Blackpool Illuminations 2
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Channel: mesmoland · 2014 · Travel & Events
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mesmoland/sets/72157631952701978/ Blackpool Illuminations is an annual Lights Festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 19th September that year, held each autumn in the English seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. Also known locally as The Lights or The Illuminations, they run each year for sixty-six days,from late August until early November at a time when most other English seaside resorts' seasons are coming to an end. Dubbed as "the greatest free light show on earth", they are 6 miles (10 km) long and use over one million bulbs. The display stretches along the Promenade from Starr Gate at the south end of the town to Bispham in the north. In 2013 the Illuminations were meant to shine from 30 August to 3 November.However on 14th March 2013 it was announced that they had been extended by a week shining until 10th November making it the first time ever the Illuminations will shine for 73 days. In 2014 the Illuminations will again shine for 73 days from 29th August to 9th November. https://www.facebook.com/mesmoland https://www.flickr.com/photos/mesmoland/sets
