British electrical appliances - Page 4

Quite right, but remember that to remove the plug from a Reyrolle the switch had to be turned off.  It was mechanically interlocked.

Re the Wylex.  Yee gods, I'm not that old.   We had them in a house in the 80s.

Here is a link to Wylex info for those who have no idea what we oldies are talking about.  They were actually very good.

https://plugsocketmuseum.nl/Wylex1.html

Wylex rewritable fuses ? I have still got loads , 5 amp, 15 amp, 20 amp and 30 amp if anybody wants to buy a job lot.🔌💡⚡

LeckyLes 

Me too....... In the UK, but who wants them these days?

I've also got the plug in MCBs that replaced them.

Me to, all sizes, plus the old style dark coloured  Crabtree variety and the domestic grade Wylex  cartridge fuseholders plus cartridges .

Yep, I do have a large garage . 😏

LeckyLes 

We don't half hoard some stuff.

It mighy come in useful one day.

I wonder how many times I've said that 😂

Maybe we could together open up our very own old leccy museum 🙂

LeckyLes 

In Bournemouth, where I come from, we used to have a Museum of Electricity .  It was owned by Southern Electricity before  it became SSE.

It had quite a bit of big distribution equipment as it was located in a big old switching substation which was formerly the local power station for Christchurch. It also had masses of vintage electrical appliances, a Bournemouth tram and virtually anything else electrical you could think of.  It was a wonderful place for the likes of us to visit, though my wife was not so keen. I was sorry to hear that it was no more.  There is some stuff on the net about it.

I used to go round and could not stop saying  'We used to have one of those'!!!

Unfortunately they saw fit to close it down because it was costing money to keep it open and the bean counters don't like that.

We could always start one here in Spain as you can always buy vintage Spanish electrical stuff on the Salinas car boot.  Just a passing thought.  I think I'll let it pass.

Bournemouth used to have the biggest trolley bus system in the UK. It was a huge mistake to rip it out as they are the best form of public transport available today.  There are hundreds of systems operating throughout the world today and they have come a long way since the 60s. Quick, clean, quiet and more manoeuvrable than trams and cheaper to put in. We should go back to them. Greta would like that.  Recommended link  www.trolleymotion.eu

I used to go to school on the one shown in the pic.  The fare was a penny halfpenny, which I used to say a penny haip'ney. Bournemouth trolleys were different than most because they had two staircases and a door at the front to get off.

Also attached is a modern trolley bus. Click on the pic. Pretty smart. 

This is interesting, http://www.tbus.org.uk/home.htm