Fireworks back on table for Wivenhoe's jubilee event (From Essex County Standard)

Fireworks back on table for Wivenhoe's jubilee event

12:50pm Sunday 22nd April 2012 in News By Will Lodge

WIVENHOE could be set for a sparkling diamond jubilee after a lottery grant lit up the way for fireworks.

The organising committee for the town’s jubilee celebrations has been given £2,400 by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All scheme.

The cash boost means a firework display as a grand finale to a week of celebrations could be back on the table, after initial funding estimates found it would be too expensive to run.

The group is looking to spend around £1,500 on fireworks, with the rest of the grant going on the label for the Lovely Jub ilee commemorative ale, and paying back a loan to the committee from Wivenhoe Town Council.