Village creates bale art to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

A rural community in north Lincolnshire has paid tribute to the Queen ahead of the Platinum Jubilee by creating some stunning bale art.

The patriotic scene, on display near the village of Westwoodside, shows two Queen’s Guards stood either side of the Union Jack, which features the Queen’s crown and the number 70 – to signify the incredible number of years Her Majesty has been on the throne.

Agricultural engineer Rob Jones helped organise the colourful tribute, along with members of Westwoodside Pond Lights – a group that organises Christmas lights and makes other striking bale art to raise money for charity.

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“We had two-and-a-half hours wrapping bales,” Mr Jones said. “The bales were actually wrapped blue from a previous time, we did Minions a few months ago. Some of these bales have about four layers of wrap on.

“We wrapped a white stripe round the blue and then had to get the red stripe perfect because it is supposed to be lower down on the white stripe on certain bales and higher up on others.”

The Queen’s Guard’s guns, faces and buttons were made from wood and screwed onto the bales.

The display has been set up on the 60ha farm owned by Mr Jones’ father.

Alice Warwick, who works for Mr Jones’ engineering company, helped create the art and shared a picture on social media, and farmers have been quick to praise the efforts.

If you can’t be patriotic when it’s the Queens jubilee when can? 🇬🇧#baleart #PlatinumJubilee #southyorkshire @FarmersOfTheUK @FarmersWeekly @FarmersGuardian @agricontract @TPFarmLife @farmersjournal pic.twitter.com/DNIqwPMrwb

— Alice Warwick (@Warwick96) May 21, 2022

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