The Festival of Lights 2024: Market Drayton Christmas lights switch-on

Shropshire Star

The Christmas Lights in Market Drayton are now glowing after a well attended switch on event.

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00:00So it's over to you, Hossberth, for the countdown.

00:04You can join in this one.

00:06Do you want to start?

00:08Yeah.

00:09Right.

00:10Do you want to start the countdown?

00:12Do you want to start the countdown, Mike?

00:13Five.

00:14Yeah.

00:15Okay, we'll start from five.

00:16Starting from five.

00:18Five.

00:19Four.

00:20Three.

00:21Two.

00:22One.

00:24Yeah.

00:38Mr. Tan Croyer, what's your name, sir?

00:40Geoffrey Russell.

00:41And a fantastic introduction for our lovely Mayor, Roy Alcroft.

00:46Hello, sir.

00:48You enjoy doing that?

00:49Yeah, it was great fun.

00:51And to look out onto the square there and see all the people.

00:54Fantastic.

00:55And it's lovely and dry because it was raining earlier, wasn't it?

00:58Yeah, yeah.

00:59And the magic countdown was done by none other than...

01:02Ellsworth Talbot.

01:03So, Ellsworth, we met you the other day.

01:05You won the overall picture on the calendar competition, didn't you?

01:08Yeah.

01:09Have you ever taken part in turning on Christmas lights in a town before?

01:12No, never tried.

01:14It's good fun, though, isn't it?

01:15Yeah, it is.

01:16And, of course, the gingerbread man.

01:18The gingerbread man.

01:19Mark it right and after all, Cole.

01:21Well, go on, give us a ring of that bell again, sir.

01:23There we go.

01:24Yeah.

01:25Oh, yeah.

01:27Oh, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.

01:40Oh, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.

01:55Peace from heaven above.

01:58His people wealthly sponsored.

02:02Oh, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.

02:08Oh, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.

02:20Oh, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.

02:30Oh, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.

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