I Asked On A Fb Group If Anyone Remembered Gas Lights In Their Home.

[sandyRoe]

The question got more than 300 'likes'.
Do people really have so little to occupy themselves during lockdown?

[Mexican18]

We used to live in a shoe- box and had to get up an hour before we went to bed!

[andres]

Grandma had gas lights, gas poker and a gas iron.That was in the 1940s. I remember going to the hardware shop to buy a new mantle. They were very delicate .

[jennyjoan]

my cousin still has the pulleys - they're great as the heat from the house dries the clothes. no she's not old only 60

[Peter Pedant]

yeah the quality of light ( per d spent)
wasnt as good as leccy
and so people couldnt wait to get rid

High ceilinged houses with rosettes ( 9' or 12 ' ceilings ) the rosettes have gas ducts for the - ter daah gasoliers that were used. The ducts are wooden tubes looking like rat runs under the floor boards

not many left - Brighton pavilion has them - George IV being very keen on latest technology (!) and er very high ceilings

[Peter Pedant]

// to buy a new mantle. They were very delicate .//

the mantles were linen ( ish) and soaked in Cerium oxide Ce2O
(upstream from gp 1 lithium sodium potassium)

heat em up and they gave out light - like the lime lights on stage
very bright light for the temp they needed to be heated up to

still not as good as a filament

[david small]

The old lady over the road had gas mantles. She ran a sweet shop from her front room. She slept in a chair as the stairs were blocked with sweet box’s. We had a caravan that had gas mantles. They are very fragile once used. I broke two by gently poking them.