Power cut in North London

[MarkRae]

Was anyone else affected by this morning's power cut? Our entire street was out at the very least and, when I rang up to report it, they seemed to imply that it was much more widespread than that!

Thought it was 1974 all over again for a minute or two... ;-)

[funnygirl]

I live in north london and there was no power cut here.

[BBBE99]

If it was 1974 in 2010, we'd have a problem...
Is the power back, now?

I live nowhere near London...

[mushroom25]

you may be able to correct me - but i believe the widespread power cuts caused by the miner's strike were in early 1972; in 1974 the tory government tried to head off the threat of power cuts by imposing the three-day week but ended up being defeated in edward heath's ill-judged snap election - I remember a graffiti slogan appearing during the campaign, "vote for Ted, 4 days in bed".

[sara3]

what part of Norf London are you from, MarkRae?

[sara3]

NK, do you even know where London is?