Walsall residents have shared their opinions of this years Christmas lights in Walsall town centre
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00:00It's fine isn't it?
00:01It's nice.
00:02Yeah.
00:02If you get more, like, more designs on every day, more designs, it'll be alright.
00:08Yeah, yeah, well you don't, did you see the Christmas lights last year?
00:10Yeah.
00:11Isn't that better this year than, er...
00:12No, I don't think I've seen a few lights, much more than last year.
00:18Well, words fail me, I'm afraid. Words fail me.
00:22We've just walked down from the tower and there's nothing, there's nothing.
00:27We remember of the Thursday, when it used to be, the radio stations was here, they lit it up,
00:33we had snow, we had singers, late night shopping.
00:37Now it's just, well...
00:40Seems a bit dilapidated, doesn't it?
00:41Were you here last, did you see it last year as well?
00:43Yes.
00:44Yeah, yeah, what do you think, do you think it's like a little bit of an improvement this year, or...?
00:46No, no, well they had to take it down last year to trim it.
00:52It's just, our town, it's just not our town anymore, it's just, it's just bad.
00:57Well, they said that there might be some room for improvement on next year, if the budget goes right.
01:02Return of Christmas to Walsall for 2025?
01:05Something that you're looking, something that you'd want?
01:09I don't know. Words just fail me, I'm, you know, I've lived here most of my life and I've never known the town so bad.
01:16So, that's all I can say.
01:18We think they're absolutely rubbish, and as they was last year.
01:22As they was? Oh, you saw the ones last year then as well, did you?
01:24Yeah, yeah, we've seen them last year.
01:25Do you reckon it's a minor improvement at all, or do you reckon it's the same level?
01:29I'd say it's the same level.
01:30Same level? Yeah, definitely.
01:31They were saying that there might be some room for talks in 2025, for like, for a bit more of a budget towards Christmas decorations.
01:38Christmas 2025 in Walsall, something that you want to see returned?
01:41Yeah, we'd love to see them improved, yeah.
01:43You'd see them improved?
01:43Yeah, because at one time that was nice, but the last few years they've really gone down in effect.
01:48I mean, like, we're one of the only major boroughs not to have, like, you know, a big, like, switcheroo events, you know, and celebrity stuff.
01:53I mean, like, there was a lady that we talked to earlier, she remembers when we had big switcheroo events in Walsall, you know, had acts on and stuff like that, dancing the whole lot.
02:01Yeah.
02:02I mean, it'd be nice to get that back this day and age, wouldn't it?
02:03It would, yeah.
02:04Yeah?
02:05Yeah.
02:05No, shocking. So, final thought? Shocking?
02:08Shocking, yeah.
02:10Yeah, it would.