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Rod Speed wrote:


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On 10/08/2015 18:54, Jonno wrote:
Jim S scribbled


Someone asked mr "Why do Victorian homes have such high ceilings"
I don't knoe the answer.


Coal fires.


No, gas lighting.

Doesn't explain why the places where the servants worked
which had gas lighting didn't have the high ceilings.

perhaps servants were expendable

More likely the gas lighting claim is completely bogus.