Portishead Christmas lights fundraising drive
Portishead's Christmas Lights Committee has set up a new fundraising team to raise thousands of pounds to pay for new, energy saving bulbs to be used in the display, hailed as the best in North Somerset.
The committee, run by a team of dedicated volunteers, decided to use energy-saving bulbs in the display after fears were raised that the 15-watt bulbs which are currently used may eventually become obsolete.
Although stocks are fine at the moment, with the EU rules to phase out 100-watt bulbs already under way, committee members were concerned that in the future, 15-watt bulbs may also be discontinued. Each year, around 5,500 bulbs are used in the display which runs from the top of the High Street to the roundabout near the Whitecott Stores.
Work to put up the lighting display starts in November and a grand switch-on of the illuminations is planned for November 30.
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