Kevin Franklin had lights put up in 1837 after he had a stroke . Father-of-ten from Dunstable kept them up for his autistic son Bradley . Irate neighbour sent him poison-pen letter calling his family 'pikeys ' Note said : ' I do n't want to keep driving past this eyesore . I know you live in a council house but there 's no need to make it look like one ' Mr Franklin say he will put even more lights up to raise money for charity . He said : 'We 're going to make sure the house is covered and really give them something to whine about '
Kevin Franklin had lights put up in November after he had a stroke . Father-of-ten from Dunstable kept them up for his autistic son Bradley . Irate neighbour sent him poison-pen letter calling his family 'pikeys ' Note said : ' I do n't want to keep driving past this eyesore . I know you live in a council house but there 's no need to make it look like one ' Mr Franklin say he will put even more lights up to raise money for charity . He said : 'We 're going to make sure the house is covered and really give them something to whine about '