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"The way England capitulated yesterday, it was as if they had given up." Geoffrey Boycott, Daily Telegraph (source:Colemanballs, Private Eye)

Last village in Britain to connect to the electricity network

13th June 2003 by Simon

Electricity was switched on in a tiny village for the first time last week. Until now, people in Cwm Brefi, West Wales, have relied on diesel generators for a couple of hours a day - usually for evening TV. But a £250,000 project has now connected its 11 homes to the national grid via 197 poles have been set up across nine miles of land. Villagers rushed to buy fridges, toasters and kettles before the switch-on. But Julie Hutchings, 42, said the greatest luxury was light at the flick of a switch. Before this remarkable delay in joining modern society one resident was quoted as saying “You have to get your sums right. We can’t have the washing machine and hoover (vacuum cleaner) on at the same time.”

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One Response to “Last village in Britain to connect to the electricity network”

  1. on 10 Dec 2003 at 4:44 pm   Barton Julia

    There are as many translators as there are humans.

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