| The start of the Christmas season in the
Pitshanger area was marked for many years by an
event known as "Light Up
The Lane". In 2009, the PCA
returned the event to it's roots - shopping,
socialising and amusement for the local community -
under a new banner, the Pitshanger Christmas
Fayre.
Pitshanger Lane is home to the shops and restaurants
serving the Pitshanger area, and it was the Pitshanger
Traders who started Light Up The Lane
several years ago. Since 2001, the PCA has run
the event in close cooperation with the Pitshanger
Traders.
Most of the shops in the
Lane stay open, selling mince pies, mulled wine, samosas,
candy floss and anything else that will raise money
for charitable causes. Pitshanger Lane is closed
top traffic and there are stalls and
entertainment up and down Pitshanger Lane.
The tree lights - many thousands of them in the
trees along Pitshanger Lane - are lit every evening
during the Christmas period, cheering up the local area
right through to twelfth night.
Needless to say, the weather has a part to play
in any open air event that takes place in the middle
of winter. Over the years we've had just about
everything - wet, dry, mild, cold and even
artificial snow one year. However, Pitshanger
residents and traders are a hardy bunch and turn out
in their thousands whatever the weather.
The Pitshanger Christmas Fayre 2010 will take place on
Saturday 27th November, starting at 5.30pm
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