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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.’
Tamworth Co-operative Society says the conversion of a former Glascote pub into a new convenience store will preserve the character of the building while boosting the area’s shopping and parking facilities. Planning permission was recently granted for the Society to relocate its existing Glascote food store to the nearby pub site and residents are being assured of a ’sensitive’ development.
Wood End Primary School pupils have been put on the ‘write’ path by the Tamworth Co-op. The school has received £786 to spend on cross curriculum creative writing projects.Head of School Mrs Carolyn Hadley said the cash will help fire the children’s enthusiasm for writing by funding events such as author visits.
A village Brownie pack has taken delivery of a £671 cheque from the Tamworth Co-operative Society. Gaynor Satherley, Brown Owl at Whittington 1st Brownies, was stunned by the amount raised by the Society’s Community Dividend Fund.