Here's a rather tacky RTE report on the cheif engineer of the irish rural electrification scheme who passed away at age 95 in 2000. Some interesting clips of footage from 1940s rural ireland including electrified milk churns etc [Linked Image]
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0409/nationwide/nationwide2A.ram

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[This message has been edited by djk (edited 12-27-2003).]