Atherstones lights go on this saturday, dickens night. It used to be earlier but we decided to fix it to the last sat in November, any earlier and we felt it lacked that christmas feel. I've been busy putting my lights up this week, and will continue next, i'll be struggling to get them done on time as I'd normally have started weeks ago. The town council have got their's up in a fashion, by a contractor who clearly doesnt know what they are doing as they have slipped along the wires and gathered in the centre. The Atherstone lights commitee lights seem to have been given away, in typical Atherstone style - did them the first year to prove they can, then left it to some soft sod to put his hand in his pocket for the 2nd and 3rd year to find the cash that the original 1st year lot couldn't be bothered to continue with. Don't know who's got them but I havent been asked to quote to put them up and I don't think they are up yet.
