Straw and mud cottage man sees the light after 50 years

A 60-year-old man has seen the light and had electricity installed at his 300-year-old mud and straw house.

For the past 50 years Hubert Hilling has done without all mod cons including a television, washing machine, fridge or toaster.

But after a faulty gas light almost set fire to his cottage near Kilgetty in Pembrokeshire he was persuaded to connect his house to the mains.



He has used an electric iron for the first time and bought a food mixer.

After spending over £5,000 to have the house wired and connected to the mains he said the biggest difference was to have light at the flick of a switch. "It was so great to come home and turn the lights I could not speak - I was completely speechless."

"There are no plans for television but there could be for a computer sometime," he added.

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