{"id":17042,"date":"2016-04-29T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17042"},"modified":"2016-04-28T13:35:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T12:35:44","slug":"pic-of-the-day-the-wonderful-gas-lamps-of-hyde-park-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/pic-of-the-day-the-wonderful-gas-lamps-of-hyde-park-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Pic of the day: the wonderful gas lamps of Hyde Park, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve got a bit of a thing about gas lighting. I just love the look of the lamps, the warm glow they give off and the links with history.<\/p>\n

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I’ve photographed and written about the gas lamps of London<\/a> and Berlin<\/a>, two cities which still retain a surprising amount of gas-lit streets, and it always lifts the spirits to walk down a pathway lit by gas.<\/p>\n

Above is the lovely lamp that I came across at dusk in Hyde Park last week. I’d imagine it comes from the Victorian era.<\/p>\n

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London has been lit by gas for over two hundred years, and although electricity now completely dominates, several areas of London are still lit by gas, including a large part of Covent Garden, the Royal Parks, the exterior of Buckingham Palace and the parts of the Tower of London.<\/p>\n

Gas lamps can be found from\u00a0Richmond Bridge in the West to Bromley-by-Bow in the East.<\/p>\n

In total, some 1,500 gas lamps remain in use in London and they are\u00a0serviced by the last five remaining lamplighters in London, who are employed by British Gas.<\/p>\n

Here’s 11 facts about gas lamps:<\/p>\n

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