A RESIDENTIAL home welcomed special guests for a Christmas lunch.

Shire House Residential Home in Lyme Regis invited former mayoress of Lyme Regis, Sheila Applebee, and her friend and neighbour, Doreen Pickford, to join residents, families and friends at a Christmas lunch party with more than 50 guests.

Everyone enjoyed an impromptu performance on violin by one of the guests, Charlie Barber, and sang along to well-known carols.