On 8/10/2013 4:51 AM, Ophelia wrote:

> When I was a kid our cottage was very late getting electricity. We had
> all gas and mantles for the lights. We had a very elaborate thing for
> our sitting room, brass with three tiny mantles and long fancy chains on
> each sides The bedrooms just had standard lamps.
>
I used to live in a house where some of the older light fittings were
dual gas and electric - gas mantle on top, light bulb on the bottom.