 The
earliest houses were heated by open coal
fires in the living room the ground floor, and sometimes there was a
fire upstairs in the main bedroom. Elsewhere small heaters, paraffin or
electric, were probably used. Later the council, or the new owner-occupiers,
put in central heating. The houses were connected to the mains and the central
sewerage system as was standard for new houses of this period. Hot water,
for the weekly wash, was heated by a gas boiler in the kitchen and the bath
water was heated by an immersion heater. There was an electric light in
each room, but the early houses had fewer sockets than we would expect today
because people had comparatively few electrical
gadgets. |
