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My first job paid £5 a week. The commute from Chingford to Pall mall in the dark with those lights used batteries in 3 journeys. The cost of those batteries for those lights in winter amounted to a bit more than I earned. I had to stop on the Lea Bridge road 3 times a week for new ones. I think they were £1.80 or so.
I can remember useless giant lights with a pathetic bulb!