Gas Lit Houses

It wasn't" the dark ages" for me. The first home my husband and I had was a much loved caravan on a RAF caravan site. It had calor gas for lighting and cooking and a solid fuel stove for heating.

"Solid fuel stove"! I had one of those in my caravan - the first place I owned after coming out of bedsits. Me and my black pussycat loved that little stove.

Oops! I sound like an old witch now!

I can remember homes in the Scottish Highlands that only had oil lamps prior to the building of the hydro-electric plant at Loch Awe in the 1960s.

We had electricity, outside Glasgow, but burnt Welsh anthracite in the Raeburn and coal in the fireplaces.

You sound like a young witch Gonegirl. A good beginning for a story.

oh yes the gas lights in caravans, forgot allabout that

My aunt had gas lights in the 1950s.
We lived in Wales from 1973 to 1994 and attended a little church which had gas lighting.

Thanks Alexa I had forgotten about Tilley lamps. We also headed north for the holidays and I now vividly remember my uncle used to spend a lot of time "trimming the wick" of the Tilley lamps at the kitchen table. My aunt used to bake great scones on the black range. I remember the small living room being really hot and the rest of the house freezing. We weren't allowed candles in the bedroom but had great fun with torches!!

I guess I am older than you jacq10. When I was a child with a naked flame in my attic bedroom there was not really much official health and safety.

Grandetante, thanks for filling in a gap in my knowledge. Of course, the Loch Awe power scheme would have affected the Kyles of Bute.