At the NALGO annual meeting on Tuesday (from the left): Mr. R. Wright (secretary), Mr. A. E. Nortrop (National Executive member), Mr. J. J. Hartley (president-elect), Mr. A. Farrer (president), Mr. D. J. Thwites (treasurer), The Mayor (Ald. J. E. Parkinson) and Mr. F. Robinson.
"Britain's public services are in grave danger of disintegrating" warned Mr. A. E. Nortrop, a member of the national executive council of NALGO (the National Local Government Officers' Association) and chairman and leader of the staffs' side of the National Joint Council for Local Authorities' Staffs, when he spoke at the annual meeting of the association's Burnley branch on Tuesday.
Mr. Nortrop's speech, giving some historical perspectives and ending with comments about local government reorganisation is summarised in the article.