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Originally Posted by MargaretR
When I was a newly wed in 1961, the terraced house I lived in was heated by one open fire in the living room. Loft insulation non existant - lino on bedroom floor.
When hubby was on nights I wore a coat, socks and gloves to bed and I could see my breath vapour in the air in the bedroom.
It never ocurred to me that it would be better to sleep on the sofa
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We moved into our first house in 1998. It was an end terrace and very hard to keep warm.
It had a built on kitchen and in winter the taps would be frozen.
We could see our breath in the bedroom too.
This is in 1998 so only ten years ago.
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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs, cackling and telling me
'You'll be next.' They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals.
