Bright ‘Spark’ Karen is thrilled after her name for care home is chosen
A Salopian has proven to be a bright spark after winning a competition to name a new care home.
Karen Sparks, who has lived in Shrewsbury for most of her life, came up with the winning entry to name the new Care UK home, in Oteley Road.
The home has been named Oxbow Manor, after one of the River Severn oxbows, which encircles the hill on which Shrewsbury Castle was built in 1070.
As the only land entry into Shrewsbury at the time, it was a site of historical significance and designed to be a defensive site.
Peter Griffiths, development project manager at Care UK, said: “The home naming process is one of the key milestones for the new home, so it was important to involve the community in the decision.”
Karen added: “I was born in Shrewsbury and one thing I recall from school geography lessons was drawing the horseshoe shape – or oxbow – of the River Severn around the town. I was thrilled to find out I’d won.”
