An ode to the gas and electric meter

[Brianc]

Those slot meters were the bane of my life when I first started work and lived in digs/bedsits. I was for ever hunting round for shillins as both meters used them and the tarrif was set way high by the landlords! What fun. As an aside, before I left my last flat in Birmingham (1961), my landlady asked me I I would mind sharing with an actor who was working at Birmingham Rep and would take on the flat after I left. There was only about 4 months to go so I said "of course". That actor was completely unknown then but is now know as Sir Derek Jakobi. About 2 months after I left the B'ham studios, he appeared in a play from there - just missed him!