Hundreds pour through the door of Birmingham Hospice's newest shop in West Bromwich

Hundreds of people turned out to snap up a bargain in West Bromwich’s High Street today as Birmingham Hospice opened its newest charity shop.

After the ribbon cutting at 10am on Monday (July 6) people poured through the doors, eager to be among the first to check out the store and land a great find.

Among the first through the doors were West Bromwich sisters Helen Tomlinson and Elizabeth Nicklin, who were delighted with the cushion and coasters they went away with.

Elizabeth said: “I was so looking forward to it, I had butterflies.”

Helen added: “It made my weekend because I knew it was opening. We lost our brother, my twin brother five years ago, and he spent his last few weeks in a hospice we so we do like to support hospices because they are a godsend.”

Katie Wolfindale, relief assistant manager at the new shop, said: “We’ve been working really hard through the heatwave to get the shelves stocked making sure everything looked perfect for opening.

“To see the crowd outside before we even opened, it was brilliant. It’s such a lovely community in West Bromwich so to see so many out for the opening, it’s fantastic.”

Sally Forster was another customer happy to see the shop opening. She said: “This morning on the way to the gym, I noticed the new signage and on the way back I was so happy to see that it was full, bustling and raising money for a really good cause.”

You can find the new Birmingham Hospice shop where the Cancer Research shop used to be at 203 High Street, West Bromwich, B70 7QZ.

It will be open seven days a week, 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.