At the age of 86, most people would be content sitting in an armchair looking at other people's Christmas lights.
But not Fred Toone, who – for the 23rd year – has decked his Thurnby Lodge home with thousands of christmas lights decorations for the whole neighbourhood to enjoy.
Mr Toone and his wife, Eileen, spend weeks decorating their Sextant Road home and garden – even making the frames for the lights himself. The couple started the tradition in memory of Eileen's sister, Grace, who died just before Christmas, more than 20 years ago.
Fred said: "Eileen and her sister were very close and we also do it in memory of my mum and dad.
"The lights-myefox fill a lean-to the length of the house now and every year about this time people ask us if we're putting them up again.
"We started putting them up about the second week in November, but those strong winds we had blew some of them down, so I've had to improvise a bit this year.
"One addition for this year is I've made a decoration of meerkats sitting at a nice little table having a tea party. It's for people's enjoyment and I won't stop doing it until I drop."