{"id":140384,"date":"2023-11-20T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-the-darkness-sets-in-the-slow-appearance-of-festive-lights-is-a-nightly-gift-emma-beddington\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T10:22:43","slug":"as-the-darkness-sets-in-the-slow-appearance-of-festive-lights-is-a-nightly-gift-emma-beddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-the-darkness-sets-in-the-slow-appearance-of-festive-lights-is-a-nightly-gift-emma-beddington\/","title":{"rendered":"As the darkness sets in, the slow appearance of festive lights is a nightly gift | Emma Beddington"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe display on York\u2019s \u2018Twinkle Way\u2019 has delighted visitors and raised more than \u00a3100,000 for charity. Even a Scrooge like me knows that life will be poorer without itChristmas in York has lost a bit of its sparkle. Residents of Twin Pike Way have decided they won\u2019t be putting on their traditional light display this year. The cul-de-sac started its display to mark the millennium and has raised more than \u00a3100,000 for charity, donated by people who came to admire the multicoloured extravaganza.Now, though, the residents are carefully coiling up their LEDs and deflating their penguins. \u201cMost of us are pensioners now, and it\u2019s also due to other problems including electricity charges \u2026 and the cost of replacing decorations,\u201d Alan and Pamela Reed told the York Press. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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