STREET LIGHTS

 

So many people decorate the outside of their house’s now with colored lights that the big London Christmas displays like oxford street or Regents street It don’t seem such a big deal now.

But when they first began it was a different story.

They came about after an article in the daily telegraph commented that during Christmas London looked so drab and grey.

As a result, in 1954 the Regent Street association decided to take decisive action and organized themselves to decorate the buildings with electric lights.

These became so popular that people would travel for miles to see them and turning the lights on became such an event that thousands of people would turn up to see a celebrity flick the switch.