Maximalist designer from London discusses how he became one of town’s fiercest advocates – and curator of 146-year-old event
When the pop star Olly Murs switches on Blackpool’s famous Illuminations next weekend, it will continue a tradition that has endured for almost a century and a half.
The Lancashire town was first lit up by twinkling bulbs 146 years ago – 12 months before Thomas Edison even patented the electric lightbulb.
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