Power cut

[solar]

Was driving along Crystal Palace Road and everything suddenly went pitch black. Traffic lights were out too.

[LouiseC]

Had it in Nunhead too...

[natty01295]

Sainburys did they go out ?

[kford]

Lordship out. A little reminder of life under old Labour in the '70s.

[natty01295]

It felt strange, Seeing everything dark

[wonderwoman]

Back to 70s

[buddug]

Oglander Road was all out, but just for 5 or 10 minutes. I rushed to 99-year-old next-door neighbour who was most confused, as she didn't realise we were all affected, but unlike me, had torch which she always keeps next to her (old Blitz habits die hard!). Is this the beginning of the outages the electricity companies have been threatening us with? I thought that was only going to happen if Labour got in and started freezing prices...

[lilolil]

"On December 13, 1973, Prime Minister Edward Heath announced the Three-Day Work Order, leading to the infamous three-day working week, from midnight on December 31 that year,"

"Heath's austerity measure was aimed at limiting commercial use of electricity to three consecutive days a week, to slash electricity consumption and conserve coal stocks, rather than impose a total shut down.

"But emergency electricity restrictions resulted in power cuts, forcing the most modern businesses to work by lamp and candle light.

"Reduced working hours led to severe hardship for many people whose wages were greatly reduced and Britain's troubled economy faltered further as production fell.

[minder]

Our lights flickered for a few minutes tonight and was on alert to get the candles out.

I remember the powercuts in the 70s and not just that but also how cold it was too. No central heating then.

As children we just got on with it but it must have been very hard for my Mum and Dad.

The 'coal man' used to go up and down streets shouting "coal, who want's coal?"

How times have changed.

[TheArtfulDogger]

buddug wrote

> Is this the beginning of

> the outages the electricity companies have been

> threatening us with? I thought that was only going

> to happen if Labour got in and started freezing

> prices...

For goodness sake people, it was a power failure and not a play by the power companies to impose outages...

I too remember the 3 day weeks of the 70s but this brief failure sure as heck wasn't that.

[Dart man]

In complete darkness we are all the same.. But it's only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us all. So who had the candles on within seconds?

[aquarius moon]

In the 70's it was expected so we all had matches, candles & torches at the ready.

It's so unusual nowadays that when it does happen, we have panic attacks instead.

[matnurse1983]

I remember lots of power cuts in the 80s too. Had torch and candles lit. Reading by candlelight was lovely. Contemplating how long it would last and possible food wastage from the fridge - not so much.

[DulwichFox]

Curry Club were in The Surma.. Added a bit of drama.

All of LL out 5mins. ?

Foxy

[Jeremy]

The last one I remember was around 2002/2003... when the whole of South London appeared to be out for around 2 hrs. Luckily this one was over much more quickly!

[JohnL]

I was out as I had to redownload by Sky box (which sometimes happens after a power cut).

AusterityUK :)

[Gubodge]

I enjoyed it while it lasted. It's much easier finding the candles these days, with a smartphone in the pocket ready to be switched to torch mode. And reading a back-lit Kindle is much easier on the eyes than straining by candle-light.

[James Barber]

Not much comfort but Ihave asked if this power company can attend the next Dulwich Community council to explain what the - is gonig on. They must surely have redundant back-ups to ensure power continuity.

[BrandNewGuy]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Curry Club were in The Surma.. Added a bit of

> drama.

And you didn't notice me nick your poppadom ;-)

[DulwichFox]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

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> > Curry Club were in The Surma.. Added a bit of

> > drama.

>

> And you didn't notice me nick your poppadom ;-)

No..but as you are well aware... I did notice you trying to nick my ****ing beer :)

Foxy

[BrandNewGuy]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> BrandNewGuy Wrote:

> > And you didn't notice me nick your poppadom ;-)

>

> No..but as you are well aware... I did notice you

> trying to nick my ****ing beer :)

>

> Foxy

Haha! Genuine mistake. Shame it ended in a punch-up ;-)

[DulwichFox]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

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> > BrandNewGuy Wrote:

> > > And you didn't notice me nick your poppadom

> ;-)

> >

> > No..but as you are well aware... I did notice

> you

> > trying to nick my ****ing beer :)

> >

> > Foxy

>

> Haha! Genuine mistake. Shame it ended in a

> punch-up ;-)

Sorry mate.. How is the eye.

Foxy

[Countrlass22]

Thank you James

before always had a warning so must been big fault

agree

[????]

northdulmum Wrote:

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> Exactly #winterofdiscontent

Sorry to be a political pedant but

Powercuts/ 3 day week were under Heath in the miners strike 73/74

Winter of discontent wsa under Callaghan and was 'dead not being buried.rubbish not being collected' raher than powecuts

[????]

As a kid powercuts of 3 day week were brilliant - school shut down when it was too cold, candles and oil lamps, toast for tea toasted on a real fire