"We come then, inevitably, to a condition where the unfortunate Lighting Engineer is accused of spoiling our ancient cities and our beautiful ring roads with his monstrous erections when he is engaged only in what appears to him to be a praiseworthy endeavour..."

F. N. Rush, Street Lighting Sales Engineer, The Ediswan Electric Co. Ltd., lamenting that most modern lanterns look like sick serpents with carpet cleaners in their mouths (Public Lighting, p80, June 1953)

"He looked forward to visiting Aberdeen next year for the Public Lighting Engineers' Conference, and he believed the "sky-glow" over Aberdeen, because of Mr. Parker's work, rivalled that over New York"

J. T. Grundy, Siemens Edison Swan Ltd., appraising Ronald Parker's lighting scheme for Aberdeen (Public Lighting, p34, March 1959)

"When asked to light a village, the local authority therefore put a light near the church, another near the public house and a third on the corner of a wall or a telegraph pole."

G, W, Hutson, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire., pointing out that parish councils did not make the most efficient lighting authorities (Public Lighting, p35, March 1959)

"In 1793 the lighting in London was so bad that James Boswell was able to have sex with a prostitute on Westminster Bridge and consider it a private trysting place." Bill Bryson, At Home