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A heartfelt thank you to foxy for allowing me to download and keep a couple of his photos of past times, which has supplied me with an illustrated memory of my childhood - a part I hold very dear, and one that had proved difficult to find an image of. Your kindness is much appreciated.

I'll go with the two Lasses

Why not Eggy! Energetic Eggy with Easy Enthusiasm Everytime but no mention of Eddison!

Sounds like a good idea to me!

Hmm.. looks like there may also have been 5A and even 2A variants of the Wylex, to match the normal round-pin (British Standard?) range that everyone of an age will remember. And top and side entry versions of every one too - a true collectors cornucopia! Never knew that, though chances are I've come across at least one other at some time! On this subject: how about our 13A plug being the envy of the world? Something to remember when you are cursing that they don't fit into the bag, box or suitcase. Though, there's likely some overpaid Eurocrat in Brussels drafting a directive to standardise us on German Shuko's as I write this. http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032807/why-england-has-the-best-wall-sockets-on-earth

It's known as a Wylex plug and they came in two types: ring main (13A) and non-ring main (15A). Looks like that's a "non" one (without a fuse). I think there were probably other manufacturers of the design, but that seems to be a genuine Wylex one. They're a collectors item, though not that rare - so don't throw it away. It would be interesting to know which local builder/electrician fitted them. The BUDC had a thing about those terrible fused pin ones which frequently fell to bits. Everybody was surely glad to see the back of those! They became ridiculously expensive, and the fused pins hard to get hold of, which brought on their rapid demise in the late 1960's. The Wylex design probably failed in the 1950's, or maybe just post-war.

What a choice Foxy! Here is a strange plug!

I was having a review of my favorites/bookmarks and came across this ... I probably bookmarked it some time ago (years maybe). I'm sure it'll be of interest to many on here who have an interest in the local culture; apologies if it's been mentioned before. Oh, and the Cramlington Budgie Strangler is listed. http://www.northumbriaanthology.com