TABLE-TENNIS tables have been installed as part of the million-pound facelift for the Market Square in Harlow Town Centre.

For some (cynics/realists-delete as applicable) these will just be targets for vandals in an area that has been described a “no-go”.

For others, (optimists/visionaries) they are just a small part of a larger regeneration scheme that will see a massive transformation in the area.

This is not a new idea, there are table tennis tables in Chelmsford to name just one place.

We went down and took a photograph on June 12th. We will return in a months time and see if they remain as pure as a Chester Barnes top slice.