CATSHILL Community Events has thanked the local community for joining forces to decorate the village’s war memorial ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

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The memorial, on the junction of Meadow Road and Stourbridge Road, looks resplendent in red with poppies that have been knitted and created from other materials.

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Posting on the Catshill Community Events Facebook page, the group wrote: “Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers for decorating the memorial ready for Sundays service.
“And special thanks to Chadsgrove School and College students for their lovely wreaths.”

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We reported last month how the community-minded students from Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College had taken over the running of the poppy box distribution – click here for the full story.
Catshill’s Remembrance Sunday parade

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In Catshill, parade participants should assemble at Catshill Middle School at 10am and it will then journey to the war memorial at the junction of Meadow Road and Stourbridge Road.
There will be closures on Stourbridge Road and Meadow Road, during the hour between 10.30am and 11.30am.

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Refreshments will be available at Catshill Club afterwards.
