Ilkeston - Christmas Lights
w/e 04 December 2022
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
Ilkeston's Christmas lights
were switched on at an event on Friday 25th November at 7pm which
wasn't very good timing for football fans as that's when the
England against the USA match kicked off in the World Cup game.
I opted to watch the football but I think there was much excitement
on the Market Place! Nevertheless we did take a walk through
the town one day last week and here are some of the images.
If reindeer, like horses, wear shoes they might have to change
the name of this pub at the top of Derby Road as one has landed
with Santa's sleigh on the bay window.
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Around the corner on South Street the Spanish Bar is looking
very festive with three Christmas trees and dozens of lights
across its frontage.
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The rest of South Street too is illuminated with blue and white
lights strung across the road.
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At the other end of South Street where it meets the Market Place
the lights are supplemented by red ones too.
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The red, white and blue theme is continued in the trees along
the eastern side of the Market Place.
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On St Mary's Church tower is an illuminated nativity scene whilst
the tree in front of the library is covered with lights of many
varied colours.
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Across the Market Place, more lights are strung across Wharncliffe
Road and the "Seasons Greetings" sign shines down from
the Town Hall.
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We continued across the Lower Market Place to its junction with
Bath Street (left) and East Street (right).
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And then we carried on down Bath Street under the lights that
criss-crossed from one side to the other.
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At the bottom of Bath Street we turned and looked back up the
hill - and then caught a bus back home.
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