Joint effort sees Christmas Tree located in town square

* The SG Estates team lift the tree into place in Centenary Square.

* The final touches is put to the tree's position.

A house building firm came to the rescue when volunteers were having trouble hoisting a Christmas tree in the town square yesterday morning (Monday).

SG Estates, which is working on the new homes development at Maes Helyg, sent out a team equipped with a heavy lifting machine when they were asked for urgent assistance with the heavy fir which is now firmly fixed in Centenary Square in time for the town’s Christmas Festival on Saturday.  

John Palmer, who one of the volunteers involved, said: “The call recently went out on social media for a tree to be located in the square.

“This was spotted by Bethan Mascarenhas who runs the Old Vicarage care home. She decided to donate a tree from land near her home just outside Llangollen and it was then up to a group of us to pick it up and bring it into town.

“I joined about half a dozen others others from the Tidy Town Team and although we managed to get it into the square it was so heavy that we didn’t have a chance of lifting it into place using just muscle power.

“I knew we needed a machine to help us, so I nipped around to the SG Estates works compound and just asked if they could help.”

He added: “They didn’t hesitate and sent round some guys with a heavy lifting machine straight away.

“Back in the square they just picked up the tree and hoisted it into place. They really came to our rescue when we needed them most. There’s no way we could have done it without them.

“It’s great that the tree is now in place in time for the Christmas Festival on Saturday and the switch-on of the town’s lights just after it goes dark.

“It was a real joint effort and I’d like to thank everyone involved.”