And lo On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:53:51 +0200, scott <sco### [at] scottcom> did  
spake thusly:

>> My dad wired it himself. ;-)
>>
>> (As in, he literally chiselled out chunks of wall and then plastered it  
>> over again.)
>
> Before they came up with cavity wall insulation you could just drop your  
> cables down between the inner and outer brickwork, drill a hole through  
> the wall where you want the socket, use the old bent-tape-measure trick  
> to grab the cable and wire it up to a socket.  Job done.

Pah bent-tape-measure, professionals use ferrets :-)

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