Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

Surrey county council has abolished night time

The LED street light outside my window is on for 24 hours

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issue 30 January 2021

An everlasting lightbulb brighter than the Dog Star was installed in the street lamp outside my house one morning as I watched the two engineers being lifted up on a crane.

I knew it was trouble as they took out the soft yellow bulb from the antique holder and installed a bright-white LED.

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