What Night Life Looked Like Before Electricity?

Before electricity, people used candles and lamps to light up their nights.

Imagine you're at home, and it's dark outside. You want to read a book or play with your toys, but there’s no lights on, just like when your parents turn off the room’s lights before bedtime. To see, people used candles, which are like little fire sticks that glow when you light them with a match.

• People would put oil lamps in their homes or carry lanterns to walk around at night.
• These lamps had oil inside and a wick, kind of like a candle but bigger.
• When the wick burned, it lit up the room, just like when you light your birthday candles!

Going out at night was like walking through a foggy forest. People used torchlight, which is like holding a big, bright flashlight made of fire. They could see only as far as the light reached, it was kind of like playing hide-and-seek in a dark room.

Sometimes, people even used fireflies to light up their nights, just like how you might use glowing toys or fairy lights today!