As the Maundy Thursday school bell sounded, all the staff, parents and pupils of Lydgate Infants School in Crosspool congregated on the school crossing to say a fond farewell to their very popular (lollipop) crossing patrolman.
Eddie Parton, who lives locally in Crookes, has been a familiar face seeing many hundreds of children safely across Lydgate Lane for the past 11 years.
Eddie told the Crosspool News that, “this has been the best job he has ever had and felt very privileged to have had a job where he was greeted with so many happy and smiling faces every working day”.
Once travel restrictions allow, Eddie intends to go on a rescheduled cruise. before settling into retirement and enjoying the occasional lie in.
A big thank you to Eddie and best wishes for the future from all of Crosspool.
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Good luck Eddie. Enjoy yourself.and thank you for helping keep the children safe. 🙂
On Thu, 1 Apr 2021, 18:59 Crosspool News – crosspool.info, wrote:
> Chairman Crosspool Forum posted: ” Eddy Parton As the Maundy Thursday > school bell sounded, all the staff, parents and pupils of Lydgate Infants > School in Crosspool congregated on the school crossing to say a fond > farewell to their very popular (lollipop) crossing patrolman. Eddie P” >