The Three-Day Week And Power Cuts
Homework by candlelight, telly off at half ten.
Electricity restricted to three days a week for commercial users, and rolling blackouts at home through the winter.
Every house had a drawer of candles and a paraffin heater that smelled dangerous. Children thought it was tremendous fun, which their parents found irritating.
Television was ordered off the air at 10.30pm to save power. An entire country went to bed early for months.
Cost back then
A packet of candles, 5p
Goes for now
Paraffin heaters still turn up at car boots for £20
