Switch-on of Inverness Christmas lights will honour memory of two council staff members
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THE memory of two members of Highland Council's lighting department will be honoured at the switch-on of the Christmas lights in Inverness.
The council has announced that the event on Sunday will be dedicated to the late John Beaton and Alister Wemyss who passed away earlier this year.
As well as playing a key role in the delivery of numerous lighting projects which have transformed Inverness during the dark winter nights, the two were instrumental over many years in the development of the lighting on show at the council’s Halloween Show on Ness Islands, Winter Wonderland in Whin Park and Christmas light displays in the city centre.
Provost Helen Carmichael who will lead Sunday's torchlight procession as the lights are switched on said: “You only have to walk around our city to discover the contribution made by John and Alister and their colleagues in the lighting department towards ensuring Inverness is a beautiful place to be on the darkest of winter nights.
"This tribute is richly deserved and on a night when the younger members of our community gathers to discover the magic of lighting, a most fitting way for us to say a final thank you to our late and sadly missed colleagues."
The procession, led by the City of Inverness senior and youth pipe bands, will set off from Crown Primary at 5.45pm and head down Stephen's Brae to the High Street where the Christmas lights will sparkle into life as the procession passes each section.
It will end outside Inverness Town House when the historic building’s Christmas 2019 colour scheme will be revealed for the first time.
