Retiring councillor looks back over three and a half decades of public service
MONDAY will be a strange day for former Deputy Mayor Bill Gardiner-Watson for it will be the first time in nearly three and a half decades that he will not be waiting for the results of the council elections.
For the veteran politician, who has served as a Lisburn councillor for 34 years, has decided to stand down from public life.
Mr Gardiner-Watson said he took the decision not to seek re-election so he could look forward to spending time with his family.
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