For a number of years, festive lights have been paid for by local businesses and Council grants. There is no Council funding available and we – local residents – would like to show our support for Mill Road’s small indie businesses by helping them with this cost.
It costs about £3500 to put up the snowflake lights each year. This is because it requires a specialist contractor to come in with a cherry picker to install them. In addition, we’d like to raise enough money to light another tree in Romsey (by Great Eastern Street), which will cost something like £2000-£2500. Our initial target of £8,000 covers the snowflakes, a new tree, £1000 for maintenance costs and a little bit of extra to allow us to give some nice rewards to people who make donations.
Visit the festive lights website at www.millroadfestivelights.org
Any items like gift cards and badges will be sent to you by mid-August. Customised baubles will be on display on a Christmas tree at the Switch On and you’ll get to take yours home afterwards. The festive lights committee will be in touch with you about other prizes and arrangements, so please make sure you leave some contact details for us.