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| Picture No | 11938789 |
| Date | 1947 |
| Description | Blackout. Fuel-crisis shopping in London, 1947 |
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The Candlelights of London: business as usual in the capital. Fuel-crisis shopping with department store lighting - modern style. The fuel crisis, and consequent five-hour-daily cuts in electricity supply to domestic and business users, shocked Great Britain's social and industrial life. By 10th February 1947, daytime London became a city of candlelight with business conducted by the flickering light of candles and old Civil Defence hurricane lamps.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News, 8th March 1947 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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