The New Journal and Guide
Special To The Guide George H. Banks was affectionately called “the Mayor of Berkley”, a title that U.S. Congressman Bobby Scott called “rightly” bestowed. Rep. Scott called Mr. Banks’ recent passing on Dec. 26 at age 88,“a tremendous loss for Norfolk and the greater Hampton Roads community”. “George devoted his life to service to his community and successfully fought to eliminate the inequity and inequality of our nation’s housing policies,” said Rep. Scott. Norfolk’s elected Mayor Dr. Kenneth Alexander said, “He will always be affectionately remembered as ‘The Mayor of Berkley.” “Mr. George Banks helped shaped the Berkeley Community by introducing social and economic programs that ushered its renewal.”
YOUR feature on the Rangers v Dynamo Moscow game brought back memories. One of them was of Torry Gillick, a great Rangers player. He was a down to earth character, who had a poor education, but he could count. He told the referee that the Dynamos had 12 men on the pitch. One too many. He was correct.
Daniel Harris
Via email YOUR correspondent William Dalrymple states that the Royals are above the law and always have been and that the recent tour of the UK by two of them will be good for morale. I am anti-Royalty and think it’s an absurdity in the modern world but even the most deranged Royalist must surely see that this “tour” is more about entitlement than morale boosting.