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Longer days were prohibited. Continuous users of electric had a 65% of usual consumption limit imposed. :) Broadcast TV shutdown at 1030pm, a 50mph speed limit

Longer days were prohibited. Continuous users of electric had a 65% of usual consumption limit imposed. :) Broadcast TV shutdown at 1030pm, a 50mph speed limit was introduced as was a low max temperature for offices (63F). Hospitals, food shops and newspapers were exempt. Power cuts were often - but because of the regulations you knew when they were due. My parents collected a selection of camping lamps, a good supply of candles, and a single gas ring to connect to the mains gas point by hose as we had an electric cooker. I remember much sitting in candle light wearing coats and blankets in the house. This from a Conservative govt. The dispute and three day week ended when they lost the election to Labour. A little more here: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/2005/nyo/politics.htm http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.natio...

Steve44 8y ago
> This from a Conservative govt. The dispute and three day week ended when they lost the election to Labour. I don't want to get too embroiled in historical politics here but reading http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6/newsid_2538000/2538623.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6/... gives :- > 1972: Pay and price freeze aims to curb inflation. The Conservative Government has frozen pay and prices in an attempt to halt spiralling inflation. and > Wages and prices had started to spiral out of control after the collapse of agreements between the previous Labour Government and the unions. > The Conservative Government's moratorium on price and wage increases passed into law as the Counter-Inflation bill. As tends to be the case one change of Government tries to fix an inherited problem and that generates it's own set of problems.
- NeedMoreTea 8y ago
  It only rated mention as being surprising rather than anything party political. The details were so far removed from what we might expect from the Conservatives. Well, any modern party really. > moratorium on price and wage increases Economically the seventies were rather a mess. A wage freeze would be challenging with double digit inflation. I remember power cuts at other times throughout the decade, I think up until the Thatcher govt came in to push back the unions.

Steve44 8y ago

> This from a Conservative govt. The dispute and three day week ended when they lost the election to Labour. I don't want to get too embroiled in historical politics here but reading http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6/newsid_2538000/2538623.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6/... gives :- > 1972: Pay and price freeze aims to curb inflation. The Conservative Government has frozen pay and prices in an attempt to halt spiralling inflation. and > Wages and prices had started to spiral out of control after the collapse of agreements between the previous Labour Government and the unions. > The Conservative Government's moratorium on price and wage increases passed into law as the Counter-Inflation bill. As tends to be the case one change of Government tries to fix an inherited problem and that generates it's own set of problems.

NeedMoreTea 8y ago
It only rated mention as being surprising rather than anything party political. The details were so far removed from what we might expect from the Conservatives. Well, any modern party really. > moratorium on price and wage increases Economically the seventies were rather a mess. A wage freeze would be challenging with double digit inflation. I remember power cuts at other times throughout the decade, I think up until the Thatcher govt came in to push back the unions.