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Store
tribute to brave Sandra
By BiLL Tanner
Sandra was a great support to kids first Hereford,
she helped me out on so many things, She
was the one who got me into kids first,
we had a lot fun together so I would like to dedicate
this site to her
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, I will miss you but my thoughts are with you always
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© Hereford Time 11th Agust 2005
HEREFORD'S new-look Woolworths store has been dedicated
to one of its longest serving staff members - who died
the day before it was due to open.
Sandra Winney had worked at the Eign Gate store for
33 years, starting as a 16-year-old Saturday girl and
rising to assistant manager.
She was battling hard to beat her cancer - confirmed
in June to make the opening on Tuesday.
Doctors
told Sandra she had a good chance of getting the cancer
into remission, but an associated illness saw her
condition worsen.
Sandra died at St Michael's Hospice on Monday. She
was 48. By her side at the end were her brother Rod
and her best friend Carol Saunders, with whom she
started at Woolworths all those years ago.
The
opening other store went ahead as planned the next
day and was dedicated to Sandra in a special toast.
Many
of the store's staff are expected to attend her funeral
at
St Martin's Church, Hereford, next Wednesday (August
17); To them, Sandra was the one with "all the
answers" - from stock queries to p rice inquiries.
But she never forgot her "Saturday girl"
start being always ready as a role model for younger
staff and to the long servers like her, Sandra was
still an inspiration. They called her "Chop,
Chop" after her shop floor catchphrase intended
to urge everyone on and get things done.
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Friend
and colleague Marilyn Beattie said Sandra was so looking
forward to being part of the new-look store. "We
all knew she could have gone away to be a store manager.
But she didn't want to leave Hereford," said Marilyn.
Throughout the city, Sandra - who grew up in Redhill
and lived in Putson, sharing her house with three cats
she doted on - is spoken of as  someone
everyone seemed to know, with a wide circle of friends
and active social life.
Race
for Life had been a big date in her diary for the past
two years. She was due to run in this year's event but
didn't feel fit enough.
When the aches and pains" she had suffered since
the start of the year were confirmed as cancer, Sandra's
sole focus was on getting as well as she could, taking
every precaution to ensure her weakened immune system
was not tested.
But just two months into her treatment she picked up
a bug that the drugs could do little for. The damage
the bug did was so extensive and so sudden that any
real chance of recovery was soon ruled out.
Sandra's
brother Rod said two months was too soon to lose someone
like her. But those close to Sandra knew how ill she
was and how hard she was struggling.
"In the end she went peacefully, she was due that,"
he said.
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