Dianne spreads some Christmas cheer to turn on the Sale Moor lights

Sale Today can exclusively reveal that the mystery VIP turning the Sale Moor village Christmas lights will be BBC North West weather presenter  Dianne Oxberry.

The big switch on is scheduled for Sunday November 20th on the Warrener Street car park. The party starts at 5.30pm and everyone’s invited.  The organisers say that Dianne will switch on the lights around 6-15pm.

”We are delighted to say that Dianne is our celebrity VIP and agreed to take a break from her busy schedule to switch the Sale Moor lights on. I know how impressed she has been in the way the community has rallied around  to ensure there are lights this Christmas.”

Sale Moor village missed out on the lights last year after funding was withdrawn. But the lights will be back on again after a wonderful community response to a Crowdfunding Appeal organised by the  We Are Sale Moor action group.

“We raised the full amount  to get the lights in the trees thanks to some additional help from traders and collection boxes in shops. We collected a great amount in those. Shoppers have been really generous. So we will now get all the lights we wanted including up lighters in the trees by the car wash,’ said Christine Houlding for We Are Sale Moor.