My home is a resolutely Christmas-free zone at least until December. Not so for our town centres, which milk the season as a commercial enterprise and switch on the lights before the end of November. I happened to need to pop into Shipley anyway, which coincided with the Shipley lights celebration. I was pleased to see that, now the market square has been expensively revamped, they have eschewed the silly modern tree they've had for a few years (just a few wires and lights) in favour of a real fir tree - and it looked quite pretty. So did the banners dotted around the square.
There were masses of people milling around, with market stalls selling Christmassy items and advertising local groups and services. One was a local amateur dramatic group, Drama Unlimited, which has been performing shows since 1977. They were colourfully dressed to promote their production of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', coming to Bingley Arts Centre in February.
The Kirkgate Centre has a herd of reindeer on its roof. I'm sure they'll thrill the little ones coming to the nursery next door.
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