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simply a little of daftnesssays modest Tom Clogg. But raising thousands of pounds for charity in memory of his mother Joyce and sister Eileen Thompson is anything but daft. it is a poignant festive tribute. Ever since Eileen died in January 2002 from cervical cancer, Tom has place up a host of decorations in her memory. Impressed spectators return to look at the lights which adorn his Wingate home. And anyone who wishes to make a donation when viewng the show will do so. the money they offer him is donated to the Hartlepool and District Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support. When his mother Joyce, a keen supporter of the hospice and former college cook, died aged 74 from an aneurism in November 2005, he determined to hold on the tradition, additionally in her memory. Tom, 55, estimates he has raised around three,000 for charity in the time he has decorated the house. He has spent hundreds of pounds on the winter wonderland but admitted he has thought about the results of the credit crunch and therefore the price of energy bills. Electricity will price 40-50 for the three-and-a-half weeks the lights are on and i simply wonder what proportion extra it is attending to price me every year. i think am I more contented simply donating the cost of the bill to the hospice or serving to with the raffle he said.A heap of individuals have stopped putting lights up due to the cost of energy bills.But Tom, who lives in Market Crescent, Wingate, and cares for his father George, 83, is set to hold on. When folks say your electricity bill are through the roof, I say oh no, you have to keep the festive cheer, do be a Grinch. Tom used to figure for Durham County Council adult, community and youth services until he retired when tormented by a blood clot in his lung in 2006. He said: I do that to support the work that is done by the hospice and Macmillan when folks get this awful disease. it is not Government-funded and that we try to give slightly bit back to the hospice. You examine all these new medicines being so expensive and first care trusts can pay for them. The care Eileen got, even in the old Alice House hospice, was superb. you could not fault it. His decorations include a illuminated rainbow, a 10ft snowball with snowmen and a Santa, silhouettes in the window, a 4ft star, a rope-light flashing arch, a choir of singing Santas and a 6ft Santa which he has customised to make seem like he is climbing out of a chimney which is really a garden compost bin. He starts putting everything up at the beginning of November and gets help from his nieces and nephews, prepared for lighting up on December one. We never relax as there is invariably maintenance to try and do,said Tom. He added It is great to ascertain the kids faces once they are coming back down from St MarycollegeAnyone wishing to make a donation will do so at Boots, in Front Street, Wingate, or at the Wingate Constitutional Club, additionally in Front Street.
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