Report and photos: Russell Skidmore
Local Masons from the Ormskirk and Bootle group who meet at Ormskirk's Masonic Hall joined in the local festivities of the Ormskirk Christmas lights switch on by holding their annual Christmas Fayre in O'Briens Tearooms.
They were filled with a number of various stalls, some selling handmade Christmas gifts for adults and for children, a tombola, some stalls holding raffles including 'name a teddy bear', reindeer races and a Santa Grotto, to name a few, with refreshments available all afternoon provided by O'Briens.
A great deal of thanks is owed to the wives and partners of the masons, who helped support the Fayre by making the homemade Christmas gifts and in helping run the stalls.
The event was a great success helping to raise in excess of £1000 which will go to a number various good causes, with over of 200 people attending from the local community, including many children visiting throughout the afternoon who met Father Christmas in his Grotto.