MrsRam Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Ours are to be switched on tomorrow night. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Who have you got to come round and do the big turn on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Chichester haven't fit any Xmas lights this year. The council couldnt afford 30k for them. They put up half and asked local businesses to pay the rest and they couldn't raise it. M&S offered £50 to start with but under pressure raised that to £250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRam Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Who have you got to come round and do the big turn on? MrRam of course. he's a leg end in our house, well I think that's what the kids call him. :redface: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I hope that if these lights are outside ones they havn't been left up all year. FOR THAT IS SAD! I'll keep my phone clear for if you blow the electrics for the whole street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRam Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 No, I have to stand at the bottom of the ladder every year - tensed up just incase he falls on me - I hate it. You might notice a slight dimming of your lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 got mine primed and ready round me koi pond:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Just saw something on One Show about z-list celebs (Dick + Dom, Lemar) being paid between 4 and 6k to turn on Christmas lights with taxpayers' money. It's ridiculous. When they're that low in their career they should be paying the local councils for the attention they desperately require to restart their failed stardom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I wired up the xmas lighting at Park Farms in Allestree one year, and they had the local artist Pollyanna Pickering switch them on. Well, you may or may not know that these plungers they press to officially switch them on are just a load of ******** and are not connected to anything. I was stood next to the little stage where she was giving her little speech about how happy and honoured she was etc, waiting to 2way radio a signal to my mate who was in the switch room who was going to officially turn on the lights, after scratching his knackers and picking his nose. Well, to cut a long story short, the electronic timer I'd set up to bring the lights on normally when it got dark, decided to bring the lights on midway through her rambling little monologue. It went silent, except for me shouting down the 2way radio "TURN EM OFF! TURN EM OFF!" If I ruined your Xmas experience that year, then I'm sorry. I bet Barrman was there in his pushchair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrdinary Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 i have no recollection of this memory, must of blanked it out as it was so scarring. i didnt even know park farm had someone to switch them on? :confused: i can imagine there was a big crowd, its the central hub of allestree, all those peopes night ruined! i honestly have no recollection of any lights ever being up there, they must of been amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 umm.....surely the sensor should only bring them on if the manual switch is also on? doh....this bloddy electrickery For some reason I have a mental image of the whole thing being like an episode of Phoenix nights.....Boycie = Brian Potter, Jerry Sinclair = ball scratcher. Its a wonder the place didn't burn down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I wired up the xmas lighting at Park Farms in Allestree one year, and they had the local artist Pollyanna Pickering switch them on. Well, you may or may not know that these plungers they press to officially switch them on are just a load of ******** and are not connected to anything. I was stood next to the little stage where she was giving her little speech about how happy and honoured she was etc, waiting to 2way radio a signal to my mate who was in the switch room who was going to officially turn on the lights, after scratching his knackers and picking his nose. Well, to cut a long story short, the electronic timer I'd set up to bring the lights on normally when it got dark, decided to bring the lights on midway through her rambling little monologue. It went silent, except for me shouting down the 2way radio "TURN EM OFF! TURN EM OFF!" If I ruined your Xmas experience that year, then I'm sorry. I bet Barrman was there in his pushchair. So these people are paid several thousands of pounds, just to erm, be there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrdinary Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 So these people are paid several thousands of pounds, just to erm, be there? no she gave a speech too aparently well worth the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 So these people are paid several thousands of pounds, just to erm, be there? Sorry to shatter your illusions Joseph. The Golden Mile at Blackpool has loads of little men with 2 way radio's all the way down the front waiting to switch on that section of lights. Just after Wagner pushes the plunger. I mean, come on, have you seen some of the devices they use? They're like cartoon dynamite detonators covered in tinsel ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 The first person to switch on the Blackpool illuminations in 1934 was......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Steve Bloomer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Epic fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Alright then...erm....Tina Turner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 robbie savage:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Bernard Matthews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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