Newcastle lord mayor Ross Kerridge has City Hall office refurbished

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00:00Alright, so I'm Ross Kerridge, I'm the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, and we're in the top level

00:11of Newcastle City Hall, and this area behind us there is the Council Chambers, the traditional

00:17Council Chambers, and in here is the Lord Mayor's office and Lord Mayor's reception

00:23room for this building, and I think we've got this wonderful building as a way of showing

00:29off the best of Newcastle, and I'm very proud of it.

00:33So part of the function of a City Hall, and indeed a Lord Mayor, is to impress people

00:40from elsewhere, particularly visiting organisations, corporates, whatever.

00:45And one of the things I've learned in my career is that people from overseas, particularly

00:50Asian cultures, are impressed by older buildings with substance, and that's what this is.

00:58And I'm proud of Newcastle's history, I'm excited about its future, but looking in this

01:04office and I've got the view over the Civic Park, the fountain, and the office was a bit

01:14unloved when I came, and we had to touch up some paintwork, and there were some old prints

01:24but they weren't very interesting.