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May 2022

Last Updated: 30/05/2022
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From corgis to bollard covers: Harrogate district is getting into jubilee spirit

by Suzannah Rogerson

| 30 May, 2022
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Corgis in Harrogate and knitters in Knaresborough: jubilee spirit is ramping up across the Harrogate district.

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Photograph: (right) Rozalia Szatanik Photography and (left) Brian King

With just a few days to go before the Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations begin, signs of the festivities are already appearing across the Harrogate district.

Harrogate corgi Mr Bingley has been posing in front of famous landmarks across the town ahead of the Queen's platinum jubilee.

With corgis being the Queen's favourite breed of dog, Mr Bingley's owner, Molly Fetherston, thought it would be a "bit of fun" ahead of the upcoming weekend of celebrations.

The pictures show the 10-year-old dog outside Bettys tea rooms, by the Sun Colonnade in Valley Gardens, on the Stray, and near the Harrogate picture frame and Slingsby Gin shop.





Ms Fetherston said:

"Shockingly, he doesn't mind dressing up, especially when he gets extra cuddles from people passing by!
"Almost every day when we go on walks, I'm stopped by at least one person telling me they don't see many corgis or that their grandmother had one, but that they haven't seen one in years.
"He's almost like a little nostalgic furball and I love seeing the smiles on their faces. We all had so much fun and Mr Bingley loved all of the special attention from both shop owners and residents alike."






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Meanwhile in Knaresborough, a group of knitters have been busy making bollard covers for the jubilee.

The bollards, on Market Place, are now adorned with colourful covers with toppers of the Queen, corgis and a crown or two.

The knitted covers were commissioned by Knaresborough Business Collective and made by a group of local knitters and crochet artists called KYM.