When the coal-fired boiler supplied hot water and kitchen heating
A 1930s boiler, coal fired. Photo courtesy of Customer Services, Ideal Heating. The living area of a 'modern' 1930s and 1940s house was the kitchen, and it contained a coal-fired 'boiler' which heated water. The hot water was sent through a pipe into the hot-water tank in the airing cupboard which …
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