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Dec 2023
Nidderdale lollipop lady receives BEM in King's New Year Honours
A retired lollipop lady who helped generations of children cross the road in Nidderdale has been awarded a British Empire Medal for services to child road safety.
Mary Fisher is one of 83 recipients in Yorkshire and the Humber named in the King’s New Year’s Honours List, which will be published in full later.
Mary, 88, was persuaded by a local policeman to start work as a lollipop lady outside Summerbridge Community Primary School in 1975.
She stayed in post for 47 years, carrying out 18,000 morning and afternoon patrols, before finally retiring last December.
The school paid tribute on Mary's final day.
During that time, she got to know all the children’s names and saw many of them return years later with children of their own.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said:
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