THOUSANDS of people gathered in Darwen for the Christmas light switch on.
The event, which has been hailed as a 'great success', took place at the earlier time of 2.30pm on Saturday in the town centre.
This year's switch on featured a star studded lineup including CBeebies Mr Bloom, dance music duo Phats and Small and X Factor winner Ben Haenow.
Cllr Jane Oates said: "It was fantastic, it went really well.
"There were thousands of people there it was a really good turn out.
"The children seemed to love Mr Bloom and Phats and Small really got the crowd going.
"It was a great success."
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