Former Lord Mayor of Bradford Stanley King dies (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Former Lord Mayor of Bradford Stanley King dies
9:04pm Monday 8th October 2012 in News
By Jo Winrow, City Hall Reporter
Stanley King, a former Lord Mayor of Bradford, who has died aged 80
Stanley King, a long-serving councillor and a former Lord Mayor of Bradford, has died at the age of 80.
Mr King first entered Bradford Council in 1970 and served for almost 40 years as a Conservative representative for Heaton until his retirement in 2008.
He was Bradford spokesman for Metro for two decades, rising to chairman of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority.
He became Lord Mayor in 2000 and, as well as obtaining the title of Lord of the Manor of Heaton, was a founding member of the Heaton Township Association. Click here to sign the book of condolence for Stanley King
