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How to wire a 1970's plug...

Lisa Miles
Just seen this and thought I'd share with you...


As part of the IET's 'Exploring the Archives' feature, my colleague Asha Gage‍ from the Archives Team gives us a quick look at an unusual item in the IET Archives. A tea towel from the 1970's made to help the public to understand the changes in wiring. ?

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    Hi Lisa, I`d never seen that. Yes back in the day wiring a plug was second to "how to ties shoelaces". Having said that a lot of folks still made a pigs ear of it.

    Public information films like "what to do when the nukes drop" and "how to cross the croad" were a plenty along with "trade test transmittions". That was back in the day when you had to turn the telly on 5 mins before coronation street to let it "warm up" (knowing where to bang it when it went wrong" was a popular pastime).


    I think a tea towel or similar idea on the subject of "how to have a conversation/react with other people without the use of computerised gadgets" would be a good start.
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    Hi Lisa, I`d never seen that. Yes back in the day wiring a plug was second to "how to ties shoelaces". Having said that a lot of folks still made a pigs ear of it.

    Public information films like "what to do when the nukes drop" and "how to cross the croad" were a plenty along with "trade test transmittions". That was back in the day when you had to turn the telly on 5 mins before coronation street to let it "warm up" (knowing where to bang it when it went wrong" was a popular pastime).


    I think a tea towel or similar idea on the subject of "how to have a conversation/react with other people without the use of computerised gadgets" would be a good start.
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