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Redditch Borough Council leader, Carole Gandy (Cons, Headless Cross and Oakenshaw),
said: "Betty was the sort of character that local politics lacks nowadays.
"We did not always see eye to eye but what was great about her was her passionate work
in the voluntary sector and for women’s refuge.
"She also worked extremely hard for the integration of Polish, Asian, black and indigenous
communities in the town." Councillors are set to pay further tribute to Coun Passingham
in a full Redditch Borough Council meeting on June 30 and a full Worcestershire County
Council meeting on June 26.

Betty Passingham with the Queen when she visited
Redditch in 1983

(Source: Redditch Indicator)

Cllr. Ronald W Passingham

Redditch Mayor in 1987

He had three separate times on the council between
1973 and 1995. It was during his mayoral year that
he signed the contract between Redditch and its twin
town of Mtwara. His wife Betty had also been Mayor
of Redditch in 1983. He was a teacher at the County
High School and had served in the Navy during the
second world war.

- 2012

Ronald Passingham
(Source: Redditch Advertiser)

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