I would just like to add how sad I am to hear about the passing of Joe Woodhouse - a man who had a massive impact on the Blackpool Illuminations. Yes, that was not a typo, I say Blackpool Illuminations as, without Joe and his contemporaries, the amazing spectacle that was Sheffield's Christmas lights in the 1960s would not have inspired the son of a hoover salesman in a Sheffield suburb to dream, aged seven, that he wanted to be a part of Blackpool's famous annual illuminations jamboree. I met Joe in back in 1999 when I still had hair, glasses like Dennis Taylor and less excess weight hanging over my trousers. While they say 'never meet your heroes' in Joe's case this was 100% wrong. He was charming, witty and still had a passion for his subject.
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