The Cost of Tennis

When I was young my second home was Toton Lane Recreation Ground, Stapleford where we played football all year round, cricket in summer, and tennis on spring evenings and in the long summer holidays. We were there most days and as far as I know it was cheap and affordable. I don't think I am looking back sentimentally. These are the best courts near here and for £8 an hour you can even play on centre court. They are operated under license from the local authority, but there are cheaper courts. Today on TV £12 an hour in London was mentioned. If I was in Bolton I would have photographed the tennis courts in Haslam Park, abandoned, dilapidated, unusable. Much loved and used by my children, cheap and beautifully maintained and managed in the 1990s and now a sad comment on today's world. Come on Andy.