QUEEN's Brian May To Be Made A Freeman?
December 18, 2009, 14 years ago
Ed Saunt from Hounslowchronicle.co.uk is reporting:
A campaign is under way to make QUEEN guitarist Brian May a Freeman of Hounslow.
Brian grew up in Walsham Road, Feltham, and returned to the town last month to unveil a memorial to friend and bandmate Freddie Mercury, who also hailed from the area.
Now politicians want to recognise Brian himself by bestowing on him the highest honour the borough can give and raised the suggestion at a council meeting last week.
The award has traditionally been reserved for former politicians and community figures, but Feltham Councillor Peter Hills, who got plans in motion for the Freddie Mercury memorial, wants members of the public to be able to nominate three people a year to widen the scope of those recognised. He has proposed Brian May as the first candidate.
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