Well, All I can tell you is that people moved in in 1942 according though
the searches. The sockets were made of a very brittle brown bakelite
substance and we had to change them in 1956 when we moved in as some had
clearly overheated due to loose screw syndrome. I did go into several of the
houses along this terrace back around 58 or so and remember, being a nerd
back then too, that they all had 13 amp square shuttered pin sockets, so
unless somebody did the whole block at once, then they must have been here
since just before the war.
I guess its possible that some damage was done during the war needing some
work to them all, but no mention on the search. I was still a child but
loved things electrical back then as well.


I'm not going to do loads of research on tit but there were a couple of
socket adaptors left here when we moved in, one was for a large round pin
socket the others were several small three pin sockets on a box shaped 13a
adaptor. None of these adaptors were fused and of cours no plug back then
had shrouded pins and some of the sockets shutters were jammed open, one
assumes to poke wires in with the usual lethal consequences no doubt.
Another device that was left in the cupboard under the stairs was an
electric iron terminated in a bayonet plug that went into a light fitting.
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Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:
Might I just say that although this house was built in 1939, it was
built using 13 amp sockets on the old rubber and fabric covered wires,
including earth.

Pretty certain 13 amp was a post war thing, Brian. But it could have taken
a long time to build your house. ;-)

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