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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just watching a clip on TV of Downton Abbey with Maggie Smith. It's set in 19th Century England and electricity had just been installed in her house.
She was holding a fan over her head to protect her from the new fangled 'electricity vapours' that she thought would harm her.
The reason for this post is this:
They were used to dimly lit rooms in those days so imagine the shock to the senses it must have been to walk into a bright floodlit room.
What other things do we take for granted these days that must have seemed a real culture shock when it was first deployed in our homes/lives? |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack! |
There was a huge misstrust of these new fangled horseless carriages that travelled at untold speeds of ..... 20 mph! And these railway engine things! How did they expect to survive being hurled through the atmoshpere at these giddy speeds! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Running hot and cold water, on tap, and central heating....never ceases to amaze me.... the Romans had this centuries before my parents Scottish council house!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When i was young my nan used ta live in the country and her house had an outside loo that was just a bucket under a board with a hole in lol
The waggon came ta the road every week ta pick it up
She eventually had indoor plumbing installed xx  |
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By *im53Man
over a year ago
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"When i was young my nan used ta live in the country and her house had an outside loo that was just a bucket under a board with a hole in lol
The waggon came ta the road every week ta pick it up
She eventually had indoor plumbing installed xx "
some of the older ones did not want a shithouse in doors making the house smell lol  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"When i was young my nan used ta live in the country and her house had an outside loo that was just a bucket under a board with a hole in lol
The waggon came ta the road every week ta pick it up
She eventually had indoor plumbing installed xx
some of the older ones did not want a shithouse in doors making the house smell lol "
It seems really strange that some people actually thought that bringing the loo inside would smell the house up. How bizarre. |
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