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Forest Primary's mechanical elephant being fixed for summer fete
A mechanical elephant at Forest Primary School in Guernsey will be fixed ahead of their annual summer fete. Jumbo was built in 1953 for the old zoo and was then given to the school in the 1970s. However, it broke down last year and the school's Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has been looking for someone to fix it. John Mallows, a local engineer, stepped up and will be fixing the elephant ahead of the summer fete on 20 June.
The PTA has also received around 12 other offers, including one offer of financial sponsorship to keep Jumbo Penny, member of the Forest School PTA, said: "I think it is incredibly important that we try and get him repaired so that he can be enjoyed by the children for future generations. "We would like to keep him running for as long as we can."
