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The wonderful gas lamps of Berlin – the world’s largest gas lighting network
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 18, 2014 | 1 CommentTaking an evening stroll around Berlin on the weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to see the city’s streets bathed in the warm glow of gas lighting. -
Gas lamps and deckchairs, Green Park, early summer
Posted on Saturday, Jun 7, 2014 | No CommentsLast weekend the weather was rather delightful, and I took a stroll around London’s Green Park, one of the Royal Parks of London, and grabbed some photos on my perambulations. -
Gas lamp man, Green Park, London
Posted on Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 | 1 CommentPhotographed back in April 2002, here’s a gas lamp man hard at work in Green Park, central London. -
Umbrellas in London: a rainy summer afternoon in the capital
Posted on Friday, Aug 27, 2010 | No CommentsI like rain (although not at festivals!), so grabbed a few photos on my Lumix LX3 compact camera when I wandered around town on a wet summer afternoon in August. -
Gas lamp, Green Park
Posted on Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 | No CommentsI love gas lamps: so here’s one in Green Park, central London. See more London gas lamps here. -
![I embarked on a chilly seven mile walk around central London today (photos coming soon!), and managed to grab a few more photos of gas lamps still in use. Expect […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/london-gas-lamps-14-115x115.jpg "More London gas lamps")
More London gas lamps
Posted on Monday, Feb 9, 2009 | 1 CommentI embarked on a chilly seven mile walk around central London today (photos coming soon!), and managed to grab a few more photos of gas lamps still in use. Expect […] -
![On the 28th January, 1807, the gas lamps on Pall Mall were lit, making it the first street in the world to be illuminated by the warm glow of gas […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lon131-115x115.jpg "London: 202 years of gas lighting")
London: 202 years of gas lighting
Posted on Monday, Jan 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsOn the 28th January, 1807, the gas lamps on Pall Mall were lit, making it the first street in the world to be illuminated by the warm glow of gas […]