Light Brigade News 2017 #5
We like to keep in close touch with Blackpool Illuminations, so four of us (totally at our own expense, I hasten to add!) took ourselves off up to Blackpool for a visit to their workshops last Friday....
View ArticleLight Brigade News 2017 #6
The sixth – and final – Sunday of construction went really well, despite the odd shower, and a bitter cold wind. All finished, apart from one piece which will hopefully be erected one evening this...
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This blog post is really all about the mechanical side of the Christmas lights – for, for us, the switch-on was the culmination of all our work. On the day, everything performed as it should. When Pam...
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View Article2018 Light Brigade Update #1
Is it really that time already? Do you put the lights up earlier and earlier? Well, no we don’t. The formula of five clear shopping weeks before Christmas for the switch-on has been in place for...
View Article2018 Light Brigade Update #2
Despite the pouring rain in the morning (and yes, we all get soaked to the skin) we had a good start to the building up of the system on our second Sunday. The festoons – the rows of lights which …...
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Week three saw a reduced team this week – we only had one cherry picker as the weather was perfect for planning the crops! The farm must come first, and we are so fortunate with the help we get with …...
View Article2018 Light Brigade Update #4&5
Weeks four and five have seen some real hard work done – and the system is substantially complete, save for two new set pieces, a new power supply, and, of course, the tree – the biggest single job of...
View Article2018 Light Brigade Update #6
Well, last Sunday was our last full day; and we are nearly finished! The tree was delivered at 9.00am and we quickly got it lifted into place and packed, before zooming off to the top end of town to...
View Article2018 Light Brigade Update #7
Well, it’s Wednesday 27th, and I’ve just returned from our first tour around with the cherry picker, replacing dud or dull lamps, fixing broken holders and the other small faults. Everything should...
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