Coleford In Gloucestershire

takes I think, this years prize for being the first town to put up Christmas lights, due to health and safety reasons, because each bulb and fitting has to be rigorously tested to meet safety regulations, dedicated Kim Wassell, 49 has been putting up lights in the town along with seven other volunteers and is chair of the Coleford Christmas Lights Committee, She said: 'It might seem like a long time but we have to make sure that all of the equipment is safe, every light bulb has to be tested and that is very time consuming, we have to have a qualified electrician on site too, Kim, who has been a member of the committee for 19 years, added that the committee had spent £4,000 on environmentally friendly light bulbs, as dictated by the town council, the lights - which are paid for with funds raised by the Committee and a £4,000 from Coleford Town Council - will be turned on on November 26 and left in place until January,

incidentally before you go rushing out to stock up on Christmas food, check the sell by date, supermarkets’ eagerness to bring out Christmas food earlier than ever means many festive treats bought this month are already past their sell-by date, and must be eaten before they go off, a survey this week found a Sainsbury’s chocolate yule log that must be eaten by November 1 to ensure it doesn’t go stale, a pack of Marks & Spencer Classic Butter Rich Mince Pies with a best before date of October 27 and M&S Iced Rich Fruit Slices with a date of October 21, are just some yule time treats that will spoil before Christmas day, similarly, a Cadbury chocolate yule log at Tesco had a best before date of Bonfire Night, while in Waitrose a pack of mini mince pies had a date limit of December 15, Tesco's 'Christmas 6 Iced Top Mince Pies' had a best before date of November 5, while its pack of Finest 12 Mince Pies with Courvoisier, should be eaten before November 13th,

the store's Christmas Syrup Sponge pudding should be eaten by December 14, which is rather stretching the time limit for eating a Christmas dinner, Waitrose is also using the ploy, offering 12 Shortcrust Mince Pies by November 24 and 12 Mini Star Mince Pies to be eaten by December 12, the best before date for Sainsbury's Deep Mince Pies was November 29, so buy early and Christmas treats could come twice a year! did I mention not including today there are only 8 Saturdays to go?