The UK's 'oldest Christmas fairy lights' are still going strong after 48 years - without a single bulb needing replacement. <br /><br />Vina Shaddick, 68, was a teenager when she bought the colourful string of lights from Woolworths in 1969, the year the Beatles performed their final show on the roof of the band's Apple HQ. <br /><br />The durable lights have lasted for nearly 50 years. <br /><br />Now her son Ross Shaddick, 38, is looking forward to the lights illuminating his house for another year, in pride of place in the front window. <br /><br />They are now back on display at the family home in Plymouth, Devon, where they remain wrapped around a plastic Christmas tree which is kept under plastic the rest of the year.
