On Sunday 15 December, the Cathedral's huge Christmas tree was illuminated by Jackie McCowliff. Jackie, who has strong ties to the North East mining communities is a former miner, a lodge delegate to Redhills Durham, and later became a Durham Miners' Association executive, he was assisted by Sally Lockey, aged 16, from the Durham Miners Association Band.
During the special Lighting of the Tree and Blessing of the Crib service, Jackie McCowliff carried a miner's safety lamp and hung it on the Norwegian Spruce Christmas tree, illuminating the hundreds of lights on the 17ft Norwegian Spruce tree.
Images from the service
