Little Help Please

[tazz]

Google is your friend Dave

Hence the reason I stated arc lighting.....Newcastle was the first city to be lite by incandescent lighting 2 years later

 

[trev]

I stand corrected and apologise accordingly. That'll teach me to read a post properly

 

[ruston]

Mosley Street - See Newcastle

 

[R G]

Google is your friend Dave

Its not Dave , its Rodney...lol....

 

[davesparks]

Godalming was the first town to have a public electricity supply

 

[tazz]

But in all truth Trev....big difference from lighting up a long road like Embankment....to a whole town like Newcastle...lol

 

[Geordie Spark]

So again Tel needs a history lesson.
The filament lamp, invented by Mr Joseph Swan. Lived in Sunderland so almost a Geordie
First street in the world lit electrically, Mosely Street in Newcastle
First person to have hydro-electric power in his house. Lord Armstrong
We exported civilisation to you lot you ungrateful bugger

And that is 100% true!!

Well done Son.... you've been larnt well !!


Edit: You forgot Turbinia" - the first ship in the world to be driven by steam turbines designed by Mr Charles Algernon Parsons.

 

[telectrix]

And that is 100% true!!

Well done Son.... you've been larnt well !!


Edit: You forgot Turbinia" - the first ship in the world to be driven by steam turbines designed by Mr Charles Algernon Parsons.

was he a mackem as well?

 

[ruston]

And that is 100% true!!

Well done Son.... you've been larnt well !!


Edit: You forgot Turbinia" - the first ship in the world to be driven by steam turbines designed by Mr Charles Algernon Parsons.

That is in the link I posted . I was going to link to Lord Armstrong but I don't want half of the south on our worn out back roads lol.

 

[Geordie Spark]

was he a mackem as well?

I believe he was some sort of Irishman.

 

[tazz]

post reminds me of tv series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfpqfwt_cLg

 

[Marvo]

See if you've got a wholesaler that stocks Clipsal near you, Clipsal who are now part of Schneider have a 'heritage' range of switches and sockets etc. I suggest them cause your more likely to find matching new fandangled stuff like TV and USB outlets etc.