wtorek, 25 listopada 2014

The most magical job in Britain.

Najbardziej magiczny zawód w Wielkiej Brytanii to opiekun gazowych latarni, których jest jeszcze w Londynie 1500.

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.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2848038/The-magical-job-Britain-Enchanting-story-gas-street-lights-five-men-burning-just-did-Dickens-day.html#ixzz3K5YJYNGZ 

1 komentarz:

  1. TO dla mnie! :) Z różnych powodów, ale w tym wypadku nazwisko się liczyć powinno :)
    Tylko ten English....ups...... :)

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