"Tom P" wrote in message
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> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
>> James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, All!
>>>
>>> Has the UK gone from bayonet to screw base light bulbs as an
>>> advertisement on today's Guardian web page would indicate?
>>
>> Nope! We use both in this household, and some of the newest fixtures use
>> bayonet fittings.
>>
>
> I was about to speculate whether other countries outside the UK use
> bayonet fittings, but I found the answer here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb#Bayonet
It doesn't list France, but, when I bought a house there I found it had both
ES and bayonet fittings and bayonet lamps are readily available in the shops
there.
Colin Bignell
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