Herald 'VIP' first to get hands on game

Very Important Player (VIP). She was presented with one of the very first versions of the board game as her reward.THE launch of Stratford-upon-Avon’s very own version of Monopoly was also a proud moment for Stratford resident Carole Taylor who has been nominated the

Carole, aged 68, from Bishopton, was born and bred in Stratford, has been a trustee at Stratford Town Trust since its inception, and has worked at CA Rookes Wine Merchants for 45 years. She’s been a church warden at St Andrews Church in Shottery and still serves the church as treasurer on the Parochial Church Council.

Carole was nominated by Judith Fogg who said her friend was, “a true Stratfordian, a worthy winner who has the interests of the town as her first priority and who is unfailingly cheerful and optimistic.”

: “I’m very proud to have been nominated. The family will be playing Monopoly on Christmas Day and I will be trying to land on Anne Hathaway’s Cottage because I’ve spent so much time in Shottery. I’m very proud of where I live.”Carole told the

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