Posted by Robert Hill on April 06, 2001 at 18:27:35 from 129.11.159.106:
In Reply to: Re: Electricity at Beckfoot posted by Jock on April 05, 2001 at 12:18:37:
If I remember correctly, Wasdale Head, including its well-known pub,
didn't get mains electricity until the 1970s (or may even have been the
80s). Some earlier proposals to connect it provoked objections because
of the proposed extensive use of overhead cables.