NEW MAYOR PUTS VEG IN FOCUS

IT will be a meatless year in civic Lewes under the mayorship of vegetarian Merlin Milner.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd May 2006, 11:08 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:42 BST

Merlin, 42, of South Street, is a strict vegetarian, but that doesn't mean the food served at mayoral occasions won't be delicious.

'I want to encourage local business in every way and that includes providing local food,' he said, shortly before being made Mayor of Lewes on May 18.

'I want use local produce as far as possible, including wine from Plumpton and Breaky Bottom and beer from Harveys.

'We are surrounded by countryside and we were a market town. We should celebrate our vegetables.'

To further make his point, Merlin, a business consultant, is to hold a special event during his year for allotment holders and schools with kitchen gardens.

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