It was the year when Nintendo's Wii gaming console first went on the market and when Nanny McPhee and Ice Age: The Meltdown were big in the cinema – but what did 2006 bring on the home front?
Here we have another rummage in The Whitehaven News picture archives, this time for a page of photos all from that year's Christmas lights switch-on in Whitehaven.
Were you or a loved one in the picture? Share your memories with us – email letters.wn@cnmedia.co.uk
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