Harold Tucker

Harold Tucker

Harold Tucker was Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, from 1984-1985. [cite web |url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=1001&documentID=1158&pageNumber=4 |title=Former Lord Mayors of Manchester (1892-Present) |publisher=Manchester City Council |accessdate=2007-12-06] He was born in Willesden Green, London, and joined the Royal Air Force as a young man. He went to Cardiff, where he met his wife, Shirley Tucker. They moved to Manchester where Tucker went into politics and eventually became Lord Mayor. During his year in office, he met Queen Elizabeth several times at Buckingham Palace, flew Concorde and met world leaders. He was the last Conservative Lord Mayor of Manchester.
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