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Meryl we have talked about this with maps and everything for ages. as my old school teacher used to say 'You there at the back pay attention '
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They don't tell you - or even warn you, Meryl. It's only when you arrive home late - or look out of the window - as I did this morning @ 4am (the wee small hours) that you realise - it's dark out there!
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Did James give us a timetable for when it was all supposed to happen Mind you I cant remember what it was but had a feeling South side was end of this month or start of next could easily be wrong mind you
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Each time a new part of the town was due to be switched off I put a reminder on the other thread, I haven't checked lately but i have a hunch a large part of south Lowestoft was due to go over on Oct 24th, last Monday, but this time around i didn't think or couldn't be bothered to update that thread!
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I dont think theres been that much comment on it in the press even Meryl I only knew what was on here perhaps they dont want to spook everyone
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We had a notice put in our door by the police this afternoon about house and car burglaries in the area. One of the tips they gave about car burglary was to park your car in a well-lit area - that's a laugh, seeing as our area will be losing street lighting for most of the night. Woops, just seen your post about this Meryl. 
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In my road its so dark even the criminals would have trouble seeing what they were doing, if they used a torch maybe not but that would draw attention to themselves. They would only get found out if someone was looking out of their window at the time, streetlights or no streetlights. Most of the night crimes reported in the journal still have reported times of occurance when the lights are still on.
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I read reports that crime actually went down in areas where its been tried as you are much more likely to see a torch than if they were seen walking around I dont have any links at my finger tips but I ll see if I can find one
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Careful what you say Meryl, many here said it was a good idea!
Best you read Dimming/switching off Lowestoft's Streetlights on this site!
just read it and I don't feel that anyone was particularly for it. Actually I didn't say that I was against it merely pointed out the irony of the leaflet.
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Are you like me Meryl grew up with the lights going off at midnight
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When I was a child the street lights in our street in Liverpool were gas lights. I guess they must have been similar in Lowestoft
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Are you like me Meryl grew up with the lights going off at midnight
I don't remember lights at all during the war but remember the gas lighter after the war as in the above post.
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I dont remember the gas lighter but I ve heard about the one armed chap before
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“He made the night a little brighter
Wherever he would go
The Old Lamplighter,
Of long, long ago.”
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This is a Liverpool picture from 1953. It's not my picture so thank you to the person who it belongs to. I remember climbing up the lamp posts like that.
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