SETTLE Folly has been awarded just under £10,000 towards community celebrations for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June.
The £9,649 from the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund by Two Ridings Community Foundation will ensure that 'creativity plays an important role in local community celebrations'.
The Folly will be working with Settle Stories and Settle Community Library to host a creative marketplace in the town centre on Thursday, June 2, where everyone can take part in drawing, writing, making and photography activities to celebrate the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.
Victoria Hall will host a live stream of events from the palace, with live music in the gardens. There will also be a fancy-dress parade, linking the Jubilee to the Coronation in 1953,when Settle hosted an Elizabethan Pageant.
Caitlin Greenwood, heritage development officer at The Folly said “This is a fabulous opportunity to come together in Settle and really enjoy making memories as a community. I for one am very excited to see all the costumes at the fancy dress parade."
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