VILLAGERS in Abbotsbury are planning to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee by designing and painting 55 banners to be mounted in the main streets of the village, as an outdoor community art installation.
The banners, each individually designed and painted by Abbotsbury residents from pre-school age to over 90, are being painted on strong but lightweight 'ripstop' fabric, similar to the spinnaker sails that marked the route of the Olympic torch through the village in 2012.
Each banner is 4ft high by 15" across, and will be mounted on sturdy bamboo canes gifted by Abbotsbury's Sub-Tropical Gardens.
The banners will be placed in the brackets used by Abbotsbury residents for the Christmas trees that brighten the streets of the village every year.
They can be viewed from May 28 to June 25.
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