This
is on the Promenade in September or October 1997 during the
Illuminations. You can see that the whole of the Golden Mile is alive
with colour, attracting thousands of visitors .
This
chap would attach himself to a group of people and then preach Bible
verses to them for about a hundred yards before wishing them a good
evening and moving on to the next group.
I don't
think he marked up many conversions as people tended to regard him
as just another novelty in a town already full of novelties.
If you look at the second photo below you can see the Tower in the background with the word Fanta illuminated.
It
was a big deal for the advertising industry at the time to get such a
prestigious location for their product, and it made national headlines.
Apparently
Fanta UK had to get permission from their parent company Coca-Cola to
install the 10,000 light bulbs it took to illuminate the sign.
Now I suspect it would just be an advert on the Web.
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