Old Street Lamps

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

441

Date Released

9 Jun 1963

Date recorded

10 May 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

695

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Old Street Lamps
2. 2Traffic Jam Testing
3. 3Tasco

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: A brand new London bar set us wondering. For the people who had been invited to its opening - all came dressed in the elegant styles of the naughty nineties. We wondered why there is such a fascination for the past. Why old, timbered towns like Chester always attract thousands of devoted admirers. No one really knew. Nor did they know why London’s old street lamps, now being replaced by efficient modern lighting, should be returned to their former state of glorious burnished brass and sold for many pounds for seekers of the past all over the world. So beautiful is the past that nobody cared for reasons. Or maybe beauty is the reason.

Keywords

History and archaeology

Locations

London; Cheshire; Chester; England

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Kenneth Best

Length of story (in feet)

350

Story extras:

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