Heartbreak as Leeds 'Mr Claus' loses his 'Mrs Claus' - but vows to continue Christmas grotto on his own
A family from Leeds has paid tributes to a much-loved grandma who died “unexpectedly” due to a brain haemorrhage this month.
The pair began running a Santa’s grotto from their back garden in 2019 in a bid to raise money for a church in Middleton that had started a club to get youths off the street and continued with it ever since. The family would decorate the back garden and transform it into a winter wonderland with reindeers and lights as well as a grotto in the back in Gary’s bar.
Gary said: “When lockdown was on, we couldn’t use that money , it was in the bank and when lockdown was over they took the kids and their family to the seaside in summer for a day's outing. I thought that was quite nice. Everyone was asking if we were going to do it again, we did it and we got £800 of toys that were donated to the children's cancer ward.
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