Britain’s Oldest Christmas Tree Still Standing After 103 Years

Sonny Wilcox, 10, grandson of Kay Ashton, 67, from Sheffield, who inherited the two-foot-tall tree. This is the oldest Christmas tree at 103-years-old. TOM MADDICK VIA SWNS.

Britain’s oldest Christmas tree has been erected – for the 103rd year in a row. Kay Ashton, 69, puts up the two foot tree – which has survived four monarchs, two global pandemics and 21 prime ministers – every single year. The artificial tree, which is thought to be the oldest in the country, was bought from Woolworths for sixpence by Kay’s grandmother Elizabeth Naylor in 1920.