An Ashton couple have brightened up a community centre with their festive knits.
Jeanne and Ken Marks have created a knitted nativity scene for Richmond Street Community Centre on Ashton Moss.
Jeanne said: “I’ve done quite a few of the nativity sets over the years. They take a couple of weeks to complete, but Ken knits the camels and the donkeys. It keeps him out of mischief! The pattern is in a Jean Greenhowe book.
“I make a nativity set every year for St Ann’s Church Christmas fair in Ashton.
“It’s raffled off and makes quite a lot of money. Most of the family have one too.”
Ken, who is the Deputy County Commissioner for Tameside and Glossop Scouts, is the caretaker and booking clerk at the community centre.
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