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Accreditation
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Blackpool Hotel
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testing the Blackpool lights June 2005
Some facts
about Blackpool lights
MANY hands make Lights work
Not really. Forty-five staff,
including talented artists, electricians, joiners, mechanics,
painters, engineers and hi tech boffins work all year round to ensure
the displays are ready. Altogether 65,000 staff hours are spent on
maintenance, preparation, erection, operation and dismantling the
features. Blackpool calls this hard working te the “imagineers.”
GREATEST free show
The Blackpool Illuminations now
cost 2.4 million to stage. The equient is worth 10m.
WHEN the tide
The Lights used to go out. That is
until 1920’s pioneering engineers corrected a design flaw which
meant sea water flooded the electrics by leaking into the cast iron
wiring pipes on the sea front. That’s long since been rectified.
TRIPPING the Lights fantastic
People first ce to marvel at
Blackpool’s Lights in 1879 when just eight arc lps bathed the
promenade. The town was the first to have electric street lighting.
But the nearest to modern-day displays was first staged in May 1912
to mark the first royal visit to Blackpool. Princess Louise
officially opened the new section of the promenade. Results were so
impressive the council bowed to pressure to stage the Lights again in September.
WHERE’S our mummy?
Blackpool Illuminations features
occasionally go missing. One of the most memorable incidents was the
case of the Missing Mummy, who vanished from his illuminated
sarcophagus in the dead of night. Did he walk or was he kidnapped by
revellers? Missing features have been sighted all over the country.
Lost Lego men, from one display, turned up at a cricket club Lego-before-wicket?
BLACK out
The Blackpool Lights were ready for
staging in 1939 but were prevented by the outbreak of war. There was
a full scale preview on August 31 complete with giant searchlight
sweeping from the Tower top but next night the blackout had been
enforced and the only colour to be seen was inside boarding houses
where landladies coloured their light bulbs with Dolly blue. The
austere post-war climate meant the Illuminations did not shine again
until 1949 when Anna Neagle tripped the Lights fantastic.
GADDAFI any Illuminations?
Enterprising Blackpool exports its
expertise. Blackpool Illuminations have been sold to countries around
the world. They dazzled in Barcelona, and proved a terrific turn-on
id the sun and sand of Saudi capital Jeddah. However, Libyan
Colonel Gaddafi’s emissary failed in a mission to buy up
Blackpool Illuminations lock, stock and light bulb.
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Blackpool
Illuminations runs from
29th August
2008 until
2nd November 2008
Switch-on times as advised by Blackpool Lights Divison may be subject to change.
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DATE |
DAY |
ON |
OFF |
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29th August |
Friday |
9.25pm
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2.00am
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30th August |
Saturday |
8pm
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1.00am
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31st August |
Sunday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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1st September |
Monday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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2nd September |
Tuesday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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3rd September |
Wednesday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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4th September |
Thursday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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5thh September |
Friday |
8pm |
12.00am |
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6th September |
Saturday |
8pm |
1.00am |
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7th September |
Sunday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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8th September |
Monday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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9th September |
Tuesday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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10th September |
Wednesday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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11th September |
Thursday |
8pm |
11.30pm |
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12th September |
Friday |
7.45pm |
12.00am |
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13th September |
Saturday |
7.45pm |
1.00am |
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14th September |
Sunday |
7.45pm |
11.30pm |
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15th September |
Monday |
7.45pm |
11.30pm |
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16th September |
Tuesday |
7.45pm |
11.30pm |
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17th September |
Wednesday |
7.45pm |
11.30pm |
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18th September |
Thursday |
7.45pm |
11.30pm |
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19th September |
Friday |
7.30pm |
12.00am |
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20th September |
Saturday |
7.30pm |
1.00am |
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21st September |
Sunday |
7.30pm |
11.30pm |
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22nd September |
Monday |
7.30pm |
11.30pm |
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23rd September |
Tuesday |
7.30pm |
11.30pm |
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24th September |
Wednesday |
7.30pm |
11.30pm |
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25th September |
Thursday |
7.30pm |
11.30pm |
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26th September |
Friday |
7.15pm |
12.00am |
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27th September |
Saturday |
7.15pm |
1.00am |
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28th September |
Sunday |
7.15pm |
11.30pm |
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29th September |
Monday |
7.15pm |
11.30pm |
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30th September |
Tuesday |
7.15pm |
11.30pm |
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1st October |
Wednesday |
7.15pm |
11.30pm |
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2nd October |
Thursday |
7.15pm |
11.30pm |
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3rd October |
Friday |
7.00pm |
12.00am |
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4th October |
Saturday |
7.00pm |
1.00am |
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5th October |
Sunday |
7.00pm |
11.30pm |
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6th October |
Monday |
7.00pm |
11.30pm |
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7th October |
Tuesday |
7.00pm |
11.30pm |
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8th October |
Wednesday |
7.00pm |
11.30pm |
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9th October |
Thursday |
7.00pm |
11.30pm |
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10th October |
Friday |
6.45pm |
12.00am |
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11th October |
Saturday |
6.45pm |
1.00am |
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12th October |
Sunday |
6.45pm |
11.30pm |
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13th October |
Monday |
6.45pm |
11.30pm |
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14th October |
Tuesday |
6.45pm |
11.30pm |
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15th October |
Wednesday |
6.45pm |
11.30pm |
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16th October |
Thursday |
6.45pm |
11.30pm |
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17th October |
Friday |
6.30pm |
12.00am |
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18th October |
Saturday |
6.30pm |
1.00am |
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19th October |
Sunday |
6.30pm |
12.00am |
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20th October |
Monday |
6.30pm |
12.00am |
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21st October |
Tuesday |
6.30pm |
12.00am |
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22nd October |
Wednesday |
6.30pm |
12.00am |
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23rd October |
Thursday |
6.30pm |
12.00am |
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24th October |
Friday |
6.30pm |
12.00am |
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25th October |
Saturday |
6.30pm |
1.00am |
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26th October |
Sunday |
5.00pm |
11.30pm |
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27th October |
Monday |
5.00pm |
11.30pm |
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28th October |
Tuesday |
5.00pm |
11.30pm |
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29th October |
Wednesday |
5.00pm |
11.30pm |
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30th October |
Thursday |
5.00pm |
11.30pm |
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31st October |
Friday |
5.00pm |
12.00am |
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1st November |
Saturday |
5.00pm |
1.00am |
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2nd November |
Sunday |
5.00pm |
11.30pm |
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