Main pic: Francis fishing the missing bench from the Owenea River yesterday.
A missing street bench was fished from the Owenea River in Glenties this week thanks to two brave local men.
The seat mysteriously disappeared some time ago and it is believed it was thrown over the bridge in the middle of the town. It was only discovered recently when it was brought to the surface during a flood.
Thanks to two brave workers from the local ‘Cope’ store, the street furniture fished out yesterday and is on its way to east Donegal to be restored.
Francis with the rescued street bench.
A spokesperson for the Glenties Community Development Group thanked the men for their dramatic rescue.
“Sincere thanks to Gary and Francis from the Cope for rescuing a lost summer seat from the river today,” they said.
“Then, they loaded up all the seats to be transported to Fleming Steel where they are going to receive some TLC in the form of sandblasting and powder coating before being repositioned on the street. This is all part of our efforts to have the town looking as well as it can as we approach the summer.”
The benches are loaded up before being taken to Fleming Engineering for a much needed makeover.