19 festive feel scenes of crowds at Blackpool town centre Christmas lights switch-on events in the 90s and 00s
By Claire Lark
Published 25th Nov 2022, 04:55 BST
They brighten up the darkest of times and bring a sprinkle of Christmas magic to our high streets and town centres.
The big switch on of the Christmas Lights is always an eagerly anticipated event in Blackpool – it marks the start of the festivities and is like the green light for excitement to begin. These pictures go back to the 1990s and 2000s and are mainly crowd scenes of people packed into the town centre waiting for the glow of lights to appear. You might be in them…
Blackpool Christmas Lights switch-on by Jeremy Beadle in 2004. Also pictured are the Mayor of Blackpool-Councillor Maxine Callow, Town Crier Barry McQueen and and Michelle Hughes (from Thornton), who was the Princess in the Grand Theatre panto Jack and the Beanstalk Photo: Bill Johnson
Blackpool Christmas lights switch on 2003. Stars from the Grand Theatre pantomime Peter Pan, the Mayor and Consort of Blackpool Cllr Lily and David Henderson, and Father Christmas performed the switch on Photo: Rob Lock