VIDEO: Sheffield family put up Britain's oldest Christmas tree for the 95th year in a row

This artificial spruce, bought from Woolworths in 1920, is even older than evergreen entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth.

It has survived Hitler's bombs and freak gales and been passed down through two generations to gran Kaye Ashton who still decorates it with the original trimmings.

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This is Britain's oldest Christmas tree
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This is Britain's oldest Christmas tree
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