In old London times, before electricity, before Jack the Ripper and just after Shakespeare, Shoreditch built the biggest gasworks in London. Streetlights and shop fronts were lit with powerful gas lamps. The authorities at the time were so proud that around the Royal crest of their new town hall they had the words - "More Light, More Power" carved and its still there today. Unlike Whirley Gig, the London Apprentice and the Shoredicth Twat. Here's to More Light More Power.
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