Mayor meets former teacher for Centenary Coin presentation

By Una Culkin
Published 30th Mar 2022, 06:17 BST
Updated 30th Mar 2022, 14:44 BST
This picture from 1983 is on display in Garvagh Museum and shows Richard Holmes as a young pupil at Boveedy Primary School making a presentation to teacher Mrs Jennifer Gardiner to mark her retirementThis picture from 1983 is on display in Garvagh Museum and shows Richard Holmes as a young pupil at Boveedy Primary School making a presentation to teacher Mrs Jennifer Gardiner to mark her retirement
This picture from 1983 is on display in Garvagh Museum and shows Richard Holmes as a young pupil at Boveedy Primary School making a presentation to teacher Mrs Jennifer Gardiner to mark her retirement
It was a case of history repeating itself recently when the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council made a special presentation at Garvagh Museum.

Councillor Richard Holmes gifted a bespoke centenary coin to Museum volunteer and his former Primary School teacher Jennifer Gardiner, replicating a moment from his childhood.

As a schoolboy, he was chosen to make a presentation to Mrs Gardiner to mark her retirement from Boveedy Primary School, a moment remembered in an old newspaper clipping on public display in the Museum.

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Commenting on the turn of events, Councillor Holmes said: “I remember that day from 1983 well, but I didn’t think I would end up meeting Mrs Gardiner again as Mayor to make another presentation to her.