Phil Banner a lamplighter in London, checks a gas lamp outside Westminster Abbey, central London. Union leaders have re-ignited a pay claim for workers who maintain gas lamps dating back to 1765. * A bright spark at the GMB union discovered that a claim for one farthing submitted by the Careful Society of Lamplighters 236 years ago had not been settled. The union, which represents four workers who still light and maintain gas lamps outside Buckingham Palace in London and in the capital's Royal Parks, has written to British Gas about the "outstanding" grievance.
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Phil Banner a lamplighter in London, checks a gas lamp outside Westminster Abbey, central London. Union leaders have re-ignited a pay claim for workers who maintain gas lamps dating back to 1765. * A bright spark at the GMB union discovered that a claim for one farthing submitted by the Careful Society of Lamplighters 236 years ago had not been settled. The union, which represents four workers who still light and maintain gas lamps outside Buckingham Palace in London and in the capital's Royal Parks, has written to British Gas about the "outstanding" grievance.