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Keith

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We lived for over 20 years without any electricity, I made a coolgardie safe from sacking & wood to keep foods cool & we used grease lamps, home dipped candles of tallow & wax & rush lights for lighting.
Keith.
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Our two rush lights.
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One of our grease lamps.

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Beeswax dipped candles, tinderlighter & a used spunk/sulphur match.
 

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12 years here. and that only stopped because I didn't own the property and someone else inherited or else i'd still be there. and it'd be more like 50 years:lol:
 
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