Advantages: Great illuminations Disadvantages: Crowds
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I lived in Walsall for most of my life until I moved here to Llandudno in 2002 and have visited the illuminations many times both as an observer and as a worker so I thought I would tell you about the spectacle.
The Walsall Arboretum Illuminations
Where is it?
Walsall is in the West Midlands and the Arboretum is on the A461 out of Walsall travelling towards Lichfield. What is it?
For those of you who don't know an arboretum is basically ... ...On looking at the Walsall MBC website I have found out that The Walsall Arboretum first came into being 1871 and is was officially opened in 1874. The first Walsall Illuminations were held in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain and even though the event only lasted a week it had over 200,000 visitors. They were even staged in 1975 despite the energy crisis!
In fact only two nights have ever been lost during the whole life of the illuminations; ...
SusanLesley 20.03.2008
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Advantages: Good park and ride. Excellent value. A lovely wy to spend an evening Disadvantages: Can get very busy
My family and I have just spent a lovely evening at the illuminations, no not Blackpool - but Walsall. We were blessed with the weather, it was a warm and dry evening. What a surprise! The aboretum was ablase with colour. This years theme was 50 years of childrens t.v. so as well as all the nursery rhyme characters there was Bob the Builder, The Woodentops, Andy Pandy, Thunderbirds and The Tweenies to name but a few. A lot of the trees are lit with ... ...For the young children a small fairground will keep then amused and for the bigger children there are a couple of rides too. You can get a cup of tea or something more substansial, everything from the Black Country special 'Faggotts and Peas' to a baked potato to a burger and chips. A word of warning, it does get very busy and the traffic can be a problem. There is an excellent park and ride scheme or you could do as we did. Across the road from ...
sandral 30.10.2001 (17.02.2002)
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