For a year of his office the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Lindsay Ring , lives at the Mansion House. He is the City's Chief Magistrate, summoning and presiding over meetings of the Court of Aldermen, the Court of Common Council and the Common Hall. He is there to advance the welfare and status of the City and takes part in many of its ceremonies...
JOHN SNAGGE talks to him aboui his work and duties and they visit some of the State apartments, the strongrooms where the City's gold and silver treasures are stored, the cells in the basement where the suffragette Mrs Pankhurst was imprisoned and the Magistrates' Court.
Technical presentation BILL RAPLEY
Producer ROGER CLARK