THE ancient and woolly-full town of Cardigan will officially change its name to ‘Jumper’ to celebrate Save the Children’s annual Christmas Jumper Day on Friday, 16 December.

Mayor Clive Davies and councillors agreed unanimously to change the town’s Anglicised and Welsh names to ‘Jumper’ and ‘Siwmper’, respectively, until Christmas Day.

Not only are many of the 4,000 residents of the newly-named Jumper set to ditch their usual day-to-day dress and pop on a festive pullover, the town’s pet pooches, policemen, the local swimming team and even a couple of sheep are getting involved in the knitting action.

The name change will take place at a press conference on Thursday, 15 December, where a new knitted Christmas jumper will officially replace the infamous knitted cardigan, the official symbol of the town.

Cardigan’s Mayor Clive Davies said: “We have been known as Cardigan for hundreds of years but we felt now was the time to rename the town for such an important cause. The council is 100 per cent behind the move and the whole town is set to mark the occasion in Jumper on Friday, 16 December."

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