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When did shop lighting come on at the end of the 2nd World War?

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Brian Leahy
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quotePosted at 10:06 on 20th January 2013
Can anyone remember when shops were alowed to switch their display lights on in the centre of Oxford following the end of the Second World War?
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Ron Brind
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quotePosted at 11:29 on 20th January 2013
Great question Brian and be interesting to see if anybody knows the answer to that one!
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Paul Hilton
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quotePosted at 20:49 on 21st January 2013
fwiw--the blackout ended 9 Dec 1944; street lighting was allowed back on April 1945. 
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