In fact, this picture previously posted by Pathfinder (I missed it earlier) depicted the scene on 4th May 2007 (day after Madeleine's disappearance) and though and behold there is a streetlight pole but with a round globe on it!
The tree branches are not at all dense so if this lamp was lit on the 3rd May there is no doubt that it would have been the primary light source on the shutters of 5a. But was it lit???
4078 'Do you remember or can you recall what the street lighting was like around there''
Reply 'There's a street light, and this is all, erm, I couldn't sort of guarantee this, but my impression is that there was, the street lights were sort of very orangey, erm, sort of fairly orangey light, I think there was one at the top corner and maybe one about halfway up on the right as you came up from the Tapas Restaurant and possibly one on that, on that back bit behind the car park, someway further along'. (MO)
Yeah, the street lights were definitely on and I think it was, I think it was fairly dark by this time, because I think that’s why I was sort of thinking ‘Oh lets send Russell, send Russell back rather than’, well not, but, you know, I was sort of thinking ‘Oh I can’t be bothered to go up and check, I’m sure I can persuade Russell to go’, but then I decided to go myself, so. So I think, I think it was, I think it was getting, it was dark”. (JT)