Kimberley - Love Festival
w/e 16 February 2025
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
A contribution of £7,500
by Broxtowe Borough Council from the Government's UK Shared Prosperity
Fund enabled Kimberley to stage a ‘Valentine’s Love
Festival’ during the week of St Valentine's Day. Beginning
on the Monday it promised dazzling illuminations lasting until
February 21 and it peaked on Valentine’s weekend with a
spectacular laser light displays in Toll Bar Square. These images
came from one day during the week and show some of the decorations
and love-themed shop fronts throughout the town centre.
Most of the shops had illuminated romantic phrases in their window
displays such as these shown above: "Through love,
all is possible", "Show her you love her", "Kiss
me now" and "The power of love".
Banners in the town like this one at Toll Bar Square, advertised
the event.
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And a large red heart also at Toll Bar Square was also a prominent
feature.
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More hearts, some red, some white, were attached to buildings
and lighting columns, this one being on the Queens Head pub.
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The word "Love" was strung across James Street with
a similar banner on Main Street too. James Street also had lights
strung across between the buildings. I assume these were for
the Love Festival and not a remnant of the Christmas decorations.
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The Olde English Chippy on the corner of James Street also has
lights across its frontage and its windows were full of red hearts.
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The Perfections Nail and Beauty shop on the corner of Regent
Street was also strung with vertical columns of red hearts.
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And next door, Bees Flowers who will be hoping for a good Valentine's
Day trade, had a display that included more hearts plus an illuminated
sign that said "Isn't she lovely".
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Another selection of illuminated slogans was fixed to the wall
above a figure of a mining memorial on Main Street. These read
"Kiss me quick", "Je t'aime", "Love
is in the air" and "Hold him tight".
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In the Save The Children charity shop in the shopping precinct
on the comer of Main Street and Greens Lane, a selection of red
and white dresses formed the shop window display along with several
red heart-shaped balloons.
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Hearts were a feature in many of the displays whether it be folded
paper examples as in Watsons Estate Agents in Main Street or
gas filled balloons as in the Card Factory in the precinct. The
latter of course would be hoping to do good business selling
Valentine's Day cards and then be looking forward to filling
their shelves in readiness for Easter! Oh, wait a minute - there's
Mothering Sunday before that.
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