Former Mayor Misses the Boat ; Former Torbay Mayor, John Davis, Was All Set to Voluntarily Represent the Bay at a Special Commemorative Service in Belgium Next Week - Until He Suddenly Discovered His Passport Was Out of Date.

Herald Express; Torquay (UK) › May 22, 2007

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Former Torbay Mayor, John Davis, was all set to voluntarily represent the Bay at a special commemorative service in Belgium next week - until he suddenly discovered his passport was out of date.

He is still critical that no-one from Torbay Council will mark the contribution of the 3,000-strong Belgian fishing community which worked out of Brixham in the 1940s.

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Former Mayor Misses the Boat ; Former Torbay Mayor, John Davis, Was All Set to Voluntarily Represent the Bay at a Special Commemorative Service in Belgium Next Week - Until He Suddenly Discovered His Passport Was Out of Date.

The former councillor, born in the port, has strong memories of the huge colony who fled the Nazi invas...

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