Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Stroud paid tribute to a pioneering politician on Monday when hundreds of people joined a procession from his funeral at the Sub Rooms to his final resting place, paying their respects to John Marjoram.
The procession left the Sub Rooms shortly after midday with hundreds of people following the cortege to the cemetery off Horns Road.
John Marjoram was the UK’s first elected Green councillor in 1985, and subsequently mayor of Stroud.
The funeral was held in the Ballroom, and the Sub Rooms was at its capacity of 386 people with staff allowing mourners into the room once others had left.
Mr Marjoram was a lifelong pacificist and caused controversy in the late 1980s when he attended the Remembrance Day event in Stroud’s Park Gardens wearing a white poppy.
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Stroud paid tribute to a pioneering politician on Monday when hundreds of people joined a procession from his funeral at the Sub Rooms to his final resting place, paying their respects to John Marjoram.
The procession left the Sub Rooms shortly after midday with hundreds of people following the cortege to the cemetery off Horns Road.
John Marjoram was the UK’s first elected Green councillor in 1985, and subsequently mayor of Stroud.
The funeral was held in the Ballroom, and the Sub Rooms was at its capacity of 386 people with staff allowing mourners into the room once others had left.
Mr Marjoram was a lifelong pacificist and caused controversy in the late 1980s when he attended the Remembrance Day event in Stroud’s Park Gardens wearing a white poppy.
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For the latest from Stroud Times visit: stroudtimes.com
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Stroud Times - the independent community-based news website.
Encompassing the Stroud locality the team aim to provide engaging human interest stories, comprehensive sports coverage, and championing local businesses' success.
Living in the community they serve, editor Ash Loveridge, journalist Matt Bigwood, and photographer Carl Hewlett have joined forces to provide free-to-view local content devoid of a clickbait agenda and pop-up adverts.
