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Originally Posted by pendy
My Great Aunt Agnes had gaslight for years - it made electric light look very harsh by comparison.
Her reason for sticking with it was that if the gas leaked, you could smell it, but if the electricity leaked, it could be all over the house before you knew about it .......
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my word did i laugh at that pendy
but i too had grandparents who were worried that 'leccy would escape.
makes me think of when i lived in croft street (Neto there now) and playing with melted tar in the summer and mi ma saying "thi'll git mucky n' thi'll ned a b'th" :engsmil:
