Deputy Mayor: Guelph and Tartan

deputy mayor: It's never too late to make things happen, according to Guelph Mercury. Tartans have been around for centuries, Halliday said in an email sparked by a recent Mercury Tribune story. Related Stories Guelph's tartan stash on way out as... All is not lost as Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary this year and all things old are new again, says Stewart Halliday, who lived in Guelph from 1977 to 2000 and is now deputy mayor of the Grey Highlands municipality in Grey County. Last month, council directed the city clerk to develop a new policy on the sale and distribution of Guelph's tartan material and items made from it, which should make it easier to get rid of the Guelph Tartan inventory now stored at city hall. However, Halliday said a former mill manager from West Coast Woollens is now an agent for a Scottish worsted mill, so more fabric using Guelph's official tartan design could be purchased from Scotland. West Coast Woollen Mills, the manufacturer of the Guelph Tartan fabric, is no longer in business, and if city hall can get rid of its tartan inventory it doesn't intend to get any more, says a city staff report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.