Stone’s giant Advent shop calendar reaches a climax next week when the town’s Big Issue saleswoman opens the final window on Christmas Eve. In the build-up to Christmas 24 shops, businesses and organisations have each decorated their shop on the theme of a carol, which will be unveiled on a different day in December, and...
Barry Lakin, a Friend of Mosty Lee Water Mill, was chosed to open the twelfth window in the Stone Advent Windows - at The Mill Restaurant. The excellent Nativity scene was prepared for The Mill by the Children of St. Domonic's First School, Stone. Some friends of The Mill and Christ Church gathered to see the opening at midday on Sunday, singing a rousing verse of...
Birchill and Watson have invited their oldest customer, 101-year-old Lilian Ward from Stone, to open their Advent shop window. In the build-up to Christmas 24 shops, businesses and organisations will each decorate their shop on the theme of a carol, which will be unveiled on a different day in December, and Mrs Ward will open...
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Light in the darkness Who’d choose the dark winter nights over the light summer ones? If your idea of comfort is to sit in front of a fire sipping a hot drink, then I guess you’d go for the winter. If you prefer sitting reading in the garden or being active somewhere outdoors, then you’d probably opt...