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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Nov 25, 2014 13:02:37 GMT
The most magical job in Britain: Enchanting story of our last gas street lights, and the five men who keep them burning just as they did in Dickens' day There are just 1,500 gas lamps left in London, each one hand-lit by a member of a five man team every evening The 19th-century lamps offer a glimpse of the city as it would have been during the time of Charles Dickens Current team of London lamplighters are actually British Gas engineers - but their efforts go largely unsung That the gas lamps have survived is partly a tribute to English Heritage, which has protected and restored them There are 1,500 gas lamps left in London - but hundreds of thousands of electric street lights. Westminster alone has 14,000 glaring electric lamps. But who keeps London's gas lights burning? Very interesting!>>>>>
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Post by GuiltySpark on Nov 25, 2014 14:05:06 GMT
But where's the aliens that live in the gas? I know they exist I saw them on Doctor Who.
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Post by Admin_Vistamike on Nov 25, 2014 14:13:58 GMT
You can't turn a corner now without bumping into them!! They come down here giving it all that!!
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Post by GuiltySpark on Nov 25, 2014 14:27:56 GMT
Don't worry lads, I've got a Tin Opener
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