PEOPLE are being told they need to put their hands in their pockets if they expect to see Christmas lights again.

Organisers are £4,700 short of the amount needed for lights and decorations to be put up in Whitby.

The chairman of the Christmas lights appeal committee, Saul Black, criticised a lack of interest in the lights.

The total cost of installing, maintaining and running the lights is £8,000. Scarborough Borough Council has given £3,000 of the bill and the rest is being sought from local businesses and town's folk. So far, just £300 has been pledged.