This extract, from an article written by Lizzie Young in the January 2024 Parish Magazine, applauds the efforts that went into having a Christmas Tree on the Clump for the first time.
But first, finally, I wanted to use some of my words to thank the team who worked so incredibly hard to make a Christmas tree on The Clump a reality for all of us. Brand new this festive season, but somehow looking like it has always been there, it made all my drives through the village in darkness last month jollier and brighter. And what fun we all had at the switching on ceremony, milling about with a mulled wine and sausage roll, collectively gasping when the lights came on. A little bit of Christmas magic.
So, to Steve and Julie Langley, to Paul and Karen Thorogood, to Giles and Sue Schofield, to the entire Goble family, special mention to Jeffrey for excellent ‘detonation’ of the lights, to James Mendelssohn and any and everyone else who had a hand in putting the project together, THANK YOU! A new tradition is born.
