Celebrities who have switched on the Illuminationes 1934 Lord Derby 1935 Audrey Mosson (Railway Queen) 1936 Sir Joshia Stamp 1937 Alderman Ashton (later to be Duke of Kent 1938 Cllr Mrs Quayle 1939/40 Cancelled due to the war 1949 Anna Neagle 1950 Wilfred Pickles 1951 Stanley Matthews 1952 Valerie Hobson 1953 George Formby 1954 Gilbert Harding 1955 Jacob Malik (Russian Ambassador) 1956 Reginald Dixon 1957 John H. Whitney (American Ambassador) 1958 Matty Matthews 1959 Jayne Mansfield 1960 Janet Munro 1961 Violet Carson 1962 Shirley Ann Field 1963 Cliff Michelmore 1964 Gracie Fields 1965 David Tomlinson and cast of Mary Poppins 1966 Ken Dodd 1967 Dr Horace King 1968 Sir Matt Busby 1969 Canberra Bomber 1970 Tony Blackburn 1971 Cast of Dads Army 1972 Danny La Rue 1973 Gordon Banks 1974 Wendy Craig 1975 Tom Baker (Dr Who) 1976 Carol Ann Grant (Miss UK) 1977 Red Rum 1978 Terry Wogan 1979 Kermit the Frog and the Muppets 1980 Cannon and Ball 1981 Earl and Countess Spencer 1982 Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward 1983 Cast of Coronation Street 1984 Johannes Rau and David Waddington MP 1985 Joanna Lumley 1986 Les Dawson 1987 Frank Bough, Ann Gregg and Kathy Taylor 1988 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman 1989 Frank Bruno 1990 Julie Goodyear and Roy Barraclough 1991 Judith Chalmers and Derek Jameson 1992 Lisa Stansfield 1993 Status Quo 1994 Shirley Bassey 1995 Bee Gees 1996 Eternal 1997 Micheal Ball 1998 Gary Barlow On the list that I have 1999 is missing so I will carry on as it is written, 2000 Westlife 2001 Steps 2002 Ronan Keating 2003 Blue 2004 Geri Halliwell Can anyone remember who switched on last year? Must be mi age, I cant remember for the life of me. Jacqui Kilcoyne

from BBC Website 2005 Switch On Let's get this party started THANK Evans it's Lights Day could have been the name of the Blackpool BBC Radio 2's newest presenter Chris Evans not only pulled the lever to launch the 2005 display, but held the hour long entertainment together in his own irreverent way. ----- Original Message ----- From: <KILCOYELS@aol.com> To: <ENG-LAN-FYLDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:44 PM Subject: [FYLDE] Celebrity Switch On > Celebrities who have switched on the Illuminationes > > 1934 Lord Derby > 1935 Audrey Mosson (Railway Queen) > 1936 Sir Joshia Stamp > 1937 Alderman Ashton (later to be Duke of Kent > 1938 Cllr Mrs Quayle > 1939/40 Cancelled due to the war > 1949 Anna Neagle > 1950 Wilfred Pickles > 1951 Stanley Matthews > 1952 Valerie Hobson > 1953 George Formby > 1954 Gilbert Harding > 1955 Jacob Malik (Russian Ambassador) > 1956 Reginald Dixon > 1957 John H. Whitney (American Ambassador) > 1958 Matty Matthews > 1959 Jayne Mansfield > 1960 Janet Munro > 1961 Violet Carson > 1962 Shirley Ann Field > 1963 Cliff Michelmore > 1964 Gracie Fields > 1965 David Tomlinson and cast of Mary Poppins > 1966 Ken Dodd > 1967 Dr Horace King > 1968 Sir Matt Busby > 1969 Canberra Bomber > 1970 Tony Blackburn > 1971 Cast of Dads Army > 1972 Danny La Rue > 1973 Gordon Banks > 1974 Wendy Craig > 1975 Tom Baker (Dr Who) > 1976 Carol Ann Grant (Miss UK) > 1977 Red Rum > 1978 Terry Wogan > 1979 Kermit the Frog and the Muppets > 1980 Cannon and Ball > 1981 Earl and Countess Spencer > 1982 Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward > 1983 Cast of Coronation Street > 1984 Johannes Rau and David Waddington MP > 1985 Joanna Lumley > 1986 Les Dawson > 1987 Frank Bough, Ann Gregg and Kathy Taylor > 1988 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman > 1989 Frank Bruno > 1990 Julie Goodyear and Roy Barraclough > 1991 Judith Chalmers and Derek Jameson > 1992 Lisa Stansfield > > 1993 Status Quo > 1994 Shirley Bassey > 1995 Bee Gees > 1996 Eternal > 1997 Micheal Ball > 1998 Gary Barlow > On the list that I have 1999 is missing so I will carry on as it is > written, > 2000 Westlife > 2001 Steps > 2002 Ronan Keating > 2003 Blue > 2004 Geri Halliwell > > Can anyone remember who switched on last year? Must be mi age, I cant > remember for the life of me. > > Jacqui Kilcoyne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-FYLDE Mailing List ==== > ~~ Keep messages on topic. "Test messages" will cause you to be > unsubscribed for a week. > ~~ All off-topic posts and all announcements must be pre-approved by the > list owner > ~~ Have comments, questions about administrative messages? Contact the > list owner privately at ENG-LAN-FYLDE-admin@RootsWeb.com, not on list. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/370 - Release Date: 20/06/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/370 - Release Date: 20/06/2006