The London Gasketeers (the name alludes, one assumes, to the swashbuckling heroes of the Alexander Dumas novel) are a newly created group set up to campaign for Britain’s historic gas lamps. Founded in January 2022, the Gasketeers operate by using social media and already have a number of high-profile supporters, including the actor Simon Callow, the historian and TV presenter Dan Cruickshank, and the President of the Victorian Society Griff Rhys Jones.
It is said that the Royal Family is ‘very pro-gas’ and refused to have electric lamps around the national memorial to the Queen Mother on The Mall.
The focus of their current concern is the plan by Westminster City Council (report
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