DIYbanter - View Single Post - Still possible to get UK plug into standard light pendant

wrote:
Andy wrote:

Way back, before electricity was metered, it was charged according to
the number of lights you had, and sockets were a lot extra, so it was
common for houses to have lighting but no sockets, hence the spread of
BC plugs.

Later, in the days when round pin sockets were always fittred, it was
common to have just one socket upstairs, in the hallway, and none in
bedrooms. So again BC plugs came the the rescue.

During the war it was illegal to use power sockets at all because of
lack of electricity.
A light socket plug could be made by breaking the glass off an old
tungsten bulb and attaching fly leads to the wires inside.
(Ok its only a joke).

John2