summer season at Blackpool North Pier<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe duo fired a large cannon from outside the town hall to turn on the lights. Newspapers at the time reported that the switch-on took place between their first and second houses, meaning it was the shortest ever switch-on ceremony at just 4 minutes long.<\/p>\n
In the previous year the illuminations were switched on by Kermit the frog, the following year was by Earl and Countess Spencer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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