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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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    How times change!


    Are we to assume from this item that only women used tea-towels? ?


    In our house, Mother did most of the cooking, but Father helped and we boys were expected to help with the preparation - e.g. peeling spuds. Duties were shared out which meant that (in the pre-dishwasher era) it was the males in the household who tended to do the washing and drying.


    And now?


    It's all dishwashers with moulded plugs and given the variety of tasty ready-meals in the supermarkets, cookery is a dying art. ?
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    How times change!


    Are we to assume from this item that only women used tea-towels? ?


    In our house, Mother did most of the cooking, but Father helped and we boys were expected to help with the preparation - e.g. peeling spuds. Duties were shared out which meant that (in the pre-dishwasher era) it was the males in the household who tended to do the washing and drying.


    And now?


    It's all dishwashers with moulded plugs and given the variety of tasty ready-meals in the supermarkets, cookery is a dying art. ?
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