00:00Music
00:15Very much
00:46even despite the weather the weather will not stop us at all. It'll be a
00:50brilliant parade so do look forward to the parade at the starting at the far
00:53end. Thank you to Harry Bow for all the support. Thank you to Wakefield Council
00:58to Denise Jeffries who is here as Wakefield Council leader for all of the
01:03support and thank you to Pontefract Civic Society who organized an amazing
01:07licorice shoots event yesterday. If you go up through the stalls you will not
01:11only find lovely licorice sweets you will find licorice root, you will find
01:15licorice plants, you will find licorice pork pies which are my favorite and also
01:21licorice gin which I can confess Denise and I have already been trying the
01:25licorice gin this morning and that is great too. So please enjoy all things
01:31licorice today. Ultimately this is about us here in Pontefract celebrating our
01:36history. So yeah it's a celebration of licorice and the licorice fields and all
01:41the sweets and so but it's also a celebration of all of our history so
01:45please enjoy our beautiful town, our beautiful heritage. Have a fantastic day
01:49today.
02:03Honestly I can't believe I've been invited to the Pontefract licorice
02:08festival because licorice is absolutely my favorite sweet. So if you see me with
02:14bags and pockets full of licorice don't judge me because it's a really
02:19fantastic sweet. But can I say thank you all for coming out and celebrating this
02:26great festival and also to Haribo the headline sponsor. You'll see the mascot
02:31here. I don't know the young actor that's in that mascot but you're a legend wearing
02:36that all day. Thank you for your service as a mascot. But Haribo have been a
02:42fantastic company for our region 50 years. I had the privilege of going
02:47around the factory and talking to young apprentices and the people that
02:52work there and it's very much a family business and it was a privilege to do so
02:56but also the Pontefract Civic Society what you do for this town is second to
03:02none. Working with really really brilliant and impressive councillors as
03:08you see with Denise and Michelle and so many others. I'm really happy to be here.
03:14I'm delighted about these community festivals with our identity reminding us
03:19you know that community is really important and what a great day.
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