Posted by David Bamford on May 08, 2003 at 22:25:00 from 203.10.110.131 user David.
In Reply to: Beckfoot Bells, and Dick School posted by Clinton Crawford on May 08, 2003 at 20:00:32:
When young, I lived part of the time in a cottage outside a village near Coventry [or at least the remains of Coventry]. Lighting was by kerosene lamps, and I remember the improvement when my father brought home a Tilley lamp, and we could really see what was going on! The radio was powered by glass lead-acid "accumulators", which I think were recharged at the garage in the nearest village.