A FORMER Lord Mayor of the City of London will be guest speaker at a meeting of Bradford Textile Society next week.

Sir David Wootton, who was mayor from 2011 to 2012, will give a talk called Why the Lord Mayor of London is really all about Wool.

Sir David is a former pupil and now governor at Bradford Grammar School.

During his year as Lord Mayor, he worked worldwide on behalf of the UK’s financial and business services industry.

The meeting is at The Bradford Club, Piece Hall Yard, Bradford, on Tuesday from 6.30pm.