Hey all. I'm tentatively plotting a story that takes place in a village in England's West Country. Precise location in the West Country doesn't really matter at this point, as I'm hoping to keep it as vague as possible, but I am trying to find out when electricity started getting introduced across the region. One of my principal characters is going
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Judging from the "Diary of a Provincial Lady", there were areas in rural Devonshire that did not have electricity of any kind in the early 1930s. Things could be very patchy; a couple of months ago a house in the North West of England got electricity for the first time. Basically, the more remote the area, the more expensive it was to put in the cables and the slower it was to get mains electricity. Lord Peter could probably bring pressure to bear; once mains electricity had reached Tallboys, it would be comparatively cheap for the rest of the village to be connected.
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But being keen on it being new and exciting? I'd be careful on that. That seems to me like it would be like someone being keen on the 'net being 'new and exciting' in 2002... There may be people still without it, but only the most isolated would not be aware of it and quite aware it's not really all that new.
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I suspect this may require altering a significant character or two. It may involve turning a silly-ass into an overbearing patronising ass instead, but it also means a shades-of-grey character into someone quite sinister (its one thing to resist a change when it is relatively new and unknown, but quite another to do so when it is well trodden in and not only of clear benefit, but the way of the future to boot). Oh well, if that is how it needs to be, then that is how it needs to be :o)
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So, mid 1930s is realistic, but it has to be a home generator?
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