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Headline: Saltburn's 'Knitting Nannas' monkey around by creating toys for cheeky monkeys
Caption: Saltburn's 'Knitting Nannas' monkey around by creating toys for cheeky monkeys. A group of nannas from the North East have been involved in some monkey business over Christmas - knitting toys for cheeky primates in South Africa. The pensioners, based at Hazelgrove Court Care Home in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, stitched together more than a dozen handmade woollen toys and blankets for the animals. The monkeys that caught their attention after the group discovered International Primate Rescue, which cares for rescued primates with behavioural issues and other disorders. With needles clicking into action, the group completed their latest batch of woolly creations and sent them off to South Africa in time for Christmas. For resident Judith Pearson, 81, the project was an unexpected but welcome surprise. “It is great to be part of this project. I never thought when I mentioned toys for monkeys we would be making them,” she said. Fellow resident Joyce Baxtrem, 94, added: “I love telling people what I'm knitting and, when I say toys for monkeys, they laugh.”
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