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Unlikely, but you can hold your breath.

Possibly it's worth mentioning here that Pickering was the town where Husband grew up. So there must be quite a few townsfolk who remember him as a wee ginger-haired nipper running around in short trousers and who are now trying to square that memory with this summer's unpleasantness.

Even I have to admit to struggling with having to connect the name Andrew Husband with the word paedophile. It's a very uncomfortable thing to have to do. But there it is.

He was happy enough to talk about the matter below in 2001 - a perturbing story regarding the ex-Mayor of Pickering.

Husband stated '

“He’s a very pleasant man, who has given body and soul for this town, but it’s a huge shock for a little place like this. It really is a bombshell".

Bombshell indeed.


https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ex ... -1-2419911



Ex-mayor leaves wife to livewith half-sister Published: 23:52 Sunday 08 July 2001 Share this article Sign Up To Our Daily Newsletter Sign up 16 Empowering Affirmations For Being Your Own Self-Champion Back yourself! Read More Promotional feature from American Express® THE former mayor of a North Yorkshire town has apparently abandoned his wife and children to set up home with his long-lost half sister. Pickering has woken up this weekend to revelations that the town council stalwart had been living in a secluded cottage with his older sibling for several months. Both he and his sister are said to have walked out on their marriages. Adopted John Shannon, a 47-year-old civil servant well known in Yorkshire for his work safeguarding the region’s river-fish, first met his half-sister, Jennifer Grant, almost 18 months ago, after he began tracing his biological family. A year later, Mr Shannon had left behind Rosamond, his wife of 23 years, and their six-year-old son. Mrs Grant, a 49-year-old mother of two, left her husband, Graham, to whom she has been married for 29 years. ADVERTISING The relationship is thought to be the reason why Mr Shannon stepped down from the town council, where he has been chairman and twice mayor. Living reclusively in a rented cottage in nearby Nunnington, they have both withdrawn from community life. Mr Shannon’s adoptive parents, who live in Scarborough, were left aghast at the news. His adoptive mother, Sheila, last night confirmed that brother and sister were now living together. She said: “We know what’s been going on, but this is just too difficult for us. “We are too distraught to be able to talk about it without breaking down. We need to be left alone to come to terms with this situation.” The couple’s 75-year-old mother, named only as Dorothy, told a Sunday newspaper that her son had been born following a rape. She said she never wants to meet him again after bringing “dismay and embarrassment” on the family. Speaking from her York home, she said: “Now, after what they have done, I don’t care if I never see either of them again.” Mrs Grant’s brother Jeff, 53, added: “It seems John and Jennifer were instantly drawn to each other. I think she had been having marriage problems, and when she met John she was clutching at straws.” Chairman of the town council and county councillor, Betsy Hill, said: “These are people in my town who I deeply care about, and I will not bring them more misery by discussing the situation.” Clerk to the town council, Andrew Husband, said: “This really is a hell of a shock. Nobody really knew why he stood down from the council after so much good work over the 14 years he had been involved. “He outlined his reasons in a letter to the chairman. “He’s a very pleasant man, who has given body and soul for this town, but it’s a huge shock for a little place like this. It really is a bombshell.” Social worker Mrs Shannon, also 46, has declined to comment, as has Mrs Grant’s husband. Mr Shannon and his sister are now staying away from the public in a a rented hideaway, West Ness Farm cottage. The couple are thought to have gone away for a few days and they could not be located at their new home. A neighbour, who declined to be named, confirmed that he knew the couple were brother and sister.

Read more at: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ex ... -1-2419911

Eey ba gum!

Statement from Pickering Town Council. So he didn't resign and had to be sacked!


James Andrew Husband

A statement from Pickering Town Council, 13. 07. 2018.

Throughout this unprecedented and very difficult period for all concerned, Pickering Town Council has taken legal and procedural advice from the Yorkshire Local Councils Association and the National Association for Local Councils. The Council has unanimously decided to dismiss James Andrew Husband from the Council's employment from the date of his conviction. Pickering Town Council offers its sympathy to all those affected by this distressing case.

Presumably he needed every penny he could get his hands on to pay for a B & B in Hove for 5 weeks.

The local press finally caught up:

http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/163 ... -for-rape/

richardb wrote: Fri Jul 20, 2018 6:57 pm The local press finally caught up:

http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/163 ... -for-rape/

Bet it's all the chat in the snug of "The Woolpack" !!

Angela Dawson is the new Town Clerk.

The council is advertising for an assistant if anyone is interested in applying.

richardb wrote: Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:47 am Angela Dawson is the new Town Clerk.

The council is advertising for an assistant if anyone is interested in applying.

Only if there are travelling expenses, AND a Yorkshire phrase-book.

J.R. wrote: Sat Jul 28, 2018 2:38 pm

richardb wrote: Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:47 am Angela Dawson is the new Town Clerk.

The council is advertising for an assistant if anyone is interested in applying.

Only if there are travelling expenses, AND a Yorkshire phrase-book.

but not if you speak norwegian like a troll