Christmas in Urmston event poster, designed by Christine McLaughlin
If carol singers, brass bands and free mince pies tick your Christmas boxes, don’t miss Urmston’s Christmas lights switch-on event on Friday, 23rd November. There is a sustainable Christmas theme this year with a real, living tree, solar powered lights and a Christmas market selling crafty gifts and festive fripperies from local traders.
Better Tuition‘s Paul Syrett and Christine McLaughlin have been working hard with other members of the Urmston Partnership to organise Urmston’s Christmas spectacular. The living tree has been funded by the Urmston Partnership, and Christine has secured funding for thousands of solar-powered lights (courtesy of Trafford Housing Trust) as part of her work with community group Keep Trafford Green and Clean. Four Urmston Partnership members, including Better Tuition, have funded the planting of new saplings in the town centre.
Christine said, ‘The new trees will beautify Urmston town centre and encourage shoppers to explore our eclectic mix of small local shops. Solar powered lighting will give our town a warm, sustainable glow in the evenings and draw people in to Urmston’s ever popular bars and restaurants. The spectacular tree will be the jewel in Urmston’s Christmas crown.’ Christine has a secret artistic side and even designed the event poster (see above).
The event begins with the lights switch-on at 6pm at the tree on the corner of Queens Rd and Stretford Rd (see map above), followed by Santa’s candle-lit procession to Eden Square’s Christmas market, where local traders will be handing out Christmas cheer in the form of mulled wine, mince pies and yuletide coffee.
Local shops will be open late, so you can stroll down Flixton and Crofts Bank Rds, browsing everything from books (Urmston Bookshop) to artisan cakes (Richards) and all the way back to dancewear (Foutte) and unique gifts (Lily’s boutique).
Better Tuition’s Directors, Paul and Christine, will be enjoying with the event: it’s taken a lot of hard work to organise but this spectacular event promises to put Urmston at the heart of Trafford’s Christmas festivities.
