LONDON’S BRIGHTEST STREET

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 September 1940, Page 8

LONDON’S BRIGHTEST STREET

PRINCE CONSORT ROAD Should it ever become necessary to take up our street lamps to supplement the supply/oi iron, as was done in Vienna, there is one street in London which would provide-a rich harvest (says the ‘Manchester Guardian’). Prince Consort road in Kensington, which lies just behind the Albert Hall, bdasted in pre-war days of being the best-lighted street in Greater London. The street has twice as many lamp standards in proportion to its size as any other street in the capital. This odd distinction is due to the fact that some 50 years ago a young man whilst crossing the road one dark night was knocked down and killed by a passing carriage. At the inquest the coroner remarked that Prince Consort road was badly lighted, and the local council, taking notice of, this censure, decided to increase the number of lamps. Still more were added when the mother of the young man died and left a legacy to the local council on condition that the money was used to provide extra illumination for the street.