Christmas tree bought for 6p from Woolworths 82 years ago set to fetch hundreds at auction.
It has only recently been re-discovered and is set to fetch hundreds of pounds at Derbyshire basedShe said: “My gran, Catherine Smith, bought it for my dad’s first Christmas in 1937, not long before the start of the Second World War in 1939."
“When dad was small, he remembers the excitement when the tree went up in the middle of December. Sadly, he lost his father in 1938 when he was only 18 months old." “There were some candles on the tree, which has small candle holders on the end of some of the branches, as well as some red berries. We think the painted wooden base of the tree was made in Germany."The humble Christmas tree was bought in Woolworths in 1937 by a family to celebrate the birth of their new son“My gran would add some fir cones and holly around the base of the tree to enhance it.
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