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Replacing a bulb can take 12 people in
Britain!
Friday October 21, 2011 08:08:51 PM,
IANS
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London: An elderly man
in Britain was shocked beyond his wits when he discovered that it
took 46 days and a dozen workmen to replace a street lamp bulb.
It all began when pensioner Jack Doran reported that a street
light outside his home in Cheltenham town of south west England's
Gloucestershire county was broken. But it 46 days and 12 visits by
workmen before it was fixed, the Daily Express reported.
Fixing the bulb took so much time after it was noticed that the
base of the lamp was surrounded by a hedge and workers could not
get access to the junction box. It meant the parks' department had
to be called out.
Thereafter, another team of workmen found water was leaking into
the light. But when this was repaired, they discovered it needed a
special bulb.They borrowed one from a nearby lamppost and returned
for another try. But then, they discovered the fuse had gone.
"I started to wonder what on earth had gone wrong," the
74-year-old Doran said.
Ken Pitt, street lighting manager for Gloucestershire county
council, said: "We appreciate this repair has taken longer than
usual but it wasn't straightforward."
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