IT’S that time of year when we take into our homes something which would ordinarily be outside – a tree.
The Daily Echo looks back at people purchasing their Christmas tree through the years.
These pictures show festive shoppers in Ashurst in 1998 searching for their perfect spruce, pine or fir, carefully perusing those available in order to pick out potential candidates to fit their allotted space
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