It's December ... and the Christmas lights are coming out. A tree appears here, a string of lights there, and the odd magic wand to say "this is a special time of the year". (It was special in previous years too -
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But this is Melksham, and Christmas lights here are
special - the construction crew has been hard at work for weeks, both in the town and at Longford Road, adding lights to the Town Hall, to businesses and to certain homes.
Yes, that's the famous "Cherry Picker" that our mayor keeps being referred to. I really must ask him to tell me the story some time.
How do the lights look?
Yes - they're very much worth seeing. Last year, this one house raised over £3000.00 for
Dorothy House Hospice Care and I'm sure that's a record they're hoping to beat this year in spite of the recession and the awful weather in the last week or two which delayed the great switch on.
The official web site is
here, but let's see some more of my pictures:
(written 2009-12-05, updated 2009-12-10)
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[1942] Christmas scenes and events - (2008-12-14)
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[2549] Christmas Day ... - (2009-12-25)
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[2066] Melksham Industrial - (2009-03-04)
[2142] Riverside Development - (2009-04-26)
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[2854] Melksham Food and Drink Fair and Town Crier Competition - (2010-07-04)
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[3023] Autumn walk from Bowerhill - (2010-10-31)
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[3258] Morning in Melksham - (2011-04-23)
[3266] Easter on the Canal - near Melksham, Wiltshire - (2011-04-26)
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[3337] Home Grown Pigs, near Melksham Station - (2011-06-26)
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[3657] Basham Festival, Melksham, early August 2012 - a welcome - (2012-03-16)
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[3720] Melksham ATC - freedom of the town - (2012-05-05)
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[3949] Melksham Spa from Woolmore Farm - (2012-12-09)
[3960] Picture - between Lacock and Melksham - (2012-12-21)
[3962] Melksham welcomes visitors - new blue plaque trail and more - (2012-12-27)
[4084] New Pictures - Melksham Pack Horse Bridge - (2013-05-12)
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