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Tina Williams and Mary Swift

A leading light

When Tina Williams moved to Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, a few years ago, she started to hear some daunting rumours. To get to the bottom of them, she suggested forming a Residents’ Association…

How would you feel if you moved into an area and heard that it could be in for some big changes? What if those changes involved some of the homes in your neighbourhood being demolished?

That's what happened to Tina Williams and her husband when they moved to Meir in Stoke-on-Trent. After a few months in their new home, it seemed that all the neighbours were talking about one thing: regeneration.

Well, Tina wanted to know what was going on, and as people found out, she was quite a force to be reckoned with. Our reporter Mick Tucker went to find out more....

last updated: 11/04/2008 at 16:59
created: 09/11/2006

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