In pictures: Big Christmas Carol Walk

The Big Christmas Carol Walk in Stone was a huge success on Christmas Eve!

Starting at 9.30am at the Shelter charity shop in Lichfield Street, carollers performed each window’s song, accompanied by a great accordionist. Like a big snowball, the group got bigger and bigger as it moved up the High Street. About 15 hardy souls were at Shelter; by the time the group reached Christ Church at 11am, there were around 100 carollers.

Radio Stoke were at Christ Church to report on the final unveiling by Stone’s Big Issue seller Monica – a life-size Nativity scene complete with masks, outfits for the children to try on and an amazing Angel Gabriel suspended from the ceiling. Some poor thing from the church youth club was wrapped in cellophane to create it!

Inside the church there was tea and coffee, as well as homemade soup, rolls, mince pies and biscuits. Even more people had turned up for the window unveiling and there was around 180 people inside the church.

Huge thanks to Pam and David Pott and other organisers from Christ Church. The project certainly caught everyone’s imagination and was a brilliant lead-up to Christmas. Thanks Pam and David!