Sir Richard Knowles' 90th Birthday; POST PEOPLE.(Features) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: May 29, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Sir Richard Knowles, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1994/5 and former leader of the council, celebrated his 90th birthday at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

A feature of the celebrations was a visit by Plaxtol Scholars, a choir renowned for church and classical music from the village of Plaxtolin, Kent, where Sir Richard was baptized, married and served as a church warden at is parish church, following in the footsteps of his forefathers since the 19th century.

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