Judging by the adverts on Tv and the singing Reindeers at the Garden centre, you would think it was Christmas tomorrow.
The lead up gets longer and longer every year, and back in the 1970's and 80s it was no different with the festivities starting in local clubs and Schools well before December, Today - pics from Barton Hall Youth Club 1982 and the County Junior School 1979
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