Culverwell, right, presents the mayor and his wife with a basket of fruit

Culverwell, right, presents the mayor and his wife with a basket of fruit

The Mayor of Waltham Forest, Councillor Michael Lewis performed his office’s annual duty of switching on the New Spitalfields Market Christmas lights this week.

He is pictured here with wife Janet, market superintendent Mike Culverwell and tenants association secretary Jim Heppel.

The Mayor was presented with a cheque for £250, donated to his preferred charity - the local Joseph Clarke School for the Visually Impaired - by the tenants of the market.

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