This year the lights are allegedly being switched on by Peter Kay, Friday 29 August 2014.
Blackpool Illuminations 2014 Switch On Concert - Blackpool Lights 2014
Just wondering if anyone will be going? I'd like to see the people shots in the picture thread.
Personally, I've never been to a lights 'switch on', and suspect I never will.
I've rarely even seen them switched on except on my first visit in the 80s.
Me and our peg visited in 2005 and I couldn't believe how much the place had changed.... The promenade had been completely revamped, their trams were more modern and loads of nightclubs seemed to have sprung up and there were a lot more drunken idiots knocking about.
For the record,Blackpool North seemed more my cup of tea (quieter/cleaner).