Gary Freestone recalls December evenings when carollers would go door to door, singing in return for a small cash prize. Plus a letter from Alan Lafferty
Are carol singers now extinct? Some years ago, early evenings in December were regularly punctuated with a knocked door or rung bell.
Immediately after, the melodic, or more often cacophonous, rendition of Oh Come, All Ye Faithful could be heard. When the exuberant caterwauling could no longer be tolerated, the door was opened.
