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Popular TV soaps and high profile celebrity send-offs have sparked an increasing number of requests for horse-drawn hearses at Tamworth funerals.
Tamworth Co-operative Society says 2014 was a record year for the number of funerals featuring horses. Amanda Woodward, general manager of the Society’s funeral division, says requests for horses have rocketed during the last two years.
Tamworth Co-operative Society’s funeral staff ensured a former general manager received a send-off in keeping with his own high professional standards.
Tamworth Co-operative Society will be carrying out the funeral of a much loved and respected former senior manager on December 22.
John Leonard Scriven died recently at the age of 83 and will be remembered by thousands of Tamworth families for the compassionate and professional way he managed their loved ones’ funerals.
Hundreds of lit candles were held aloft in St Editha’s Church on the evening of Friday, December 5 in tribute to Tamworth’s lost loved ones. The candles glowed brighter still as lights were dimmed allowing the congregation to keep the flame burning for friends and relatives they will never forget.
Tamworth Co-operative Society has confirmed that it has sold its food convenience store in Brownhills.
A Tamworth town centre street was turned into a continental-style al fresco cafe this week to raise funds for Macmillan cancer support. Fresh coffee and and home-made cakes were served to grateful customers on the pavement outside Tamworth Co-op's bereavement advice centre in Colehill, Tamworth.
Tamworth Co-operative Society and Kingsbury Parish Council have linked up in a bid to save lives in Kingsbury and Wood End. The move follows two Automated External Defibrillators being donated to the parish council by Heartbeat UK. The machines can make the difference between life and death for heart attack victims.
The Tamworth Co-operative Society’s funeral division has embraced the spirit of a popular Mary Poppins’ song by launching a community initiative to ‘feed the birds.’