On a slightly different note - The magic of a Christmas pudding In the Martin family, one tradition hasn't changed for 60 years.

Grandad Albert, now 92, still makes the Christmas pudding.

While most ninety somethings might be happy to let others do the cooking, Mr Martin is still churning out several Christmas puds for his family of four children, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Back in the 1950s making the pudding was a rather more labour intensive task than it is today.

Once the ingredients were mixed, they'd have to be boiled up in the gas copper, the same device used to wash your clothes.

Mr Martin can't remember why he started making puddings.

"I sort of took to it that's all, I just wanted to do it," he said