Talk:London County Council

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[edit] LCC on buildings

There are a number of buildings with "LCC" on them. These include various council housing (including examples at Bethnal Green and fire stations (including close to Euston station and Waterloo Station - this latter being decommissioned). Jackiespeel 15:57, 14 September 2005 (UTC)/27 September 2005

[edit] Leaders/Chairmen?

I am a little confused whether these were the same thing. On Wikipedia it is stated that Ronald Collet Norman was leader of the council from 1915-1918. However his obituary in The Times states he was chairman from 1918-19- does anyone know whether the position of leader and chairman was considered the same? Forbear 21:13, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

They were not the same. The Chairman was a formal position which was analagous to the Mayor of a Borough, and the Chairman symbolically represented the council as well as being a figurehead. However the Chairman did not (certainly after the early years) have any political role. The Leader was, until 1934, an informal position which was equivalent to the political leader of the majority party on the LCC. R.C. Norman received the Chairmanship at the end of his Leadership, possibly as an honour, possibly to get him out of the way. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 14:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)