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THANK you everyone who attended the recent Armed Forces Day and Bournville Village Festival celebrations at the Cadbury Ground and helped raise over pounds 2,000 to provide a Forces and Families Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital can refer to one of several hospitals named after either Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom or Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother:

Australia
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide
Barbados
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown
.

Over 9,000 people attended the event, which was a partnership between Bournville Village Council and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, to celebrate national Armed Forces Day and enjoy displays of marching bands, tug of war tug of war
n. pl. tugs of war
1. Games A contest of strength in which two teams tug on opposite ends of a rope, each trying to pull the other across a dividing line.

2.
 competitions, line dancing line dancing
Noun

a form of dancing performed by rows of people to country and western music
 and of course the traditional Maypole dance.

It is thanks to the generosity of everyone who attended the event that we are able to plan this fantastic new centre for military patients and their families where they can spend time together, in a relaxing 'home from home' environment.

Noel Cramer, Head of Fundraising for QEHB Charity
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Jul 3, 2010
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