Person    | Male  Born 10/8/1928  Died 11/8/2009

Councillor Ray Adamson, Mayor of Camden

Ray Adamson served as the Mayor of the London Borough of Camden for the year 1997-98 and from the Camden New Journal published on 13 August 2009 we learn that he was born on 10 August 1928 and died, aged 81 years, on 11 August 2009.

He was a Labour councillor in the late 1990s, had worked as a photographer and he persisted with his work even when his eyesight began to fail. Winning awards for his pictures, he took photographs for Camden Council’s housing department and had several contributions published in the Camden New Journal.

He was registered blind and was aided by a dog by the time he was sworn in as mayor at the Town Hall in 1997 but he did not let it stop him from carrying out his civic duties.

His beloved dog became a loyal companion who people across the borough greeted like a close friend. He also worked for the Salvation Army in Chalk Farm and Somers Town.

Despite problems with his vision and later mobility he stayed in his council flat in Waxham, Mansfield Road, Gospel Oak, London, for as long as he could and often contributed to debates in the letters pages of the Camden New Journal, standing up for the rights of the elderly and disabled. He would dictate his views to reporters over the phone. He had recently moved to the Ashcroft Care Centre in Lady Margaret Road, Kentish Town, London.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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