Thank you to the lovely Denise Jones for keeping all the staff going with cups of tea and cake at exactly the right moment, which we were all very grateful for.

Mr Chips and Inspire focus supplied the electricity for Market Street and the St Peters Tree so thank you both for your generosity. Thank you to Elveden Estate for providing the Christmas Trees and donating the St Peters Tree to the town. Thank you to the following people for their donations to Winter Wonderland: East County Classics, Simon Long Removals, P M Clark/ Specsavers, Insight Optical Limited, T/A Scotts Opticians and Hudson Property Services Ltd.

A huge thank you to Sharon Nash and Graham Wade for the amazing Santa Run we look forward to next years already. Another huge thank you to Sharon Thompson and her volunteers with both FAST and EPIC keeping us safe and bringing community together.

Michelle Parry and Melody Management provided some fantastic music for us all in the gardens along with Fiona Barnett with her very popular puppet show. Both really added to the festive theme of the day, and we had such great feedback so so many thanks to you both.

I also have to say thank you to Father Christmas who was quite simply the best.

Well done to the Town Youth Council with your Toys and Treats appeal, there will be more information about this coming soon

Finally thank you to all the council staff for working so hard, getting it all set up and making it happen and to Cllrs Canham, Armes, Hollis, James, Harvey, Kybird and Brame, for braving the cold to lend a hand and support the team.

If I have inadvertently missed anyone out I do apologise.

So heres to 2018 we already have some great new ideas and new partners to look forward too.