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‘Lots of hot water all the time’
1960s pamphlets highlighting running water as one of the less obvious but more valuable benefits of the Rural Electrification Scheme
ESB Housewives’ calendar: Aug 1962
Read more recipes by Maura Laverty in ESB's 1962 Housewives' Calendar
ESB Housewives’ calendar: Jul 1962
Read more recipes by Maura Laverty in ESB's 1962 Housewives' Calendar
ESB Housewives’ calendar: Jun 1962
Read more recipes by Maura Laverty in ESB's 1962 Housewives' Calendar
ESB Housewives’ calendar: May 1962
Read more recipes by Maura Laverty in ESB's 1962 Housewives' Calendar
Capacity crowds at ESB, Fleet St, Dublin, Easter Tuesday 1961
On Easter Tuesday, 4 April 1961, record crowds visited ESB showrooms in Fleet St, Dublin.
All the hot water you need, 1961
A selection of printed pamphlets from the Rural Electrification Scheme.
Bring water to your home the electric way!
A selection of printed pamphlets from the Rural Electrification Scheme.
What a unit can do, 1960
A selection of printed pamphlets from the Rural Electrification Scheme.
ESB Housewives’ calendar: Apr 1962
Read more recipes by Maura Laverty in ESB's 1962 Housewives' Calendar
ESB Housewives’ calendar: Mar 1962
Read more recipes by Maura Laverty in ESB's 1962 Housewives' Calendar
A rural valentine
A love poem from the Rural Electrification Scheme, 1960.
1962 IRRS tour of Ardnacrusha
On Saturday 1 September 1962, the Irish Railway Record Society (IRRS) organised the first passenger train ever to operate to Ardnacrusha power station.
ESB Housewives’ calendar: Feb 1962
Read more recipes by Maura Laverty in ESB's 1962 Housewives' Calendar