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Electric power was cut off to a fifth of Britain as electricity workers carried out the first day of a work to rule industrial action. News by candlelight and battery power
Battersea Power Station turbine hall, London. 17th January 1934
Battersea Power Station, London. 17th January 1934
Engineer watching a bank of dials in the Control Hall of Battersea Power Station. These dials and gauges regulated the output of electricity from the power stations generators. 17th January 1934
John O Groats to Lands End In a Sinclair C5 The 10-mean Red Watch crew from Londons Chingford Fire Station is to undertake the first ever John O Groats to Lands end charity marathon using a Sinclair
News by candlelight, and battery power. Radio Durham news reader John Pickles had to rig up a makeshift power supply when the station was hit by a power cut, 7th December 1970
A new scheme has just been started by the Middlesex Army Cadet force to increase the efficiency of Cadets about to join the army
Daily Mirror editorial floor during a power cut, Holborn, London. 9th December 1970
One of the four iconic smokestack at Battersea Power Station, London. 17th January 1934
Tram car for Neptune Bank, Wallsend. 6th April 1930
Relics of great inventors, part of an exhibition at the Science Museum. Michael Faradays induction coil that he himself made. Kensington, London. 15th November 1929
Manchester and Area electricity control room where all the power cut decisions are taken for Manchester and outlying areas. Mr A Dobson (standing) who is in charge. 8th December 1970
Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England in winter 1937 Picture shows trams to nearby Yorkshire towns Darnall and Intake, and a busy post lunchtime scene in the heart of Sheffield
Britains first civil atomic power station Bradwell, Essex, has been inspected by agents from the International Atomic Agency
Power Cuts effect Public Houses, with patrons forced to drink by Candlelight, Newcastle, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. 8th December 1970
Girls at Cruachan Dam. The Cruachan Dam is a pumped-storage hydroelectric dam and power station in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Circa 1965
Working by Candle light and Hurricane Lamps, The Journal Newsroom, staff cope with power cuts Newcastle, 12th February 1972
Shopping during Powercuts, James Taylor is able to keep his pharmacy open by using emergency lighting during power cuts, 2nd November 1977
Tea making during Power Cuts, 11th December 1970. In the kitchen, a spare car battery and headlamp bulb provide enough light to work in as water for the tea is boiled in an antique copper kettle on a
Christmas Trees, On Sale during blackout, being sold by candlelight, Market Hall, Birmingham. Monday 17th December 1973
Wine shop, still open during blackout, selling wine by candlelight, Priory Ringway, Birmingham. Monday 17th December 1973. Peter Dominic
The turbine room of Londons Battersea Power Station. Circa 1950
The world famous Blackpool Illuminations in the Lancashire seaside resort, famous for kiss me quick hats and the Blackpool Tower shows off its autumnal lights during the conservative party conference
Anthea Sothcott science teacher demonstrating static electricity at Londons Science Museum. 1972
Loch Sloy dam under construction circa 1948 -1949 Hydro electric dam
Electricity Pylons
Haircutting under difficult circumstances in the Newcastle store of Bainbridge & Co. during a power cut in 1947
It was beer by candlelight in many pubs last night. And lack of light was not he only problem for landlords. Electrically operated pumps stopped and so customers could only have bottled or keg beer
News by candlelight and battery power. Radio Durham news reader John Pickles had to rig up a makeshift power supply when the station was hit by a power cut in 1970
In the kitchen a spare car battery and a headlamp bulb give enough light to work in, as water for the tea is boiled in an antique copper kettle on a picnic stove during a power cut in 1970
The scene in The Journal newsroom during one of the power cuts in 1972. Much of the preparation for the newspaper was done by the light of hurrican lamps and candles
Workmen busy at the poles erected in Shield Street, Gateshead where they are putting electricy into houses for the first time in 1959
Mr. James Taylor maintaining essential services by emergency lighting in a pharmacy during a power cut in 1977
Austria. The Limberg Dam. One of the many constructed in the Tyrolean Alps to harness Austrias vast hydro-electric resources. April 1956 P012444
That Hair-raising feeling. April 1970 P018768
Oh, miss! You are a shocker. This is probably not the first time a science teacher has finished a lesson with her hair standing on end
Battersea Power Station illuminated for World Power Conference, 17th July 1950
Electricity Sub Station
Powerlines cross the farmland just outside Lichfield as the Sun sets
A youngster discovers the power of electricity at the University of edinburgh sci-fun roadshow held at St Maurices high school Cumbernauld. February 1998
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A customer in the Newcastle Grainger Market examines a rain coat by the lift of an oil lamp during the power cut in 1947
The Grainger Market in Newcastle was lit by its old installation of gas lighting during a power cut in 1947
An oil lamp provides illumination at a butchers stall in the Newcastle Grainger Market during a power cut in 1947
A stallholder desplays his wares by the light of a candle in Newcastles Grainger Market during a power cut in 1947
Solar panels topped by wind turbines September 1999 at the new Sainsburys Supermarket at Greenwich which is the world most environment friendly store in the shadow of the Millennium Dome
