On Sat, 5 Jan 2013 20:38:34 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:

Purchased in 1980 for £2.99,

From Woolworths as well.

Can I add that those 'modern' strings of all-white fairy lights - and
even more so, the deep blue - look absolutely awful.

White is OK. Blue I don't like as my eyes just can't focus them. At least
white is a "christmas colour", blue isn't.

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Cheers
Dave.