As early as six o╒clock yesterday morning the first special trains arrived at Blackpool bringing thousands of visitors to see the Illuminations which opened their month╒s season last night. It was nearly three o╒clock this morning before the last of the day trippers left, and at that hour a merry train-load left the Central Station for Rowley Regis, near Worcester.
Over 200 special trains, about 2,000 motor-coaches, and a multitude of private cars poured a flood of visitors into the town during the week-end. The 200,000 dazzling lights are fed by mighty cables bringing current from the super-power station at Preston. One of the most effective novelties is the display of the big searchlights at the ends of the three piers. Their beams cross each other constantly and weave patterns on the waves. The four-mile Promenade is a mass of colour. At the Open-All Bath brilliant gondolas skim the water and fairy tales are told in changing lights. A glittering ╥waterfall╙ decorates the bandstand.
