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The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.
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Blackpool Illuminations
Annual lights festival in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Blackpool Illuminations is an annual lights festival, founded in 1879 and first switched on 18 September that year, held each autumn in the British seaside resort of Blackpool on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. Also known locally as The Lights or The Illuminations, they run each…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Blackpool
Coastal town in Lancashire, England
Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)