New chairman ro represent Arun District Council

He wants talented young musicians to perform at his many functions.

He was a well-known local dance band leader in West Sussex for many years with The Melodaires, which played in town and village halls across the south.

He also spent a lot of his working life as a sound engineer on show grounds up and down the country, as well as being second in command of security at famous venues such as Aintree racecourse and the Hampton Court flower show.

Cllr Ayling's latest role as the Arun district's civic figurehead continues a lifetime of dedication to public service, particularly in his home town of Arundel. He has represented it on the district and town councils.

Along with his mayoress Elspeth McCreadie, he was the mayor of Arundel from 1999-2002 and has also served on Lyminster and Crossbush Parish Council for the past 14 years, ten of them as chairman.

Away from council meetings, Cllr Ayling has spent nine years as the treasurer of The League of Friends of Arundel and District Hospital. He served for 30 years as secretary of the Arundel Festival Fringe, having started it in 1977.

During that time, he raised thousands of pounds in sponsorship money. He was also secretary of Arundel Football Club for many years.

His vice-chairman is Angmering councillor Dudley Wensley.

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