AN odorous ode to a revamped £8 million sewage plant has impressed the Bard of Barnsley.
Children from Littleworth Grange Primary Learning Centre helped Ian McMillan open Yorkshire Water's new-look Lundwood sewage treatment works by finishing a poem about the transformed site.
"Ian wrote the first two lines and the children were challenged to finish it off," said Riverlife campaign co-ordinator Jackie Abusin.
"Their enthusiasm was fantastic and we had more than 60 poems to choose from."
Alexandra Robinson, aged 10, was picked as the winner - and her words will now be incorporated into a new sign being erected at the entrance to the site.
Alexandra's poem:
If the rivers are sparkling then fish can breathe
And if the water is clear then I believe
That frogs can jump from leaf to leaf
And fish swim happily underneath.
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