in Birmingham, where I had been asked to tell them about the political process.
After this, as these could well be the future leaders of the medical profession, I challenged them to work out ways of leading the profession down a route much more obviously interested in the needs and wishes of NHS patients rather than the interests of the profession.
At Westminster the general impression of the BMA is that it is a powerful union representing doctors' interests alone and there is little recognition of its other work in, for example, public health.
The meeting also discussed global warming as the greatest current threat to public health and I was impressed with the younger generation's concerns and knowledge about how each one of us could lower our carbon footprint and how doctors should lead by example on this issue.
Back to Kidderminster and to the Kidderminster Carolians President's Day match where they scored a satisfying win against Leamington a place or two above them in their league.
Then in the evening to the Kidderminster Male Choir's Spring Concert in the town hall. This opened with a satisfying burst on the organ for the choir's entrance to the Grand March from Aida. Then the programme was in turns exciting, moving and very funny.
The choir had two breaks when tenor David Steele entertained us with a super selection of songs from the shows. The concert was a sell-out, and deservedly so.
The male choir's concerts get better and better and the standard under their conductor, David Barclay, is stunningly high - and- the singers enjoy it as much as the audience!
On Sunday Chris and I Joined the Mayor and Mayoress to judge the competition for the rosebuds for the Kidderminster Carnival to be held on June21.
Although we have done this before, this year was even more difficult as there were 41 entrants, all of whom could have done the job splendidly.
But we had to choose just two on grounds of personality, confidence, deportment and attractiveness. What a job but incredibly encouraging to the organisers of the carnival to show there is so much support for the event when with health and safety rules and insurance problems, carnivals become more and more difficult to put on.
We only need the weather now!
If readers wish to write to Dr Taylor, they should address correspondence to his constituency office at 137 Franche Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5AP.
10:03am Wednesday 16th April 2008
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