IN DARKEST ENGLAND
VILLAGE- LAMPS OUT SINCE WAR-TIME RAIDS CURFEW STILL RINGS "In Darkest England" would be a good title for a story about Dedham Essex, the village which has not been lighted up since fear of Zeppelin caused it to blow out the lights, sa.-s an exchange. Dedham has a population of 1.50# and a population used to the blessings of gas and electricity, for before the war up-to-date systems functioned lor both types of service. The wires and pipes, the generators and the gammeters, are there still. But they don’t work. During the war years, when Zeppelin raids were constantly feared, the city turned off its gas and electric supplies. They’re still oft. Curfew rings at seven o’clock, and all shop lights go off. Those who venture out into the unlighted streeti carry lanterns. The village station is lighted by acetylene lamps, helped out at train time by a few good oldfashioned lorches. Dedham is not interested in light. A councillor of the town who fought his election with street lighting as hit principal platform, lost. The next time he d d not say anything about lighting. He was elected.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 936, 1 April 1930, Page 10
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192IN DARKEST ENGLAND Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 936, 1 April 1930, Page 10
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