On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:41:12 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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>> On 8/10/2013 4:51 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>Oohh posh <g>Never heard of those)

Most older city homes are plumbed for gas lighting... electric
lighting is relatively new... as electric lighting became popular
(only about 100 years ago) the piping was cut, capped, and plastered
over... the gas piping is still inside the walls. The house I grew up
in was built in 1911, it originally had all gas lighting, so did all
the the houses around... some left the gaslight fixtures because they
are so decorative, some were electrified. We electrified those in our
entryway and center hallways on both floors.