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Intrigued tourists watch as Paul Doy climbs a ladder outside London's Westminster Abbey and lifts the globe of a gas street lamp.

Shine on: campaigners save Londons historic gas lamps

MailOnline exclusively revealed in July last year that Westminster Council was in the process of converting the 305 lamps under its control with LED versions that it said were more eco-friendly.

JANE FRYER: Aran Osman is perched 12 ft up a ladder on a dark and drizzly evening in Central London, fiddling about with a 100-year-old gas lamp in the gloom.

GRIFF RHYS JONES: To Westminster Councils jobsworths, gas lamps are not a charming vestige of the 19th century to be cherished, but gas-guzzling monstrosities.

MailOnline exclusively revealed in July last year that Westminster Council was in the process of converting the 305 lamps under its control with LED versions that it says are more eco-friendly.

MailOnline exclusively revealed in July last year that Westminster City Council was in the process of converting the boroughs 305 lamps with more eco-friendly LED versions.

London‘s oldest streetlamps were designed to be beautiful as well as useful – so why are they being replaced by harsh LEDs?

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