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NEWS Opportunity to shape plans for new history centre
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PEOPLE from across Staffordshire are being reminded that there is still time to help shape exciting plans for a new history centre for the county. Staffordshire could be home to a brand new £3.9m...
Online arts event connects Artists across the UK
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TAMWORTH based Urban arts group New Urban Era hosted their first online street art event Saturday 9th May that included 8 Artists painting live and 3 DJ's provided the music. Artists included Tamworths Wingy and...
Festival cancelled due to COVID-19
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SAD news into the newsroom this morning - this summer’s Statfold Barn Festival in Tamworth has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Organisers of the festival have taken the difficult decision after closely following...
Tamworth Urban arts festival to go ahead – but not as we know it
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Nue will go live on their Facebook page on Saturday TAMWORTH Urban arts Group New Urban Era will stream possibly the first-ever online live  Graffiti event this Saturday with 8 Artists taking part. Nue will...
Tamworth Primary Academy create Birthday cards for Colonel Tom
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The artwork can be seen in the window at Bradly Scott Windows on Watling Street, who has previously displayed the Academy's artwork celebrating the NHS and key workers. PUPILS at Tamworth's Three Peaks Primary Academy...
Libraries get ready for Staffordshire Day
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LIVE performances, poetry, stories, craft activities and family quizzes are some of the online activities being organised by the county’s libraries for this year’s Staffordshire Day. With only a matter of days to go until...
Time-lapse footage shows mural for Captain Tom take shape
Appears in: / Arts & Culture/ Community & Charity/ Staffordshire
TIME lapse footage has captured the moment that a 140 square foot grey wall was turned in to a huge piece of art to celebrate Captain Tom Moore and the NHS. The artwork was the...
Tamworth company pays amazing tribute to Captain Tom and the NHS
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A TAMWORTH company has commissioned an amazing piece of artwork in celebration of the fundraising efforts of Captain Tom and the NHS. Bradley Scott Windows which is based at Two Gates, Tamworth has bought in...
New Urban Era are spreading colour around the Town
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NEW Urban Era has been working on projects to keep families entertained during the Coronavirus crisis including video tutorials on social media from local Beatboxer Crmpts and Dancer Helen Martin. The Tamworth arts group have...
Exciting festival of drama starts this week in Tamworth
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UPDATE - Unfortunately, due to COVID19, this festival has been cancelled. An exciting four-night run of theatre gets underway this week with the 2020 Tamworth Hastilow Drama Festival, featuring a series of one-act plays by...
Local band launches charity record in memory of musician friend
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A LOCAL Indie band has released an emotional tribute song to raise funds for St Giles Hospice in memory of a friend and fellow musician who died of cancer. Talented duo Michael Clapham and Russ...
Arts group call on the local residents to gift a workshop for less fortunate
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LOCAL arts group New Urban ERA has put out a call on the to local residents to gift a workshop. The Tamworth arts group are asking locals to gift a workshop to less fortunate...
Investment planned to continue libraries’ success
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STAFFORDSHIRE’S transformed library service is all set to continue thriving with investment committed until 2025. The proposal follows the service’s evolution in recent years while maintaining 43 libraries across the county. There are now 27...
Local businesses are being urged to join this years Tamworth Urban Arts and Sports Festivities
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Local businesses are being urged to join this years Tamworth Urban Arts and Sports Festival and sponsor activities for the month-long event in 2020. To celebrate 10 years of NUE Organiser's plan to host a...
Music star Tony Hadley’s visit is pure ‘Gold!’ for everyone at St Giles Hospice
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Yes, this is ‘True’.  It was ‘with pleasure’ that St Giles Hospice welcomed pop star and former Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley this month. He created a ‘glow’ when he visited the Whittington site...
Meet TV auctioneer at John Lewis Tamworth event
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SPECIALISTS from the world of jewellery, antiques and auctions have teamed up with John Lewis & Partners Tamworth for an exclusive pre-Christmas event. The Ventura Park store will be welcoming Richard Winterton Auctioneers for...
Local author EJ Parry has a successful book signing event at WHSmith
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On Saturday 23rd Nov, local author Ed Parry held a book signing event at WHSmith in Ventura Park. The event was a great success with many people stopping to chat about Ed’s mysterious dark thriller...
Craig Charles to DJ at Statfold Barn Festival 2020
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The legendary Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show is coming to the Statfold Barn Festival next summer. The actor, broadcaster and Radio 2 DJ has been captivating crowds throughout the UK for many years...
Local Artists create Christmas album to raise funds to help Elderly Tamworth Residents
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Local Artists Teresa Meads and Michael Eades have collaborated on a Christmas Album that will help raise funds to purchase gifts and meals for Elderly Tamworth Residents this Christmas. Almost one million older people are...
Six black and white TVs still in use in Tamworth as BBC One in colour hits 50
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As BBC One celebrates its 50th anniversary of colour TV this week, TV Licensing has revealed households in Tamworth are still watching TV programmes on black and white TV sets. There were six1 black and...
Join The Royal Sutton Coldfield Orchestra for their Family Christmas Concert
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The Royal Sutton Coldfield Orchestra are performing their Family Christmas Concerts at The Coton Centre, Tamworth, B79 9AA on Saturday 7th December at 4pm & 7:30pm. They will be joined on this occasion by...
Get ready to create a dazzling Christmas tree for annual church display
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It’s that time of year when people of all ages can show off their festive creativity and take part in an annual Tamworth tradition by decorating a Christmas tree for St Editha’s Church. Tamworth Borough...
Stay safe this Halloween with these simple tips
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FAMILIES can have a safe and enjoyable Halloween by following a few simple tips, the county’s communities leader has said. Advice includes making sure adults accompany younger children when out and about, ensuring Halloween costumes...
Families invited to remember loved ones this Christmas at St Giles ‘Light up a Life’ services
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THE mother of a woman who was supported by St Giles Hospice is inviting people to make a special dedication to the memory of their loved ones at the charity’s 'Light up a Life' services...
Make a lantern at free workshop to join Christmas parade
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YOUNGSTERS are being invited to attend free drop-in workshops taking place in Ankerside Shopping Centre, where they will be able to make special lanterns to carry in this year’s Christmas Lantern parade in Tamworth. The...
Hundreds get creative as Art Attack returned with a splat
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TAMWORTH town centre came alive with colour and creativity on Saturday, October 12, as the popular Art Attack returned with a splat for the third year running. Hundreds of people of all ages took part...
Work starts to create new interactive Anglo-Saxon gallery at Tamworth Castle
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BUILDING work has now started to transform the top floor of Tamworth Castle into a brand new interactive exhibition dedicated to the town’s rich Anglo-Saxon heritage. Funded in large part by The National Lottery Heritage...
130 prizes up for grabs to mark 130 years of Tamworth Assembly Rooms
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OCTOBER 8, 1889 was a momentous day in Tamworth’s history. Reported at the time as one that would be 'long remembered by the present generation and those who, in years to come, are entrusted with...