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May 12, 2005updated 22 Nov 2022 3:17pm

Cyril Williams – Former reporter and sub-editor, Birmingham Evening Mail and Kidderminster Shuttle

By Press Gazette

Cyril Williams, who has died aged 91, twice worked for his home town weekly, the Kidderminster Shuttle.

He
began as a junior reporter after leaving King Charles I School,
Kidderminster, but moved after war service in the RAF to the Birmingham
Evening Mail. After 30 years as a subeditor, he retired in 1976 and
became a part-time sub on the Shuttle.

A keen sportsman, he was
secretary for 34 years of the Kidderminster and District Cricket
League. He was also a past chairman of the Birmingham and Midland
Counties district of the Institute of Journalists.

A widower with no family, his funeral was held at Kidderminster Parish Church.

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