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 There are still a lot of people who can remember life without electricity. No washing machines, fridges, freezers, microwave ovens, televisions, video players and - just imagine - no computers.
Seventy years ago, these miracles were for the future. The majority of villages in the Peak didn’t even have electricity, although by 1931 work was progressing in the Hope Valley. No supplies were yet planned for dozens of villages including Edale, Peak Forest, Wormhill, Monyash, Parwich, Bonsall, parts of Hartington, Winster, Elton and Litton.
It took some time for Peaklanders to move with the times and they were always being reminded to make more use of electricity. Farmers viewed change with a deep suspicion which one writer called ‘pig-headedness’.
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