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Hullavington Christmas Tree 2006 As ever we'd ordered our tree from Foxley nursery as they always
give such reliable, helpful and friendly service. They'd been
busy this Christmas, which is really good to hear, and were a bit stretched Later in the day the regular Christmas tree group mustered around the tree to put it up. As usual, when we plugged in the lights they flatly refused to work. I'd had all year to sort them out, but, well, you know how it is, it did not get done and there we were on a bright, cold and sunny morn trying to make them work. The gremlins gradually succumbed to the magic of Roger Panamaby's Swiss Army Knife and the lights were soon twinkling away. As a group we have been putting the Village tree up for a number of years now and we soon had the thing upright. With the aid of Jon Clancy's fishing net we strung the lights and then switched on. And: ziltch, nothing, not a glimmer. The language would have been real blue but, well, we were in the church yard so we just muttered a lot. Simon Durrant then appeared, as if by magic, with tea, biscuits and a large ladder. The ladder was old and rickity, and the bottom rung broke when I stood on it. None of us were too keen to go up the ladder to find the fault and we argued for a bit about who it should be. It seemed like the ideal time for democracy, so we all voted for Roger as it was clearly another mission for his Swiss Army knife ( Tis a wonderful thing this Democracy. It might even catch on ). There's not much that can't be fixed by Roger and his Swiss Army Knife, which in his hands is more like a magic wand. The lights soon surrendered and burned brightly once again. We were getting cold by now and Yvonne arrived just in time with coffee and her home made apple cake. Many thanks to those partaking in the erection of the tree: Roger Parnaby Don't forget the Official Turning on of the lights is next Saturday 16th Dec at 4:00pm with the 3 choirs. Click (here) for details
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