Originally posted by stek
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Also, the TV stations had to stop broadcasting at 10:30PM (just after News at Ten on ITV), although they only used to broadcast until around midnight anyway. I remember being allowed to stay up late on a school night to watch them close down early
I used to quite enjoy the power cuts; spirit of the Blitz, and all that. We'd go round to visit people so we could all sit by candlelight, and had some great evenings. I remember one around 1970 (we were still in Liverpool, and Heath was PM), in the days before the cuts were arranged to a timetable. Back then, the power went off without any warning, and you didn't know when it would come back on again.
The extended family had, without organisation, descended on my Aunty Flo's (she had a gas cooker and could make tea) and we had a rare old time. After a few hours the lights suddenly came back on and the entire room went "Oh..." (with a downward descant) "...that's a shame." Then my Mum and Dad said "Oh well, we'd better get this lot home to bed," but you could tell that everybody was enjoying themselves so much that they were all sad it was over
Thatcher was foul
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