In article ,
Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
Owain wrote:
And with no heating, they are already casting a nervous eye towards
winter. ...

Strange house that was built without fireplaces?

I was brought up in the NE of Scotland. Our house had an open fire in the
living room, and no heating anywhere else - certainly when I was little.
Later on there was an electric heater that could be used in other rooms -
if you were ill. ;-)

People these days...

Indeed, thinking back to the house where we lived when I was born. My
parents bought it from new which makes it 1962. It had an oil fired
heater in the lounge, the flue from which passed uninsulated through the
upstairs and imparted some general heat. This was Ayrshire btw. No
wonder on moving to Southern New Zealand we didn't find the lack of
central heating unremarkable. Central heating is still remarkable there.

Peter

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