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Picture: Manchester Victoria Baths open day Lord Mayor playing African drum » Filename: ManVicBathsMyrDrms5X02.jpg

The Lord and Lady Mayoress of the City of Manchester paid an official visit to the Victoria Baths Open Day, Sunday 2 October 2005, Here the Mayor tries his hand at playing the African drum. Stalls and displays were on the theme of Black History Week.

The Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester is currently Councillor Mohammed Afzal Khan. The Lady Mayoress is Dr Shkeela Kayani. More info on the Manchester City Council website. On the right is Chandy Coverley of the Friends of Victoria Baths.

The Lord Mayor did a good job of playing the drums. The gist of his brief speech was that in Manchester today, we are lucky today to have such wide variety of cultures, religions and peoples from different parts of the world, making Manchester a truly world class city.

More info on the Victoria Baths at www.victoriabaths.org.uk.

See all Victoria Baths photos including Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles

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