<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Well folks the lights are all packed away :( ....but never fear planning is underway for this years display,hopefully bigger &amp; better as we have aquired some new additions to the collection although we did have one or two casualties due to the wind. Just because the lights are down doesn't mean you can't throw some more money to the cause....Pretty please!</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>UPDATE....SAT 17/12/11 PHOTO IN THE LANCASHIRE </strong></span></span><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>EVENING POST</strong></span><strong>...Unfortunately they didn't say how people could donate :( never the less the amount is rising,can we make &pound;150 in time for Xmas ????</strong></span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">GREAT NEWS WE HAVE RAISED OVER <span style="text-decoration: underline;">&pound;100!!</span>....SO PROUD OF YOU ALL, BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET</span><span style="color: #ff0000;"> :@)x</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">UPDATE</span> <span style="color: #ffff00;">*** </span><span style="color: #ff0000;">LIGHTS UP &amp; RUNNING</span><span style="color: #ffff00;">***</span> SWITCH ON WAS ON SATURDAY,3/12/11 WELL DONE ALAN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN HIGH WIND &amp; HAIL!</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HAVE DONATED SO FAR,LETS SEE IF WE CAN MAKE <span style="color: #ff6600;">&pound;150 </span>!!!.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>SOME OF THIS YEARS PHOTO'S SHOULD HAVE UPLOADED,DO HAVE A LOOK.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>PLEASE READ OUR STORY SO FAR......scroll down! :))</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><strong>Thanks for taking the time to visit my <span style="color: #800080;">JustGiving</span> page.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><strong>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>So please dig deep and donate now.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">.....Well it all started about 13 years ago, when the kid in us threw a few fairy lights over a hedge(not mentioning any competition with neighbours!) Over the years it has escalated to be a bit of a spectacle(would like to say Spectacular,but wouldn't wish to blow our own trumpet!) Sadly the neighbours left &amp; took their lights with them, but we carried on the tradition,&amp; last year saw a rise in the number of houses on our little estate adding a few twinkles here &amp; there &amp; looked really pretty in all that snow!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">Although we live in a cul de sac so we have no passing traffic as such, but people often pop down to see what else we have managed to 'squeeze' in, although the addition of solar panels this year(nothing to do with paying for all the electric the lights consume!) will challenge Alan's creativity with regard to roof space.....Santa will need all his skills to land on our roof.....some minor head scratching I feel maybe involved!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">People have often mentioned that we should have a collection box outside, but this always worried me so when someone mentioned 'Just Giving' I thought 'now there's an idea' so here we are.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">This years lights should be going up in the next few days, weather &amp; bad backs permitting &amp; the switch on around the 1st.....ish! I shall update with new pictures &amp; feel free to pop round &amp; have a look yourselves, please, Friends,Family &amp; colleagues dig deep even if it's just the loose change from the bottom of your pocket</span>.</p> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>If everyone of my 70 Facebook friends gave &pound;1.00 it's a start, not forgetting gift aid,it all helps.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">Times are extremely hard for everyone at the moment, especially at this time of year, but when you consider that the <strong><span style="color: #ffcc00;">North West Air Ambulance Charity</span></strong> flies life saving missions throughout all of the North West region seven days a week 365 days a year.Their life saving service covers 5,500 square miles anda residential population of almost eight million people.It costs in excess of <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">&pound;4million</span></strong> each year to keep this vital service operational and saving lives, please take a moment to look at their website (link in this page).I work at <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Ramsay Fulwood Hall Hospital</span></strong>,who are also supporting this great cause.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">Thank you for taking the time to read this little tale &amp; if we can help save just one more life, we can feel proud!</span></p> <p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Grateful Thanks &amp; Seasons Best,</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong> Kathryn &amp; Alan.</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>