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Ex-security guard shivers at memory of ghostly attack
GHOSTS? Science teacher Richard Kingstone outside The Haunting ride at Drayton Manor. He doesn’t believe in ghosts but can’t explain the “grotesque” creature that went for him one nighton his security guard night shift. A TAMWORTH science teacher who does not believe in ghosts has broken a 13-year silence to reveal the spooky goings-on he experienced as a night security guard at Drayton Manor. Richard Kingstone says he and his two colleagues found patrolling the popular theme park at night spine-tinglingly creepy. But the most terrifying incident of all...
   
Nurse Jo herself is lifted by your kindness as we're halfway to 20k
Smurfit staff boosted funds by encouraging the recycling of waste paper and cards. Pictured here collecting more are Colin Evans, Linda Bridges, Jill Jordan and Bob Andrews. THE halfway point has been passed in our bid to raise £20,000 for St Giles Hospice – and it's all thanks to the generous donations and fund-raising efforts of Herald readers. Over the last four months, kind-hearted Tamworth residents have pulled together to show how much the hospice's vital services mean to them by raising...
   
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  First snow of the winter :)
04/02/2012		  
  Let's Party, Queens, Basford
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  I'm a bit skint, but I'm desperate to avoid getting my wife the usual gift of some droopy flowers from the Sainsbury's petrol station. Can you suggest...
  By tamboy1 at Saturday, February 04 2012
   
  Anyone in Tamworth suffer from RSD (reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) or now known by CRPS.
  By Tammy at Thursday, February 02 2012
   
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Upcoming Events  
 
Lichfield Cathedral
Imposing medieval English cathedral with 16th century stained-glass windows and three iconic spires.

Price: free, donations welcome

Times: Mon-Fri 7.30am-6.15pm, Sat 8am-6.15pm, Sun 7.30am-5pm

Venue:
Lichfield Cathedral,19A The Close,Lichfield,WS13 7LD
01543 306100
www.lichfield-cathedral.org
   
Moira Furnace
A nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace.

Price: £2, child/concs £1, £3 guided tour

Times: Jan 1-Apr 30, Oct 1-Dec, Wed-Fri, Bank Hols 12noon-2pm, Sat & Sun 12noon-3pm, May 1-Sep 30, Tue-Fri, Bank Hols 12noon-3pm, Sat & Sun 12noon-4pm, Mon-Fri, Bank Hols 12noon-4pm, school holidays, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm, school holidays, closed Dec 24-Jan 1

Venue:
Moira Furnace Museum,Unit 2 Furnace Lane,Swadlincote,DE12 6AT
01283 224667
http://www.nwleics.gov.uk/pages/moira_furnace
   
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