"dennis@home" wrote in message
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":::Jerry::::" wrote in message
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Err, wasn't the National electricity grid built during (effectively)
a nationalised period,

Err, no.

Err, yes, if you take into account the word effectively. The Central
Electricity Board was created by an Act of Parliament of 1926, for the
purpose of creating the grid and standardising supply systems.


wasn't the British Gas distribution system
built during a nationalised period,

Err, no.

wasn't the railways (1950's)
modernisation during nationalisation?

Err, no.

Err, it depends. Much of the modernisation happened after the Grouping,
which was probably as close to nationalisation as a government of that day
would want to go and electrification, outside of the Southern Region, really
took off after 1956.

However it was run down during a nationalised period.

Which was more due to political outlook than nationalisation per se.

Colin Bignell