I did my night rating in the Chippy. Wonderful memories of flying around Lincolnshire in the dark, in a snow storm with the ATC at Waddington saying "Just WHAT type of aircraft did you say?"!!
My other recollections are that the landing light illuminates the back of the prop and little else... wheeler landings are preferable as the runway lights disappear very quickly in a three-pointer.
One other thing - our Chippy was equipped with a switch in the back seat that killed the lighting in the front. I was foolish enough to point this out to my instructor...DOH!