A family is preparing to open the latest of 14 years worth of presents wrapped and left for their daughter by their elderly neighbour before he died. Ken Watson, who was 87 when he died, lived near to Owen and Caroline Williams for the last two years of his life, and befriended their daughter Cadi, then two.
When he died, they were surprised when his daughter Jenny delivered a sack full of presents for Cadi - one a year to open until she's 16. The family were "knocked off their feet" by his generosity - and started a tradition of Cadi opening her 'Ken gift' very Christmas Eve.
The first gift Cadi opened in 2018 was a book, Christmas Eve at the Mellops, by Romi Ungerer. In 2019 there was a cuddly goat, a train set spelling 'Cadi' was 2020's gift and last year she opened a giant Crayola colouring book.
