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New £1.5m canalside Co-op opens in Glascote

Hundreds of customers have already discovered a bigger and better shopping experience at the £1.5m canalside convenience store which opened its doors last week.

Enjoy a free cup of coffee … and a chat about life and death

Tamworth Co-op funeral staff will be setting up a continental style street café next week where locals can drop in for free refreshments… and chat about life and death. Don’t be put off, though, if you think the conversation at the ‘Death Café’ is likely to be heavier to digest than the complimentary cake. The whole idea of the al fresco event is get rid of the stigma surrounding the subject.

War hero to get memorial stone thanks to the Tamworth Co-op

A Wilnecote war hero will no longer suffer the indignity of lying in an unmarked grave thanks to the Tamworth Co-operative Society. Private Frederick Arthur Stokes (23) returned home from the First World War in 1919, but died months afterwards from the effects of chemical warfare.

Tamworth Co-op opens £1.5m flagship food store in Dosthill

Tamworth Co-op’s new £1.5m Dosthill convenience store opened its doors this week creating 15 new jobs. The impressive store has been built on the site of the former Dosthill Cosmopolitan Club next to Dosthill Primary School in School Lane.

Tamworth Co-op’s bereavement advice centre gets a facelift

Staff at Tamworth’s Bereavement Advice Centre, which has just undergone a major facelift, are reminding local people of the free and confidential service it provides. The centre in Colehill has proved increasingly popular since it was set up by Tamworth Co-operative Society in 2011. Visitors do not need to be customers of the Society to take advantage of the services available six days a week to the public.

Tamworth Co-op receiving record number of requests for horse-drawn hearses at funerals

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.