When the Lights Went Out in Britain: The Story of the . . . - History Hit The 1970s was a decade in Britain defined by power struggles between the government and trade unions Beginning with coal miners’ strikes and ending with the biggest collective strikes Britain has ever seen, millions of people were affected and the country faced serious political and economic challenges as the attitude of post-war affluence
How Britons Experienced The 1970s Blackouts - The History Insider Caused by coal miners’ strikes and energy shortages, these power cuts left millions without electricity, plunging homes, schools, and businesses into darkness So, what was life really like during those blackouts?
The 1974 Three Day Week Electricity Rationing - the Blackout report As Britain headed into the 1970s, high inflation led the Conservative government of the day to impose wage restraint on public sector workers This sent them headlong into a lengthy and acrimonious dispute with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
UK | Magazine | Your 1970s: Strikes and blackouts - BBC News It was the decade of strikes, electricity shortages and piles of rotting rubbish on the street There was more to the 1970s, such as music, fashion and long, hot summers But the industrial
Blackout: The Three-Day Week - the UKs original energy crisis Nowadays, Britain’s electricity comes from a combination of sources, but coal was the primary provider back in the 1970s It was also a time when trade union membership was at its highest with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) boasting hundreds of thousands of members
Three-Day Week - Wikipedia From 1 January 1974, commercial users of electricity were limited to three specified consecutive days' consumption each week and prohibited from working longer hours on those days Services deemed essential (e g hospitals, data centres, supermarkets and newspaper printing presses) were exempt [1]
Nostalgia: Do you remember power cuts in the 70s? - InYourArea The power cuts came about when electricity supply workers started an overtime ban and a work-to-rule They were expecting it to be three or four weeks before there were any power cuts, plenty of time to bring pressure on the government and negotiate better terms
Living Through the 1970s Blackouts - Generator Power The country was blitzed by blackouts because power was rationed and people had to adjust their lives accordingly This blog looks at the effects of the blackout in Britain, and what it was like to live through this period