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Dolly Day At Parkgate

Mums and their toddlers at Rotherham’s Daisy Chain Nursery were so excited about the appearance of music legend Dolly Parton at Magna on Wednesday (December 5) that they contacted their neighbour, Parkgate Shopping, to see how they might commemorate the visit.

As Dolly dropped into Rotherham to promote her Imagination project to encourage reading among under 5s, Parkgate’s Operations Manager, Billy Smith, scrolled into his mobile phone, and minutes later had secured the services of a Dolly look-and-sound alike.

The mums and toddlers came onto the Park to join in the musical entertainment, but the visit had a more serious purpose as well. Staff from Mothercare and Early Learning explained the value of books, and reading from a selection of the books they have in the store.

Dolly (aka Naomi Jones) is well known locally as part of a singing duo with George (Judd) Hamshaw. They perform a show called “Stars in our Eyes” and have raised nearly a quarter of a million pounds for charity in the last 2 years.

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