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Elderly Couple Living in UK's Darkest Village Lights Up the Sky With Huge Christmas Tree They Planted in 1978
A Tiny Charlie Brown tree grew to be 50 feet and now lights the darkest England village on Christmas, towering over the Rowlands street.
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This tree-mendous pine is becoming known as The Little Tree That Could.
Planted by an elderly couple long ago when it was shorter than them, it has grown to more than 50-feet and provides a majestic light to a town with little illumination on any horizon.
Avril and Christopher Rowlands bought the fir costing £6 at a garden center shortly after moving into their home, using it as their first Christmas tree.
They planted the 6-foot tree in the front garden and took a photograph to commemorate the occasion.
The tree took root and thrived.
Today it towers, 43 years later, over the village of Inkberrow, Worcs.
The village—with its 17th century pub that inspired The Bull in Radio 4’s The Archers—is one of the darkest places in the UK as one of the only towns without any street lights.
They planted the 6-foot tree in the front garden and took a photograph to commemorate the occasion.
The tree took root and thrived.
Today it towers, 43 years later, over the village of Inkberrow, Worcs.
The village—with its 17th century pub that inspired The Bull in Radio 4’s The Archers—is one of the darkest places in the UK as one of the only towns without any street lights.
“The switching on of the lights has become quite a village tradition,” said Avril. “A lot of people in the village say that it’s the start of their Christmas.”
This year was quite special because last year the Rowlands had to do the switch-on by themselves due to Covid restrictions.