Leadgate Task Force

On the way from the Engine Shed Saturday 9th December 2017 was a magical day for the children of Leadgate (and a fair number of adults too). After working hard throughout the year and especially the first week of December, Santa climbed aboard his special sleigh which had been decorated by the elves of Leadgate Task Force, and loaded with presents purchased from the kind donations of the local community and headed to Leadgate to meet the children. The date was also significant as it was the first anniversary of the opening of the new road from Villa Real to Leadgate and the Santa express entered the village along the road at 1.30 on its way to distribute early Christmas presents to the children of our village. Along New Road First stop was outside Leadgate Cricket & Social Club. The children welcomed Santa and his Reindeer and enjoyed Santa climbing off his sleigh to talk with them about their hopes for Christmas and, of course, receive a present from the ma

                                             Leadgate Christmas Tree 2017 Back in Januray 2017 at the Task Force Meeting one of the projects we decided to take on was bring back to the village the Christmas Tree that many of the residents had sorely missed over the years. This was not an easy task and despite having 11 months to get things ready, it was not an easy task. There were questions to be answered such as: The best site for the Tree Power supply Procurement of the tree and lights Setting a date that was free in a busy Xmas period By far the most contrivsial question was the siting, the last time the village had a Christmas tree it was placed in the Gap on Front Street, we did seriously look and using that once again but we were unable to overcome the problems of Power Supply and Security. Our next option was to approx Leadgate Cricket Club to see if they would allow us to site it on their property where it would be easier to overcome the two major pro