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.
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.
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