Anyone still not have central heating?

[Cosmic Joker]

No central heating in my flat, too small to need it. No icicles on inside of windows either, electric room heater in bedroom and gas fire in living room and the free heat coming up from downstairs flat is generally enough.

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

no central heating here, in fact no heating whatsoever.

 

[Triggaaar]

It doesn't seem that long ago when you had to walk all the way over to the telly and press a button to turn it over from ITV to BBC.

Who'd put it on ITV? Mother in-law no doubt.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

8049

Still got the card for that,plus my Club Call card Seagull line..0891 800 609

 

[Cappers]

I've got central hearing, and boy don't I know it every quarter!

 

[Seagull on the wing]

And Central Heating is what....? We used to light a candle ,the family sat round it and took turns to put your hands round it!...seriously tho the coalman used to deliver the coal from his horse and cart,walk up the path to the back garden and pour it into the bunker and everytime the fire needed topping up the youngest...me ,had to go and shovel some into a bucket and drag it indoors.Very few families had TV,we listened to the radio....Dick Barton Special Agent,Paul Temple,Emundo Ross,we played cards or monopoly...sure my Dad cheated,he won nearly every game.......

 

[skipper734]

And Central Heating is what....? We used to light a candle ,the family sat round it and took turns to put your hands round it!...seriously tho the coalman used to deliver the coal from his horse and cart,walk up the path to the back garden and pour it into the bunker and everytime the fire needed topping up the youngest...me ,had to go and shovel some into a bucket and drag it indoors.Very few families had TV,we listened to the radio....Dick Barton Special Agent,Paul Temple,Emundo Ross,we played cards or monopoly...sure my Dad cheated,he won nearly every game.......

Saved me typing all that.

 

[TJx]

no central heating here, in fact no heating whatsoever.

really? jesus i'd die without a doubt

 

[Evil Edna]

No central heating in my flat, too small to need it. No icicles on inside of windows either, electric room heater in bedroom and gas fire in living room and the free heat coming up from downstairs flat is generally enough.

Same for me, can been toasty when they got it on

 

[LamieRobertson]

The more mature posters probably grew up without the luxury of central heating, REMEMBER ice on the inside of your windows!
What else do the young whipper snappers have that we never thought we needed

U mean u had windows? Luxury

 

[LamieRobertson]

No central heating here!!!

I don't miss it though - whenever I stay anywhere with it I always wake up feeling groggy!!

Do u stay at many places? And r u sure the grogginess is down to the CH

 

[Mutts Nuts]

The more mature posters probably grew up without the luxury of central heating, REMEMBER ice on the inside of your windows!
What else do the young whipper snappers have that we never thought we needed

Do you also remember with affection the smell of the parrafin heater and the rubber hot water bottle at night,we were poor but great childhood memories , had to make the fire before breakfast as it was only heat available in the house, and the only carpet was in the sitting room.Bath once a week whether we needed it or not. Sunday night was bath night shared bath water,as the eldest i had 1st bath brother then sister followed.In todays PC society my mum and dad would be locked up, how spoilt our kids are.

 

[skipper734]

Lino everywhere, except up the stairs and a square of carpet in the front room. The front room or sitting room as it was called in West Blatchington had a concrete floor, so the three foot strip round the edge of the carpet square was painted dark brown.
The competition to get within three foot of the open coal fire was intense, as was the battle to keep the dog out of the front row.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Do you also remember with affection the smell of the parrafin heater and the rubber hot water bottle at night,we were poor but great childhood memories , had to make the fire before breakfast as it was only heat available in the house, and the only carpet was in the sitting room.Bath once a week whether we needed it or not. Sunday night was bath night shared bath water,as the eldest i had 1st bath brother then sister followed.In todays PC society my mum and dad would be locked up, how spoilt our kids are.

i do..and nylon sheets and ruff blankets

 

[skipper734]

Wincyette shirley.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Paraffin heaters, single glazed draughty windows, not to forget the flowery wallpaper and orange three piece, and blankets on the bed... no quilts. Those were the days!

 

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REMEMBER ice on the inside of your windows!

I had ice on the back of my letter box a few weeks back, after being away for a couple of weeks

Yep, no heating is up there with shiny toilet paper that you have to scrunch up before you use it, and having to put the washing through a mangle to get all the water out, after it comes out of the washing machine.