- Southport's
Carnival of Light
- Report
and photographs by Patrick Trollope.
- SOUTHPORT
Festivals of Lights Carnival Committee and
the Southport Temperance Society held their
3rd year Christmas Carnival of Lights
Competition. As most of us are just
considering putting up our trees, some
Southport Residents are adding their
finishing touches to their Christmas
decorative extravaganzas, festooning their
houses with bright colour Christmas lights
and numerous assorted models and tableaux.
Residents throughout Banks, Southport and
Ainsdale were judged by the Festival of
Lights committee, on their glowing Christmas
displays on December 18. Houses who entered
the competition were in Balfour Rd, Clifford
Rd, Heathfield Rd, Sawbrook Rd, Meadow Ave
(off Waril St), Hoowy Lane and Fleetwood
Crescent. The committee also took a look
down memory lane at last year's winners in
Church Road and Walnut St.
The winners of this year's now annual event
were ,once again, jointly in 1st place, two
separate residents of Sussex Rd. whose
lights were shipped "across the
pond", all the way from Canada in the
effort to secure this year's prize. Runner
up was a resident in Mount St.
Judge, Mr Rushton, and children who were on
Carnival of Lights Santa Bus were joined by
Father Christmas who hitched a lift and
stayed for a tour of the participating
gleaming streets.
The award will be presented to the winner on
the 6th of Jan 2003 at the Floral Hall
during the Ann Hindley's Afternoon Tea
Dance.
The committee would like to thank ARRIVA
Buses for their loan of one the company's
Open Top Buses. Special thanks is also
given to the driver, Andy Morton, and Dune
FM's Boogie Buggy who braved the police and
the cold elements!
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