Rossendale Christmas lights

Schoolchildren from across Rossendale will get the region’s Christmas celebrations underway next week. Students from Haslingden High School will sing carols outside Haslingden Library at 3.45 pm on November 21, and the following day the Alder Grange Jazz Band will perform at the switch-on in Rawtenstall near the Dale Public House at 4.30 pm. Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School will entertain the crowds at Bacup’s switch-on at the Cenotaph at 4.30 pm on December 6.