Britain's oldest Christmas fairy lights have been lit for the 50th consecutive year

Britain's oldest Christmas fairy lights have been lit for the 50TH consecutive year - without a single bulb ever being replaced.

The lights were bought for just £3 from Woolworths by Vina Shaddick in 1969 -
but sadly she died last year and left them to son Ross Farr-Semmens, 40.

Every year he brings out the plastic tree adorned with the string of colourful illuminations and describes it as a tense moment to see if they will switch on.