It was all dark in the 1970s

Back in the 1970s, the "Three Day Week", was introduced by the Conservative government to preserve electricity at a time when there was a good deal of industrial action. Essentially this was a rationing of electricity - this meant heating and lighting were off the menu at times. You were probably a little luckier if you had a gas supply, for at least you would have some heating and a facility to cook. For most though, there would be no light. This meant having to light your way with candles, or use battery powered torches. The torches in the picture are probably the sort of thing you would have used back in the dark days of the 1970s to light up your life. Although very inconvenient for all concerned, youngsters back then were more inventive with their time and actually embraced the dark hours for a bit of fun - I hate to think how the Playstation generation would cope now with no electricity.