TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Bromsgrove councillor and community champion who has died at the age of 90.
Glenys Blackmoor lived in Catshill and was well-known by many in Bromsgrove.
She represented Labour as the Worcestershire County Councillor for Bromsgrove South – from 2005 to 2009 – and was a member of Catshill and North Marlbrook Parish Council for 20 years.
She was also involved with Bromsgrove International Link (formerly the Bromsgrove and District Twinning Association), hosting visitors from Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin in Normandy, France, and Gronau in Germany. And, as part of the link, she also visited Bromsgrove’s twin towns on several occasions.
Glenys was also the social secretary of the Catshill branch of the Labour Party for more than 30 years.
Glenys was born in Birmingham in 1936 but moved to Catshill at an early age with her parents Frank and Eva.
Many of her family were active in trade unions and politics with several serving as councillors in Birmingham.
Her parents were also very politically involved with both serving on councils in Bromsgrove and Worcestershire.
As well as politics, the other family passion was cycling and Glenys was involved as an organiser and volunteer with local clubs from an early age, only stopping in her 70s because of ill-health.
Famously, she used to cycle from Bromsgrove to county council meetings in Worcester to promote sustainable transport.
Work-wise, she helped with the family market gardening business and later ran a small flower shop.
Her funeral will be held at 11am on January 22 at Waseley Hills Crematorium.
Glenys is survived by her three children, seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
