Bill and Barbara Wright's winter wonderland 2023

The News, Portsmouth

The couple have been doing their Christmas lights for charity for the last 16 years and this year is no different.

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00:00 [Music]

00:14 Hi, I'm Bill, Barbara, honestly.

00:18 This is Portchester.

00:19 This is Portchester, the crossway.

00:21 We've been living here now for 17 years

00:24 and we love it here, we love the people,

00:27 it really is fantastic.

00:29 We've been charity-linked for 50-odd years really,

00:35 not for charity, but for the last 15 years

00:40 people have said to us, "You really ought to do it for charity"

00:43 and that's what we've done.

00:44 We've looked after, done a lot of charity work now

00:47 for the hospitals and schools

00:49 and three years ago we got involved with the local food bank, Woodseas,

00:56 and so far it's going very, very well indeed.

01:01 With the three years so far we've made for them £9,200.

01:06 This year the little challenge, and I'm sure we're going to do it,

01:10 with the people's help here,

01:13 we need about another £800 and then that'll be £10,000 we've made for the charity.

01:18 It is our intention now that because of the help that we've had, the interest,

01:23 I mean everyone has been really great at it,

01:26 providing we're well enough we should continue to do it I think.

01:30 For the food bank, there's so many things we're going for.

01:35 It's obviously local people, all the money that gets spent and gets distributed

01:40 comes from the people locally, the vast majority of it,

01:44 and goes to the people locally.

01:46 Well mainly, I mean what we love the most I suppose,

01:50 is the excitement from the kids

01:52 because they love it.

01:54 The parents are interested, of course they love it as well,

01:57 but it's the excitement that the kids get,

01:59 and putting the pennies into the box, which they love,

02:04 and we've actually encouraged that this year.

02:07 You know, the kids love it and it helps us.

02:10 I mean last year we got over £300 with pennies, didn't we?

02:14 Yes, I know, which was a lot of fun taking it to the bank.

02:19 And the money is going, and we're going to get a lot of money as well

02:23 from the kids putting their pennies in there.

02:25 They love every minute of it.

02:27 And so, the adults are obviously very interested as well,

02:31 and they know us now, and we know them,

02:34 and we got to know a lot of people by face,

02:37 and just in the town walking down there,

02:40 and we love it.

02:42 And we'll continue.

02:44 [Music plays]

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