The switching on of our festive lights has become the latest event to fall victim to the pandemic and, although ceremonies across Inverclyde were bereft of carol singers and smiling children, the towns that make up our community are now decorated with beautiful trees bathed in Christmas light. Here we look back to previous Christmas gatherings that took place before the term social distancing was coined. Pic1: This picture shows kids of Greenock s Whinhill Primary School readying to push the large red button that would flood the town centre in glowing light. This was the first lighting ceremony of the many that took place in the towns and villages of Inverclyde back in 2012.
THE switching on of our festive lights has become the latest event to fall victim to the pandemic and, although ceremonies across Inverclyde were bereft of carol singers and smiling children, the towns that make up our community are now decorated with beautiful trees bathed in Christmas light. Here we look back to previous Christmas gatherings that took place before the term social distancing was coined. This picture shows kids of Greenock s Whinhill Primary School readying to push the large red button that would flood the town centre in glowing light. This was the first lighting ceremony of many that took place in the towns and villages of Inverclyde back in 2012.