Lambeth forgets to pay its electricity bill!

We stepped in after the council started installing new lighting on the paths going through St Marks churchyard opposite the tube without consulting the church.

The old lights had been switched off before the new columns were due to be installed (but that turned out to be because, after various re-organisations, the council has not paid the electricity bills!)

The Oval area gets busy at night, and it is not safe to have poorly lit pathways.

After Councillor Andrew Sawdon convened a meeting of the councill lighting engineers, the parks manager and the church, it has been agreed that the council will sort out the outstanding electricity bills; and the new lights will come on in the next few weeks. There will be "heritage" lanterns on the new columns more in keeping with the setting than the previous 1960s globes.