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May 2022
Jubilee pennies handed out to Ripon pupils
Ripon's extensive celebrations for the Queen's platinum jubilee, are growing by the day, as June 2 fast approaches.
The latest initiative has seen Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels give specially 'minted' wooden pennies to every pupil at the 17 primary schools in the city and surrounding villages.
The pennies, which have been delivered to the schools this week by club members, feature the official platinum jubilee logo on one side and the club's logo on the other.
They have been made by a team of workers at Jennyruth Workshops, which is a social enterprise that works with people with learning disabilities,
Workers at Jennyruth Workshops produced the 2,200 platinum jubilee pennies. Picture Jennyruth Workshops
Club member David Suddards, who has delivered pennies to Greystone Outwood Academy Primary, told the Stray Ferret:
The pennies are being presented to primary schools by the Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels.
Mr Suddards, whose prized possessions include a specially-made spoon that he and children across the country were given to mark the Queen's coronation in 1953, added:
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