Nick and I have been very kindly invited by the Chairman of Essex County Council to dinner in Chelmsford. County councillor Gerard McEwen is holding two dinners, one tonight and one at the end of the month - so tonight we meet up with the first half of the Essex district 'mayors and chairs'.
The venue for the dinner is a delightful, unassuming terraced house in the centre of Chelmsford. You'd walk past it without a glance if you didn't know any different, but in fact it has quite a history. It was used to house the visiting judges who came round to preside over the Assizes - the court sittings that heard the serious cases and passed sentence on the county's reprobates. And it's still used by visiting judges to this day - as well as being licensed for weddings.
It's a beautiful and spacious property inside, and we're a small dinner party of a dozen or so - the mayors and chairs (plus spouses) of Tendring, Uttlesford, and Castle Point; the deputy mayor of Chelmsford and her husband; Nick and myself; and of course Gerard and his wife. It's a very enjoyable evening, and yet another insight into some of the history of our county.
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