tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post5498267165333874940..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Cathedral lightsCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-26964165594198024012021-05-10T15:08:44.233+01:002021-05-10T15:08:44.233+01:00Hels, it was very strange - nice as it was to see ...Hels, it was very strange - nice as it was to see St Paul's without the crowds (only two other visitors inside at the same time as me!), it was unnerving at the same time. <br /><br />Thank you, Ralph - I know the Carting Lane lamp but not the Primrose Hill ones, I'll have to try to spot the W IV R one when I get a chance to visit!CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-41785799517391900562021-05-10T04:55:02.341+01:002021-05-10T04:55:02.341+01:00St Paul's Cathedral's location and archite...St Paul's Cathedral's location and architecture still look amazing, but the emptiness is haunting. It reminds me of Sicily after Mt Etna erupted. Hopefully normal life will return soon.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-22286285414165157982021-05-09T22:06:31.888+01:002021-05-09T22:06:31.888+01:00Thanks for another fine article. Victorian gas lam...Thanks for another fine article. Victorian gas lamp standards are fascinating. There are several in Hyde Park where the top of the cast iron pillar houses a Blue Tits' nest, the small birds being just able to squeeze in between the gas pipe and the edge of the circular hole. In Carting Lane just off the Strand there is a lamp designed to burn off methane vented from the sewer beneath. The gas lamps on Primrose Hill, now sadly converted to electricity, have the monogram of the ruler cast into the pillar -- mostly V R of course, but there is one with W IV R, showing that it was installed between 1830 and 1837.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.com