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96. Gas Lamps of Westminster

London History

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The Gas Lamps in Westminster

I think if you're a purist, the streets like Lord North Street and Gave House to meet down by Spitfire are literally looking at how it would have been in 1910. So this idea that, you know, they're all falling to bits is just not true. I mean, I'm walking these streets, so they're all working absolutely fine. Why are we seeing fewer gas lamps on the streets now? What's happening? Well, a lot of them were taken so that we got the 275 left in Westminster.

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