"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 05/04/2019 12:55, tim... wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...

Remember when window-lights (to distinguish from electric or gas lights)
over bedroom doors where a thing back in Edwardian and maybe earlier
times? Though that was to allow light into the hallway.

Oh is that what it's for

I always wondered

Our house was built in the 30s BTW

Sister's previous house that them was built in the 70s

I thought it was so the landing light lit the kiddies' bedrooms if they
were scared of the dark.

Not convinced that's a valid problem looking for this solution

And you can tell if you have left the light on in the room. (A flat built
in the late 80s I had had them.)

Most cases you can tell that because the light leaks around the door frame

tim



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