One hundred years of one house in Chorlton ....... part 149 …..the end of a Christmas tradition …….and a big thankyou Tony Adams

The continuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.*

Christmas is full of family traditions and ours is no different.

Many of the things we do date back beyond the children and are imports from how we celebrated Christmas as youngsters and even bits from our parents, and grandparents.

It makes for a seamless and slightly unique family Christmas.

But today one of those has happened for the last time, and that is the delivery of the trees from Tony Adams in the precinct.*

We have been getting our Christmas trees from him for nearly 40 years and have never been disappointed.

In the early years we went to him with the kids making the choice, and then when they had got to the stage of doing other things I went on my own.

But I must confess I was rubbish at choosing and over a decade ago I left it to Tony who has always done a better job.

Along the way we went from one to two.  

The first must be so big we have to cut a chunk off the bottom, and the second which began just as a token to mark the decoration of the dining room in 2009 has continued and has  also grown.

That said Tony always does a deal for “my teacher friend” and we get them at a wonderful price.

But the demolition of the Precinct means he is closing down and with that ends the tradition.

So, a thank you to Tony and his staff at his shop in the Precinct.  

Our kids have grown up enjoying the trees and that for me has been a part of what has made our Christmas.

Location; Chorlton Precinct, and our house

Pictures; from the collection of Andrew Simpson

*The Story of a House, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2023/11/one-hundred-years-of-one-house-in.html

**A. J. Adams, 15, Chorlton Place, Manchester, M21 9AQ