Lamp Posts
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: When the charming, old-fashioned street lamps in Britain’s cities are replaced by modern, efficient lighting, where do the old lamps go? Maggie Palmer discovers many of them at the fascinating, but little-known Museum of Street Lighting, tucked away in the Hertfordshire countryside.
- Researcher Comments
- The museum was founded in 1974 by Concrete Utilities of Ware. People featured include Dennis Ware and Dr Pfitzman. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Engineering; History and archaeology; Exhibitions and shows
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1092
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Cutter
- Elizabeth Ledward
- Presenter
- Fernando del Paso
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Lamp Posts', This Week In Britain Issue No. 1092, 1979. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329333 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)