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[OTD] 17th September 1944 - Blackout regulations eased
 
[OTD] 17th September 1944 - Blackout regulations eased
Posted by grahame at 08:21, 17th September 2026
 
https://www.beautifulbritain.co.uk/htm/onthisday/September/d317.htm - 17th September

1944 Blackout regulations eased in Britain to allow lights on buses, trains and at railway stations for the first time since the beginning of World War II in 1939.

Don't I recall in quite recent history a station or two being "daylight hours only" because it was unlit? 

 
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