Today I found an old iet wiring guide from 1948 I've had it years but it was hidden away I've just found it again anyway there's a bit in it about how AC feeds to houses it shows fuses in live and neutral near where the drop wire joins the main distribution pole. My old house was built in 48 and the main fuse for the live pole was in the meter cupboard were the pole top fuses instead of or as well as the main fuse in the house? Seems an odd idea a the electricity board man would need to climb the pole if it blew. Although I realise that fuses of that size wouldn't now often
