A FORMER Bewdley stalwart is in a spin after being honoured by the Queen.

Dizzie Moore has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours for services to the town and her present home Haslemere, Surrey.

However, the tireless community worker, who was twice mayor of Bewdley and prominent in the annual town festival, said the accolade was a tribute to the all the help she received through the years.

Mrs Moore, 76, said: "You don't get something like this without help from a lot of people.

"I'm absolutely thrilled to receive this accolade but I would like to think it also reflects on the town."

The community stalwart, who lived in Wyre Forest for 30 years, was determined to receive the award for her work in Bewdley too.

Her original citation was for her service to Haslemere but she has only been in the Surrey town for three years.

In Bewdley she was chairman of the county's women's section of the Royal British Legion, a member of the Bewdley Festival Committee and town rotary club.

And she is still very active in Haslemere. This Sunday she will enjoy a picnic with the Earl and Countess of Wessex at the Surrey Jubilee Picnic, which she has organised.

She is also active in CARE, a driving service for the elderly, and the Talking Newspaper for the blind.

And she has the distinction of being the town's first lady rotarian.

Mrs Moore, a widow with three children and six grandchildren, served with the Royal Navy in the Far East during the Second World War.

And she showed true bulldog spirit when, along with fellow members of the women's British Legion, she foiled a shop raid in Bewdley five years ago.

She hit the headlines when, during preparations for poppy week, she and her colleagues hounded out of town two youths who tried to break into a menswear shop.