Chatsworth fountain coins raise £7,000 for charity
Coins retrieved from the fountain at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire have raised around £7,000 for charity. The coins, were collected after the fountain became clogged with money.
Around a quarter of a million coins retrieved from Chatsworth House fountain
The Duke of Devonshire met with Tony Verdon and his family at the old stables at Chatsworth House this morning to recognise Tony's efforts at retrieving more than a quarter of a million coins from the courtyard fountain.
Tony lost his 22-year-old son Sam to cancer last year. Since then he's been helping to clean out the fountain which had become clogged with cash.
They retrieved £7,000 pounds which will go to Macmillan Cancer Support who helped Tony and his family through his son's illness
Tony used a cement mixer and jet washer to clean the coins which all had to be counted and cleaned before being handed into the NatWest Bank.
He said: ''At first we thought we were looking at 25 small bags of coins. It was only when two vans turned up at my house with 87 large sacks I realised this was going to be a bigger project than I originally thought!"
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