Why Did They Stop Walsall Illuminations?
However, Walsall Council scrapped the illuminations following the 2008 event after it made a £160,000 loss and there was a drop in visitor numbers. Why did Walsall Illuminations stop? Due to their success, the Illuminations were repeated in 1952 and again for the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 and continued annually, growing in size and duration, …