A HOLME Valley firm is helping light up the landscape for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Bank Holiday Monday will see a network of more than 4,000 beacons lit by communities across the UK to celebrate the Queen’s 60 years on the throne.
And Honley-based metal fabrications firm Allsops Ltd has worked with Kirklees Council to produce one of the beacons and modify the existing one atop Castle Hill.
Friends of Cliff Rec approached Allsops managing director Paul Goodwin to ask if the company could help its project to light a beacon at the recreation ground at Wooldale.
Production director Lyndon Tyas and design engineer Adrian Bould visited the recreation ground then proceeded to design and manufacture the beacon before delivering it to Birkby-based Walker Timber where the bottom stand has been completed.
Meanwhile, the beacon at Castle Hill has been modified completely with the firm working in partnership with Kirklees Council.
Allsops also provided plaques to be fitted to the base of the beacons commemorating the diamond jubilee.
A spokeswoman said: “Allsops supplies products all around the world, but Paul wanted to give something back to the local community.”
Allsops is one of the largest manufacturers of sheet metal in the area with more than 120 employees.
Allsops Ltd, formed in 1959, provides steel and aluminium components for customers in a wide range of industries, including global names in sectors such as food processing, retailing, electronics, logistics, utilities, defence, transport, pharmaceuticals and waste water treatment.
