What illumination was suggested for a 1945 home dining room from my book Teach Yourself Building ELECTRICITY, and what luxury appliance was also recommended?
It depended on the part of the country, and which sector of society you were in.
1945, in our house, a single bayonet light fitting in the centre of the room, 100W lamp (always called the bulb!), also used with a multi way adaptor to power the iron on wash days. The luxury item would have been an electric fire with a wire spiral element zig zagged in a ceramic holder, powered from the two pin socket on the skirting. Also doubled as a toaster, but you had to be careful not to let the fork touch the element. If the element broke, then link the broken ends over each other to extend the life.
It depended on the part of the country, and which sector of society you were in.
1945, in our house, a single bayonet light fitting in the centre of the room, 100W lamp (always called the bulb!), also used with a multi way adaptor to power the iron on wash days. The luxury item would have been an electric fire with a wire spiral element zig zagged in a ceramic holder, powered from the two pin socket on the skirting. Also doubled as a toaster, but you had to be careful not to let the fork touch the element. If the element broke, then link the broken ends over each other to extend the life.
