December 11th - grateful for ...

{ central heating }

Forms of central heating have been discovered that date back to the time of the Greeks - despite the Mediterranean climate - but it was the Romans who created the system which allowed properties and water to be heated, Mr Geoghegan claimed.

Later, in Victorian Britain, households experimented with different ways of heating the home but it was not until 1970 that gas fitter Martyn Jarvis claims he first saw central heating really taking off.

"There was a sense of excitement. It was like getting the first colour television - 'Ooooh, I've got central heating'," he explained.

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