‘The house was freezing’: life during blackouts of 1970s Britain

With winter power cuts a possibility amid energy crisis, some Britons remember them as very ordinary'

When Judy Young first saw the government's response to concerns over power supplies could be potential blackouts this winter, her first thought was: Thank God I haven't got young children any more."

On Tuesday, it was reported that under the government's latest reasonable worst case scenario" plan, Britain could experience several days of blackouts in January if the country is short of power.