In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Dave wrote:

Talking to my lunch time drinking companion, he mention that a fuse
had blown again and couldn't understand why.

It turns out that the house was built about 1958 and has only one fuse
for the sockets upstairs and downstairs. Was this common then and does
he have a ring or radial wiring?

There is a fuse for lights and another for the cooker.

Dave

It will be a ring main - but only one for the whole house. Quite common for
that period - although many, if not most, properties built at that time will
have been upgraded and/or re-wired in the meantime.
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Cheers,
Roger
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