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Lighting-up time was first introduced in the nineteenth century in local by-laws and enforced nationally by the Lights on Vehicles Act 1907. In the 1920s, service stations started displaying cardboard clock-face displays, set to the lighting-up time for the day. The Road Lighting Act 1942 stipulated 1 hour after sunset/before sunrise.
A song was written to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and was sung alongside the lighting of the Beacons around the UK and across the Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Resounds, hundreds of choirs joined to sing A Life Lived with Grace. The song was put together after a call for lyrics and subsequent compositions was won by Lucy Kiely ...
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In both years the United Kingdom was the fourth highest producer of electricity from gas. In 2005 the UK produced 3.2% of the world total natural gas; ranking fifth after Russia (21.8%), United States (18%), Canada (6.5%) and Algeria (3.2%). In 2009 the UK’s own gas production was less and natural gas was also imported. [60] [61]
PORTSMOUTH — The city's 2024 holiday tree lighting and illuminated holiday parade will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7. The tree lighting ceremony is from 5 to 5:30 p.m. in Market Square, followed ...
Light vessel no. 3 3: 1947: Philip and Son: Varne (from 1981), Channel, Outer Gabbard, Kentish Knock, Owers: Sank off the coast of Israel in 2000. [2] Scarweather 4: 1947: Philip and Son: 1989: In 1991 was sold to the Musée de Bateau in Douarnenez, France, for £40,000. She has been restored and renamed "Scarweather". [3] Light vessel no. 5 5: ...
Festivities in Windsor Castle by Paul Sandby, c. 1776. Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays.
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