The Forgotten Job That Lit Victorian London for 200 Years
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The Forgotten Job That Lit Victorian London for 200 Years
In 1937, a journalist found one of the last lamplighters in Fulham, leaning against his pole in the gathering dusk. The man had been lighting London's gas lamps for over forty years. There were only 412 of his profession left in the entire city. By the 1950s, even those were gone. Or so everyone thought. Today, in 2026, around 1,500 gas lamps ...
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