SUPPORTERS of the proposed Leominster sheep statue will be getting in a spin to raise money for it.
The Leominster Spinners will hold a sponsored spin at the town's library to raise funds for the Ryeland sheep statue that will be located near to the town's fire station and tap into the town's agricultural heritage.
The group is challenging itself to the number of yards it can spin on Saturday April 6 between 10am and 12.30pm at Leominster Library.
Visitors to the event can help by sponsoring a spinner by the yard or by making a donation.
The stature, organised by Leominster In Bloom, is expected to be unveiled during Leominster Festival which runs from Saturday June 1 to June 9.
The Ryeland sheep originates from Leominster and the statue will be made by artists blacksmiths Claudia Petley and Paul Shepherd from Kimbolton.
The breed has quite a history as Ryeland wool is stuffed into the woolsack at the House of Lords and Queen Elizabeth I was so taken with the “Lemster”
wool stockings she was given that from that moment onwards she insisted on having Ryeland wool only.