Lavender Drive in Newton Mearns must surely be Scotland’s most festive street.
After more than two months of planning, neighbours have switched on their street-long Christmas display.
The idea to transform Lavender Drive into a winter wonderland came during the depths of lockdown last year when one resident, father-of-two Fred Banning, was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer.
By asking for donations from those who come to see the 16 spectacular homes, the neighbours raised more than £5500 for the Beatson Cancer Charity last Christmas and hope to collect even more this time around.
“I was going to and from chemotherapy and the first time I turned the corner and saw the whole street lit-up was just fantastic,” Fred, 38, told STV News.
“It was really quite moving, it is like nowhere else I’ve ever lived.”
![The street Christmas lights were switched on after two months of planning.](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1e14615dc69461053362603ddc820e2d.jpg)
![Lavender Drive has been transformed into a winter wonderland.](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/3c14b6a93fe78f2b61dc967f382b57dd.jpg)
![The decorations are lighting up the night in the Newton Mearns street.](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1959022c062c4488a7c56355a93fa3a1.jpg)
![Money is being raised for cancer research.](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/251803b4481d26f20a73cee5b8ae92f8.jpg)
![Neighbours came out to single Jingle Bells during the big switch-on.](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/889f54fea22f15d2c91dc13d88be301a.jpg)
![The display aims to raise money after father-of-two Fred Banning was diagnosed with terminal cancer.](https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/23035db1415f88079ec865776525e8cd.jpg)
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