[duncanlowe]

My first house still had fuses on both sides in the late eighties. The wire fuses were inside circular ceramic housings. Both sides were also switched with what looked like two of those old round lightswitches, joined by a wooden rod. At least someone had uprated the wire in the N side so it would be less likely to open.

I got on with the rewire sooner than I'd anticipated when I found the flourescent batten in the kitchen was wired with bell wire, and didn't work because of the failed original rubber cable behind the modern switch.