...and Sandwell said 'Let there be light', and there was light.

So what's going on here then?

Lamp posts have appeared at the car park adjacent to the new concrete steps and also along the sides of the tennis courts.

Obviously Sandwell have decided to cheer us all up and shake us out of the economic gloom by wasting a bit more of someone's money on lights.

Quite why, when local authorities are supposed to be vetting every penny spent for value for money, beats me.

And quite why, when the gate to the access to these areas is locked at dusk, also beats me.

Who is going to benefit from these lights if they can't get in?

But this is Sandwell, so there doesn't have to be a sensible reason.