Oxford Street and other areas of Central London such as Bond Street and Piccadilly due to "pickpocketing, fraud and theft". The advent of closed-circuit television has reduced the area's attraction to scam artists and illegal street traders. Every Christmas, Oxford Street is decorated with festive lights. The tradition of Christmas lights began in 1959, five years after neighbouring Regent Street. There were no light displays in 1976 or 1977 because of economic recession, but the lights returned in 1978 when Oxford Street organised a laser display, and have continued every year since. Current practice involves a celebrity turning the lights on in
Green Street Green to Orpington and Knockholt, and R11 to Sidcup. It is also served by Go-Coach route 431 to Orpington and to Sevenoaks via Knockholt. The nearest rail link to Green Street Green is at Chelsfield station. Green Street Green borders Orpington to the north and north east, Chelsfield to the east, Pratts Bottom to the south east, Hazelwood to the south, Downe to the south west and Farnborough to the west and north west. There is also a hamlet called Green Street Green in the parish of Bean near Dartford. Green Street Green Green Street Green is a village in Greater