Old Selby

Old Selby is situated in the south-east of Rosewick. Although the town was once mediocre, certain influences over the years brought it down into dire poverty, with its main operation being crime.

History
In 1899, the large town of Ashby split in two:  Ashdale  and Selby. For many decades the towns were equal, until the 1940's, when Selby constructed many tower blocks and council buildings for those who lost their homes during World War II. Ashdale, however, remained how it was. Gradually, over they years, the youths of Selby began to find enjoyment graffiti and damaging their town facilities. By the late 1960's, around the time the Republic of Rosewick was formed, significant damage had been done already. When Austin Kingsley was elected as mayor, he helped put a stop to such violence, and fixed up damaged buildings, including a tower block which was named after him on the Graybank Estate.

In 1971, Malcolm Mortimer was elected as mayor. Although he didn't have the same ambitions as Kingsley in terms of improving the town, he was seemingly stable, keeping everything in adequate condition for two years. In 1973, for no known reason, the mayor began encouraging the violence, aiming it directly on Arthur Valentine, the mayor of Ashdale. That same year, Rosewick put Old and New in front of Selby and Ashdale.

From that year onward, Old Selby has declined more and more.

Mayor Kingsley
Austin Kingsey reigned as mayor from 1968-1971. Once he improved Selby to the standard he believed was acceptable to Rosewick, he retired, aiming to spend more time with his wife and young son.

Mayor Mortimer
Malcolm Mortimer is the current mayor of Old Selby. Thirteen years into his reign, he set up activities and planned to ruin Ashdale, to reunite the big town of Ashby.

Town Symbol
The symbol of Selby is a dove. It remained unchanged even after Old was placed in front of the name. The dove is meant to symbolise refuge to the poorer classes, in which the council buildings were originally constructed to achieve.