Resident have voiced their anger after the Christmas lights failed to turn on as planned at a ceremony held in their village. Around 2,000 people turned up for the planned lights switch-on event in Calverton on Saturday, November 26.
Mince pies and almost 200 selection boxes were given out in St Wilfred’s Square as families awaited the Christmas lights switch-on which was due to take place at 4.20pm. A brass band was also present at the event.
But the crowds were left in the dark as the lights around St Wilfred’s Square failed to switch on as promised. Anne-Marie Partridge, born and bred in Calverton, said around 2,000 people "were stood in cold and dark like idiots".
