Councillor's four decades of service remembered

Wolverhampton mayor Craig Collinswood unveiled the memorial bench in Muchall Park, Penn

Family members, friends, and former colleagues of a long-standing former councillor have taken part in a private ceremony to honour her contributions to Wolverhampton.

Paddy Bradley served as the Penn ward representative for almost 40 years after first being elected in 1972.

A memorial bench has been unveiled in Muchall Park, Penn.

"She would have been proud and probably very humbled by this, but she never blew her own trumpet," said her daughter, Tracey Smith.

The former Conservative councillor represented the Penn ward for almost 40 years

"People still remember her name now even though she stopped being a councillor 13 years ago," she added.

"The world is definitely a duller place without her in it."

She had also served as deputy mayor, leader of the Conservative group and a cabinet member, said Wolverhampton mayor Craig Collingswood, before being made an honorary alderwoman in 2012.

She died, aged 85, in June 2022

"Paddy was one of those people who once you met her, you never forgot her. A strong personality who was never afraid to speak her mind, Paddy was a councillor of the old school who put the people of the city before all else," he added.