Local people are helping to brighten up a breeze block wall in a recreation ground.
Nicki Blanchard said the Hardingstone Platinum Jubilee MurALL was about "engaging the community"The Hardingstone Platinum Jubilee MurALL is brightening up a breeze block boundary wall of the parish's recreation ground in Northamptonshire.Community muralist Nicki Blanchard said it was about "engaging the community".
The project, being led by St Edmund's Church on behalf of Hardingstone Organisations Together, has been described as a "legacy artwork". The finished image will depict the highlights of the Queen's 70-year reign, along with "hopes and aspiration for the planet and the Hardingstone community" for the next 70 years, organisers said.
They added that the painting would "significantly enhance the ugly breeze block boundary wall of the largest public outdoor space in our village".Ms Blanchard collected ideas from people in the village for her design and first painted the Rainbow of Hope background in shades representative of the 1950s and 1960s.
This week, images of these eras are being outlined for the community to complete by painting-by-numbers."Then I sort of make a soup out of all the ideas and piece it together and then make something that's coherent and makes sense - but I really want everyone to have their voice heard."Find BBC News: East of England on
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